tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19075654218151355622024-02-21T10:06:28.303-08:00Lost in GrenadaThis blog is about my life in Grenada as a Medical school student.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger72125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1907565421815135562.post-28791182868485472372011-04-03T08:25:00.000-07:002011-04-03T08:25:21.335-07:00Genetics and Immuno completely destroyed!I destroyed both of the exams for Genetics and Immunology. Neuro and Physio is next. I think I got my groove back on. School is almost over. I'm already caught up with everything even though I had skipped some lectures to study for Genetics and Immuno.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1907565421815135562.post-8565938487146399782011-03-22T16:31:00.000-07:002011-03-22T16:32:55.231-07:00Very angry, but motivatedI just received an email from SGU stating that they are "concerned" about my academic performance. Yes, I did bad in Parasitology (1-credit) and in Genetics (2-credits), but I got As in Neuroscience (8-credits) and Physiology (6-credits). Not to mention that I still have the Genetics final exam coming up and I can make up for my bad grade. Also I have yet to even take the midterm for Immunology (2-credits). Ethics (1-credit), last year, was my lowest grade too. It's no wonder they give the least interesting courses the fewest number of credits.<br />
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It was my fault that I did bad in Parasitology and Genetics, but I have corrected the mistake. The mistake was not studying in the library. I studied in the library all through 1st Term, and I started studying in my room again. I've realized that this makes a huge difference in efficiency.<br />
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Anyways, a little pissed about the email and I find it amazing that they are "concerned" that my cumulative GPA will not meet the 2.5 minimum, when I can still make a >3.7 cGPA throughout all terms, which in my opinion is pretty good.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1907565421815135562.post-7295872899130733052011-03-12T08:11:00.000-08:002011-03-12T08:11:44.065-08:00Half-way throughIt's been a long time since I posted. I'm done with all the midterms now for Neuro, Physio, Genetics, and Parasit. How were my grades? Parasit<Genetics<Neuro<Physio as expected, I got As in Neuro and Physio since they involve less memorizing and more thinking. Honestly though, I didn't study hard enough and I blame myself for procrastinating. I'm back to normal now, so hopefully it won't happen again.<br />
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The next big boss is going to be Immunology followed by CPM - an ethics related course (yikes!). I'm still hanging in there, I have to do better this term and I know I can do it!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1907565421815135562.post-66513535204059171442011-02-15T07:21:00.000-08:002011-02-15T07:21:27.092-08:00First round of midterms over!I haven't updated in a while due to being busy. I am done with Parasitology for the whole term and I had the midterm examination for Genetics. I was expecting a lot of risk calculation questions for Genetics, but unfortunately, she made the exam mostly on semantics - my weakness. So who knows how many words I memorized. All the conceptual questions were alright. It was the first time I had to use all 2 hours in a medical exam. Parasit was straight-up memorization, but I knew that so I was fine.<br />
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Anyways, a sigh of relief, but also a sigh of disappointment b/c I feel I could have done better. Though it's not over until the fat lady sings.<br />
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After the exam, I just went straight into my room to get my phone and then I was confused as what to do today since there are no classes and nothing else to study for. It's a unique feeling b/c when you're used to studying and you suddenly stop, there's a feeling of emptiness.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1907565421815135562.post-74573294319584402452011-01-31T10:36:00.000-08:002011-01-31T10:36:18.356-08:00Week 3 overI forgot to update. Yes, it's been a great week. The classes are fine still. The material is all stuff that I learned in the FTM (foundations to medicine) before I even started real med school. Furthermore, it's my favorite courses - Physiology and Neuroscience. The teaching style is similar to engineering in both and the material overlaps tremendously. For physio, I just have to sit back, relax, and listen as it is just a story. For neuro, I just have to do some math (yay). Genetics and Parasitology require a bit more work since it involves lots of memorization, but it's all-do-able.<br />
