Baptism by Fire
I started my first day of my third year of medical today, and it also marked the beginning of my clinical clerkships.
Disappearing Act
I've spent the last month and a half studying for the boards.
Psychiatry
I never thought psychiatry would interest me until we began our psychiatry lectures and practical sessions as part of the second-year POM course.
Any given Sunday
The weather is gorgeous outside, but I find myself sitting at my bench in lab.
Thursdays at the Valley
Every Thursday, Margie, Jayson, and I trek down to the Santa Clara Valley Hospital, known affectionately as "The Valley."
The Dish
Running the dish is one of the rites of passages at Stanford, second only to full moon on the quad. Or so they say at least.
A funny thing happened on the way to my exam
As I was walking on the path between the Pediatric Surgery Research Lab and the CCSR, I noticed this crazy chattering.
So I actually do manage to do a bit of studying at med school.
I'm taking a little break from studying for the neurology block exam on Monday. I'm learning delightful little factoids such as remifentanil has a short duration of action since it is rapidly metabolized by blood and tissue esterases and that trazodone has the not so delightful side effect of causing priapism.
Back to the books!
Home Alone...Lost in New York!
"All the noises of the city were muted here into a distant hum,
