Category: School

A review series on various subjects/topics/lectures we've gone over in med school.

Reflections on Radiology

This was 1 out of my 2 Dean’s Selective electives (the other is Cardiology), and each of these were split into 2-week blocks. Since one of these weeks was during Thanksgiving week, patient flow was very light, and this rotation was even more chill than it already would’ve been despite that.

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Reflections on Emergency Medicine

I finished my Emergency Medicine rotation a couple days ago (technically 5 days ago, but I went in again for fun over the weekend). There have been many sleepless nights, but I learned a lot, and I definitely got to do way more procedures than I thought I’d be entrusted to do. The ER I …

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Reflections on Family Medicine I

I posted my tentative schedule for the year a couple months ago (it feels like a billion years ago), and I figured I’d do a recap/reflection on each of my rotations! This one’s obviously super late because I finished the rotation back in September, but disappeared on a family vacation shortly …

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Tips For Your First Clinical Rotation

  • Contact your preceptor beforehand! Confirm the hours, the location, and the appropriate dress. Although I did look up the directions beforehand, Google Maps led me to the middle of two train tracks and told me I’d arrived at the clinic. For the next clinic I was supposed to show up at, Continue reading

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    OMT: pelvis

    This is one of the regions I was assigned to assess for my midterm practical last year. I got off to a wonderful start by handing my grading sheet to my preceptor and smashing my elbow into the corner of the table as I turned to face my patient. We had a good laugh over …

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