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I have volunteered to become an Anatomy 'demonstrator' to help Term 1 students in the Anatomy lab every Fri from 8-10 pm. Last Fri was my first shift. Yes, I do get paid - it's only 10 ec per hour, but that means 20 ec every time I do it, which is equivalent to one free meal. It was great, I have access to all the course materials that Term 1 students have. I basically read 2 weeks of their material (~9 lectures)+lab videos in 3 hours after my class on Fri. Then, I even finished my own lectures that I had on Fri. By the time, it was 8 pm, I was already ready to go to the lab. I wasn't expecting many students during 8-10 pm, on a Fri, especially when it's only end of Week 2, but there were many. I helped a lot of students.<br />
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It's a lot better than joining clubs in my opinion as it forces me to review anatomy from 1st Term, which will be on my board exams. It also gives me an opportunity to refine my lab skills, which when I do clinical rotations, is going to be of prime importance.<br />
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I'm also working out 1-2 times per week now, which I think is reasonable.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1907565421815135562.post-29178791280108798932011-01-21T16:20:00.000-08:002011-01-22T08:08:20.314-08:00Week 2 overThe 2nd week is over. Nothing has really changed. Still the same courses: Genetics, Neuroscience, and Physiology. I am still enjoying my on-campus living. I am able to cook breakfast and dinner everyday. Here are some of the things I've cooked:<br />
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</tbody></table>I also volunteered to help with Anatomy dissections once a week. This way I can keep up with what I learned.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1907565421815135562.post-13086324697018617412011-01-15T03:28:00.000-08:002011-01-15T03:28:41.108-08:00Term 2 begins!I didn't have time to update the blog. My vacation was awesome. I came back to Grenada on Jan. 11th night. It was a 20+ hours trip, but after I landed, I still had work to do. I have officially moved on-campus now and the room is great! Single room with kitchenette right behind charter hall - it doesn't get any better than this. All my classes are in charter hall, I literally can reach my classroom from my house in 1 min. walking. The view from my window is great too. Only sad part about all of this is - some of my pots and pans were missing when transferring from my off-campus house to my on-campus house. It seems somebody just went into my room and took them.<br />
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Class started on Jan. 10th, I was 2 days behind. It's Saturday now though and I'm fully caught up with everything. I'm doing the same routine - making my own notes for every lecture. I have 3 courses right now - Genetics, Physiology, and Neuroscience. Genetics is just like biochem from last term. Physiology is the closest thing to engineering I'll ever get and will probably be my favorite course. Even missing the whole week, I could still teach the course. Neuroscience is also an awesome course and is similar to anatomy from last term.<br />
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This term is a lot better than term 1. All the classes end before lunch time and the best part is I don't have to commute, which means I might actually start liking Grenada. I can now study as much as I want in the library and eat conveniently.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1907565421815135562.post-83853747865722009692010-12-01T16:38:00.000-08:002010-12-04T11:00:33.642-08:00Last lecture for 1st termToday, we had an integrated lecture. One professor from each of our courses was there. We were given a case study and we had to use all the knowledge from all our classes to solve the case. This wasn't for a grade and the lecture was optional. In fact, many people did not show up or left because they wanted to study for final exams instead. I stayed because I was curious to see what case study they were going to give us.<br />
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As soon as I saw the picture, it was clear it was ascites. There was a clear swelling in the abdomen, which is the definition of ascites. Now, the question is what caused it. It was an adult, so it couldn't be an embyrological defect. I also couldn't see any superficial veins near his umbilicus, so it couldn't be a porto-cavo anastomosis problem. That left me with only two options - hypoalbunemia or a pleural effusion with a CDH defect. There are probably other causes, but this is all I remember from what they taught us. Pleural effusion would be more of a thorax problem though, not an abdomen, so the most likely cause was hypoalbunemia. This is what I got from just looking at the picture of a patient with a swollen abdomen in 1 min.<br />
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Next, we had to go through the algorithm that most docs have memorized. Ask patient history, lab tests for blood, CT, etc. Eventually, they got the lab tests for serum albumin and it was low, confirming my hypoalbunemia. They later showed the picture of his eyes, which had a brown ring around his iris -->Wilson's disease b/c of Kayser-Fleischer rings. In this disease, there is an abundance of copper and it forms rings around the eyes. Though I would never correlate this with ascites in my wildest dreams. So if they didn't show me his eyes, I would've never guessed it. Anyways, mystery was solved and I left the class because there was no more reason to stay. The Anatomy professor discussed about using CT, the Histology professor pointed out the cells in the sclera with copper deposition, the Biochemistry professor talked about hypoalbunemia, and lastly, the ethics professor talked about um - ethics.<br />
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I left when the ethics lecture started. The diagnosis was over and I knew the pathophysiology. The only thing that didn't make sense was the fact that Wilson's disease was a genetic disorder, so why are the manifestations only now? The patient was in mid 30s. In real life, ascites would have happened a lot sooner. In Wilson's disease, there is a defect in a gene that codes for a transport protein that transports copper-->hence no copper is transported to the right places-->copper build-up in liver-->liver can't make albumin-->hypoalbunemia-->oncotic pressure goes down-->hydrostatic pressure is still high so-->ascites. They didn't say all of this stuff however. There was still 30 mins in the lecture, so I'm pretty sure they explained later. Though most of the time was just spent talking about the patient history, which really revealed nothing.<br />
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Anyways, it was a nice fun lecture, even though I didn't stay for all of it.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1907565421815135562.post-7882628157384898992010-11-28T05:26:00.000-08:002010-11-29T06:18:40.184-08:00Ironic docs who smoke & drinkA lot of students coming into med school smoke and drink, which is fine since that's your choice. The irony is in that they didn't fully know of the consequences of smoking and drinking until they took biochemistry in 1st term of med school. I keep hearing people getting surprised, "Oh! I didn't know smoking and alcohol could do that! Can't believe I'm still alive!". Some students have the belief that alcohol is more dangerous than smoking, so it's okay for them to smoke - this is the logic they use.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1907565421815135562.post-28610906392306462182010-11-26T19:09:00.000-08:002010-11-26T19:09:40.467-08:00OSPE finished!OSPE (Objective Structural Practical Exam) is an exam that tests clinical skills and counts 11% of the total clinical skills mark in the 5th term of SGU. In order to study for this, you have to learn all the clinical conditions with "pictures" for all the courses. Every question on the OSPE has pictures in it and most if not all have to do with diagnosis or treatment. There are also physical exam questions where REAL patients are the questions. You are asked to do a specific procedure on the patient while a proctor watches you. Then the proctor tells you what to bubble based on what you did.<br />
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I have to say, this exam was a lot easier than I initially thought it was. A lot of people over-exaggerated stating that because this exam is cumulative, it is a very difficult exam. However, looking over all the clinical conditions with pics actually doesn't take more than 4 hours and you can do it the night before the exam. Most of these clinical conditions you have been learning already given you are studying normally post-midterm. This means you only need to review the pre-midterm conditions which will come very quickly once you see the pictures.<br />
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Questions from OSPE include percussing the lower border of the liver, feeling the pulse of the dorsalis pedis, listening to the heart valves, and cranial nerves.<br />
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Overall, I think I did good.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1907565421815135562.post-61650641652623630182010-11-17T12:05:00.000-08:002010-11-17T12:06:52.328-08:00I can hear again!I went to the clinic today and they used the syringe to clean my ears. I didn't put any ear drops the day before nor in the morning. She even said that it didn't matter. Man o man, as soon as she did it on my right ear, the world changed. I could hear the sound of footsteps, clothing, the air, etc. In a way, I had a temporary hyperacusis. I had to re-adjust the filters and dampeners in my ear in order to focus on the sounds that matter. I didn't even feel dizzy after the procedure. Normally, you do since the fluid enters the semicircular canals in the inner ear which are responsible for balance. She said that my right ear had so much mucus that it may even have more that is deeper. Now, it makes sense to use the ear drops to loosen the mucus in the deeper areas. I am going again Friday for the last one.<br />
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I had an appointment today with an anatomy professor and we went through all the structures of the head and neck. Now, this time I could hear, so I was able to answer all of his questions.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1907565421815135562.post-74288622671388367512010-11-15T13:53:00.000-08:002010-11-15T16:13:37.277-08:00My first experience to Grenada's walk-in clinicSo I've been having a problem lately. It started mid-August actually, but it wasn't a big deal then. It is early-November now and the condition has exacerbated. I pretty much have mucus blocking my ear and it needs to be flushed out. I already had my ears flushed out actually last year in Troonto. The procedure is simple, you just put some warm water in a syringe and apply pressure. The water will clean out everything. The solution also has some hydrogen peroxide in it. They even sell self-serve ear cleaners with a right-angle bent syringe. You need the tip of the syringe to be bent so that it doesn't go too deep in the ear canal and hit the eardrum. Anyways back to the story:<br />
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I had a 2-hour Histo lab in the morning followed by a 1-hour optional Anatomy Lab. I had problems hearing the professor the whole time. Then, I ate lunch, then went to class. I had 3 classes today: 2 Histo+1 Biochem. The problem is that my classes are 1 pm to 4 pm and the Grenada walk-in clinic closes at 4 pm! I didn't even know that clinics can close that early. Anyways, I skipped my biochem class. It was just a lecture on vitamins, something I can read myself. Biochem is the kind of course in which A+B=C and there is nothing you can learn from the professor to change it otherwise, everything is in the notes. The professor pretty much "reads" the notes.<br />
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So I went to the clinic, signed-in and wrote "ear cleaning" as the reason for visit. I waited around an hour, which is reasonable since there were other patients before me. During that hour, I read the vitamin lecture that I was missing and finished it. I got called later stating, that since it's my first visit, I need to fill some forms. No problem, done. Then, they asked, if I had insurance with the school or do I have my own insurance. When we registered, we had stated that I was going to be using my own health insurance company. Then she asked me of a form that I had sent to SGU when I registered. Obviously, I don't have that form with me. So then, she said that I would have to pay today and that she'll give me a receipt which I can get reinbursed later. Again, no problem.<br />
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I finally got called (it was hard to hear). The lady asked me why I'm here and asked why I didn't come earlier in the morning. I told her my schedule and told her that I skipped a class to come. She understood. Next, the actual doctor called me. He asked me, "Have I had any illnesses in the past?". This is the most general question I have ever heard from a doctor. Yes, of course, I have had illnesses in the past, would you like a list of all of them? Seriously, I just told him yes I did and that the only major procedure I've had was an appendectomy, but nothing related to my ears. Then, he checked my oral cavity and my breathing. This is normal since the mucus from the ear can go into the mouth and the breathing was just incase, the mucus went into the trachea in which case my breathing would be a little dyspnic. He finally said, after all of that, that I need to come another day. I asked, "Can't you just take a syringe, put some hot water and squeeze?". He said, "Yes, we can do that, but it requires more pressure". He wanted to prescribe some ear drops that would loosen the mucus and the wax in the ear so that when he puts pressurized water into it, everything would come out. This is fine, but it's not really efficient. The solution that is in the syringe has hydrogen peroxide for a reason and serves as the same function as the ear drops he was prescribing me. It would have taken him 5 mins to prepare the solution and another 5 mins to do the procedure.<br />
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So, I went then to the pharmacy, which was located in Grand Anse. I waited for the bus for 30 mins. Two Lance Epine buses came and went. (I live in Lance Epine, but I need to go to Grand Anse). I finally took the bus to Grand Anse and got to the pharmacy. I pulled out the prescription, which I couldn't even understand the handwriting since it was so bad. I gave it to the lady. I got my medication 20 mins after I gave the prescription. All 20 mins were spent looking for it, the pharmacy btw is 1/8th the pharmacy found in an avg. Wal-Mart. I got the medication and am now in Grand Anse. I'm going to get something to eat here and I might as well do some grocery shopping. This is the only good thing that came out of it.<br />
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Tomorrow is Tuesday, my worst day of the week where I"m occupied from 8-5 pm. This means, I can't get my ears flushed until Wednesday. So, basically I skipped a class, wasted an hour, just to realize that I need to come in the morning. If the nurse who was also the receptionist had seen that I wrote, "ear cleaning", she could have just told me this fact. I would have been able to go back to class. It almost makes me want to buy a syringe and do the whole thing myself. I have hydrogen peroxide in my contact lens solution too. Don't worry, I won't be not unless I can bend the tip.<br />
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Lastly, the bus that was supposed to come and pick me up at 7:20 pm from the grocery store didn't come. So, I had to take another bus back to Grand Anse campus, then wait for another bus to take me to Lance Epine.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1907565421815135562.post-47779081004631364312010-11-13T19:26:00.000-08:002010-11-13T19:29:14.843-08:0098th to 106th days: Only 26 days remaining!It's time for an update again. I'm done eating all the pancakes. There was a dodgeball tournament on Friday that I really wanted to participate in, but I chose not to in order to stay caught-up. One of my friends actually needed 1 more person for their team and they were not able to participate :(. That's the compromise you have to make sometimes. There's a dodgeball tourny every term though, so it's really not that big of a deal.<br />
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On Saturday, I did the same routine - laundry, cleaning, breakfast, lunch, etc. By the time I was actually ready and in the mood of studying, it was 5 pm. Though I did get a lot done. I pretty much read the entire chapter for the BRS (Board Review Series) Anatomy for head and neck. It is actually a great book and covers everything. I did relax afterwards and watched some tv shows like Master Chef India, Nikita, and Merlin. <br />
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My eyes are almost back to normal since I got my hydrogen peroxide contact lens solution. Before that, there were some people saying my eyes were blood-shot red and who knows they probably thought I was smoking too. It was just an inflammation response from the conjunctiva though, it happens all the time. One of my friends was gracious enough to lend me their solution until mine arrives in the mail.<br />
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Tomorrow, I plan to finish Histology and just review because that's the only thing I can do. When it comes to Anatomy, you can never stop eating pancakes since there are always some pancakes you find that you haven't eaten :)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1907565421815135562.post-55968265526987831712010-11-05T15:28:00.000-07:002010-11-05T15:35:49.692-07:0092 to 97th days - Diwali in GND=StudyingI'm doing 1 post per week now. Nothing exciting has really happened. A professor from Northumbria University (Europe) came by to teach us some biochemistry lectures. The guy was pretty intense and put structures for every single molecule on his slide. Thankfully, after going through his lectures on my own, I drew the reactions and pretty much compressed his 33 slides into 2 pages. In Anatomy, we started the head. It seems simple in theory, but hard to memorize and not get confused with nerves, arteries, lymphatics, veins, etc. Plus, you have to remember the previous associations. That's why I'm making my own "laundry list" to keep track of everything in a very organized way. It only takes me around 3 hours to look at my laundry list and memorize the whole thing.<br />
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The laundry lists I should say, one for each - biochem, histology, and anatomy are getting longer each day. They serve as somewhat as my external hard drive. Eventually, they will be part of my hard drive and not RAM.<br />
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Oh, and I almost forgot - HAPPY DIWALI!! There were some people who were selling some mithai here, but I think I missed it. Oh well, I plan to go to India and party there with the patake and the mithai. There is also a ICSA show on Saturday. Don't ask me what it stands for, all I know is the first letter is Indian. It's pretty much a dance show where students try to dance. It's great, but unless I'm done with all the Gray's Review+Physical Examination+Review Biochem+Review Anatomy+Review Histo, I very highly doubt that I will go to this show.<br />
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Not only that, I already saw the show last term, it's no big deal. Just another compromise you gotta make in the road to success.<br />
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So it's a Friday night and I plan to eat 4 pancakes+questions from Gray's Review. Then, finally, relax and watch some shows and eat some dinner at the same time.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1907565421815135562.post-88411455204627108072010-10-30T09:18:00.000-07:002010-10-30T09:18:28.157-07:0086th to 91th days Just missed a Tropical StormAfter the 4-day weekend, I was a little behind. I didn't use my 4-day weekend to my advantage. Instead of being ahead, I got a bit behind. So to catch-up, I had to sacrifice 2 days of pre-reading and some hours of sleep. By Friday, I was fully caught up and ready to go. Normally people use the weekend to catch up, I plan to use the weekend to review.<br />
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On a side note, after I came out of class on Friday, there was a bit of panic from students. Apparently, SGU sent everyone an email giving a warning about a Tropical Storm will hit Grenada. I didn't even know about it until someone told me. Then, I checked online, and we would be hit by the corner of a TS called Tomas. The email also said they'd be shutting the water off and most likely the electricity won't work either. So everyone was buying water bottles like crazy and flashlights. I refilled my 1 water bottle. In my house, we have 2 water tanks, that's only for us, so there's no problems. As for the electricity, can't do anything about that, will have to study using paper notes. I had a flashlight from Canada, but it had no batteries. All the stores, including the grocery store were already closed by the time I finished class, so there was nothing more I could do. My cellphone would be my flashlight as it already is when I come back late in the night.<br />
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So the storm was supposed to hit us Today (saturday) at 2 pm. It's 12:17 pm right now and the latest storm tracking says that it will miss us completely. It's not even raining here, bright and sunny day. So all that panic for nothing. Good thing I didn't panic.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1907565421815135562.post-34305075395429187792010-10-24T17:59:00.000-07:002010-10-24T17:59:44.400-07:00the 4-day weekendOn Thursday, I completed all my anatomy and biochem notes. On Friday, I studied Anatomy, but I also completed my ultrasound notes. On Saturday, I completely finished re-reviewing my notes and started doing questions. I have 30 more questions and I'm done with Anatomy.<br />
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We did have a special lab this week that involved examining a robot patient. From a BME's point-of-view, this was great. Though when I got there, it was just a dummy that has been programmed to say yes or no, most of the visceral structures can't be seen and there's a microphone inside that simulates the heart beat, breathing, etc. I thought the design would be a little bit more complicated, but what can you do. I think there are some universities with a very complex robot body that can mimic some symptoms. <br />
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It's also a 4-day weekend because Friday and Monday is a holiday. What are my plans? Study and study. Ok, I do have an island tour planned on Sunday, but I can cancel that if I really need to. Though, I'm pretty much ahead in all subjects, but I need to continue reviewing so that everything sticks in my head!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1907565421815135562.post-51772317835156621142010-10-17T11:17:00.000-07:002010-10-17T11:18:45.811-07:0061th to 68th daysThe week after the midterms, I continued studying so as to not fall behind. On Friday, there was a talent show where students of various talents performed and people watched for free. One of my friends did a guitar solo and my roomate was is in the "Cardiac Arrest" team. This team is a hip-hop dance group. All the talents were pretty good. I could've performed, but I don't have time to practice any of my talents except medicine.<br />
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On Saturday, there was a huge party on the beach, called "Sandblast". This party is the biggest party and only happens once per term. I went and had fun. I met some friends and there were free banana boat rides. There was also some shows. Afterwards, I was in a "good shape" to be able to walk back home with no problems. I couldn't say the same for my friends who were in "bad shape" or worse.<br />
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I'm keeping up with all the new material and reviewing my notes meanwhile. My favorite tv show now has officially become, "House". This is what I watch while I'm eating. In undergrad, I never watched House because I had no medical knowledge to be able to understand the episodes. However, now it seems to be a great show that I'd recommend to anyone with a medical interest. The main doctor, Dr. House also reminds me of someone in the family!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1907565421815135562.post-13513091425919447192010-10-09T20:30:00.000-07:002010-10-09T20:30:33.298-07:0050th to 60th days - Lots of studying and midterms are over!!I haven't posted anything for 10 days and that's because I've been busy studying! All my midterms are finished - Biochemistry, Histology, and Anatomy. After a lot of late nights in the library with many thunderstorms and running in the rain, it's over! Overall, I think I did pretty well, but I'll wait until my scores come out. Anatomy, by far was the toughest of them all, as expected. It was also the one that I studied the hardest though.<br />
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After the long exam, I got some food and went home. Then, in the night, I went out with some friends to "Fish Friday". Basically we take a taxi to the city where there are some streets that sell all types of fish varieties including fish fries, cakes, kebab, shrimp, lobster with noodles. It was good and I had some ice-cream after.<br />
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The next day, I went to the beach, did my grocery shopping, laundry, cleaned my room, went to school for a wii tournament, and then finally for dinner, I went with some friends for street meat.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1907565421815135562.post-57937759802946853312010-09-28T15:56:00.000-07:002010-09-28T16:45:27.386-07:0048-49th days - Anatomy and Histo labsI had a 2-hour Histo lab on Monday and a 4-hour Anatomy lab on Tuesday. Histo's always the easiest, once you know the slides, there's nothing you can do stop me. The problem is sometimes I go overboard and tend to say everything about the slide once I see it. This was the case this time. I normally hold back when other's are presenting, but after the presentations are over, we do practicals. In practicals, the clinical tutor can show us any slide and we have to say what it is. I can't help it if I don't hold back now. People are starting to think I'm getting cocky because I'm just saying what I see in the slide every time. So looks like I need to hold back yet again for even the practical....<br />
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In anatomy lab, it's the same stuff. We had abdomen again, but with some new stuff. It's fun to go through different cadavers and point out abnormalities and differences you see. This is the stuff I like the best and anatomy is the closest thing to what I will be doing for the rest of my life as a doctor. Most of the professors already know me by face, if not by name. There's a professor who's asked my name 9 times (and I thought I had bad memory). I like my anatomy group too, they're all smart and nice people. Today, we had a question on Meckel's diverticulum and the rule of 2s. The rule was 2% of the population, 2 in. long, 2 ft. from ileocecal valve, occurs in 2 yr. olds, and there are 2 types. I had all of those things, but I also said that 2% are symptomatic. Suddenly, a lot of people started disagreeing with me. The MIT girl in our group said, "I wrote a paper on this, trust me, it's not 2% symptomatic. You must have gotten that off of wikipedia". I said nothing further and gave in. I went back and looked it up and found in the NIH and American Journal of Emergency Medicine including that 2% ARE symptomatic! I wonder if I should even bother telling my group because they think I only use wikipedia to find things lol.<br />
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The anatomy lecture we had today was about medical imaging. The professor was teaching it was a PhD and a surgeon. He said that he spent 6 months trying to understand the MRI and can only talk about it for 10 mins. In terms of reading the radiographs, he knows his stuff, but in terms of the physics, he has no idea.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1907565421815135562.post-69608210089654358292010-09-26T00:40:00.000-07:002010-09-26T00:40:14.687-07:0047th day - Amazingly loud and long Thunderstorm!It is 3:36 am as I write this and it is because I started sleeping at 12 and I woke up from the sound of the thunderstorm. Normally, I would just keep sleeping, but this one definitely wins the prize as the loudest and longest thunderstorm I've ever experienced. I would record it, but I'm too lazy for that. The weather forecast said we were hit by a heat wave and so we may be having t-storms the whole week!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1907565421815135562.post-4931260298234518392010-09-25T14:47:00.000-07:002010-09-26T11:20:09.743-07:00Doing Laundry in GrenadaOne of the biggest disadvantages of living in Grenada is doing the laundry. The mold here already spontaneously forms at a much faster rate. With the heat and humidity, this is prime for bad smell. I'm living off campus currently and in order to do my laundry, I use the washer, but not the dryer. To dry my clothes, I must hang them outside on a line on my balcony. Once I do this, my clothes have regained the stink that they had before I washed them from the outside environment. Not only that, the fabric becomes more wrinkly and harder.<br />
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Compared to on campus though, I do not have to wait in line. On campus, there are only a few laundry machines in each building which houses more than 100 students. I've been talking to my friends on campus and even they have problems with laundry. There have been many reports of girls getting UTI (urinary tract infection). This happens frequently since if your clothes are not washed properly, pathogens can travel up from the bottom. Gladly, I don't have to worry about this. Though, I do check my clothes to see if there are any bugs before I wear them just in case. <br />
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The dryer we have is broken and it also generates too much electricity causing our utility bill to skyrocket. Though, I do wish they would fix the dryer.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1907565421815135562.post-85044898184331266142010-09-25T07:50:00.000-07:002010-09-25T07:50:45.304-07:0044-46th days - Lots of lab practiceI've been going to the anatomy lab a lot lately. In McMaster, we also had to go to the anatomy lab frequently in order to practice. We had bellringer exams in which a person would be situated at a station for 1 min. and will have to answer the question at that station. Then after a minute, a bell will ring that will tell the person to move to another station. In McMaster, all the bellringer exams were non-multiple choice. Thankfully, this is not the case here at SGU.<br />
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I woke up at 6:30 am on Saturday to get to the Mock (practice) bellringer at 7:40 am. There were 25 questions in the wet lab including some image-based questions like x-rays and CT. I didn't do that bad, I missed 6 and the ones I missed weren't completely wrong. My answers were right, but there were answers that were more right. The mock was actually non-multiple choice. In the real exam, I'll be able to pick out those more correct answers.<br />
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A lot of the students got scared because they've never experienced something like this. They had no idea it was going to be like that. They also never go to the lab and just study from books and lectures, so for them it was an eye-opener. Not too many people even "passed".Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1907565421815135562.post-20184412630791534902010-09-22T17:59:00.000-07:002010-09-22T17:59:32.978-07:0043rd day - tea exploded in bagpackOne of my roomates left her tea mug in her room today, so I brought it with me when I went to school. I kept it in my bagpack and unknowingly, more than half of the tea spilt inside my bagpack. Thankfully, only the corner of my notes were a little wet. I was able to return the tea mug though with some tea left. After all of that, my bagpack actually was smelling good because of the tea leaves.<br />
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I went to the anatomy lab today, went over the abdomen pretty much. One guy's job in the group was to hold the Netter's book. The rest was all me, I pretty much pointed out all of the structures. If there was, however, some small artery that I did not know what the branches were, we looked it up in Netters. Though it was pretty simple and I was able to locate all the structures in the cadavers.<br />
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I spent an hour in the lab and then I had to go, eat lunch, and then pre-read Histo, which I ended up finishing. The lectures were pretty easy today. I went back home and studied.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1907565421815135562.post-53810860255577597522010-09-21T15:24:00.000-07:002010-09-21T15:24:25.160-07:0042nd day - anatomy labI had an anatomy lab in the morning again. This time, there were two people from my FTM program that joined my group. As usual, I ended up naming everything and everyone else just watched. The FTM guys were whispering stuff like, "don't worry we'll get there someday". After the wet lab, I went to the dry lab, and then discussed some clinical cases, then we went again to another room to discuss more clinical cases and did a physical examination. Same stuff.<br />
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After 4 hours of that, I had 1 hour to eat. I went to the indian lady at the bus stop again, she had kadu (pumpkin) and daal, so I took those with rice and roti. It was a pretty good deal and filled me up. After that, I went to the library to pre-read what I could (not much considering the time left). Lecture started, the first part was all about the lumbar-sacral plexus. Basically, something you need to memorize by yourself. I memorized the brachial plexus the fast way in 5 mins. There's a fast way for this plexus too. The 2nd part of the lecture was embryology, which you also had to really learn on your own. The 3rd part was biochemistry and he was still on glycogenolysis and glycogenesis which I already did in FTM, so I ended up sleeping during class. I woke up when he got to the clinical conditions.<br />
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I went home, used the fast way to learn lumbar-sacral plexus in 20 mins, even some stuff we haven't learned yet. It's really sad that most of the students will spend weeks memorizing it when there's a trick to learning it. Anatomy's all about tricks and mnemonics, nobody will spoonfeed you all those tricks, you have to be self-assertive to seek them.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1