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Med School Humor - Pimp My Scope
2007-12-02 20:12:00 Did you ever watch that MTV show “Pimp My Ride”? Well here’s a bunch of med students spoofing that show with a lil clip called “Pimp My Scope .” And who said med students have no life? Enjoy. addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jeffreymd.com%2F2007%2F 12%2F02%2Fmed-school-humor-pimp-my-scope% 2F'; addthis_title = 'Med+School +Humor +-+Pimp+My+Scope'; addthis_pub = ''; More About: Med school
Reforming the U.S. Healthcare System
2007-12-01 00:24:00 This quarter I’m taking a course called “Medicine and Ethics.” The class is taught by Dr. X. (name withheld). There are a number of topics that was scheduled to be discussed and each topic was presented by a group of 3 or 4 students. I ended up in a group of four. Our topic, as ... More About: System , Healthcare , Medical School , My Journey , Stem
World AIDS Day 2007
2007-11-30 23:36:00 December 1, 2007 is World AIDS Day. Last year I wrote a short post summarizing an MSNBC article about how AIDS has changed America and you can find that post here. Over the past two and a half decades AIDS has transformed from a strange and unknown disease associated with gay men into a global pandemic ... More About: News , Opinion , Aids , World Aids Day
Thankful
2007-11-30 10:17:00 The other day I got home around 10:45 PM. I had been studying in the library in the dungeon (basement floor). Since there was no cell phone reception down there, I didn’t find out I had a voicemail until I got back home. My mom had left a message. I wasn’t sure what she called for, ... More About: My Journey , Hank
Professionalism 101
2007-11-29 08:17:00 I was just browsing through Facebook and looking at a few of my classmates pages. Here’s an interesting post I found on Jane’s (not real name) page. She received an email that I’ve quoted below (with her permission, of course). Jane, We noticed on your most recent CSF Quiz that you just wrote down Jane While first name use ... More About: Medical School , My Journey , Fess
I?ve got this sick feeling?
2007-11-26 17:03:00 First day back after Thanksgiving break. I’m kinda feeling sick… well its more like this sick feeling that I didn’t do enough over break. I think I should get used to this feeling. It reminds me of the movie Schindler’s List where he regrets not doing more to save people at the end of the movie. ... More About: Sick , Feeling , Medical School , My Journey
Test Week 2 Over, Thanksgiving coming up
2007-11-14 08:00:00 Well we got through the second set of exams. Now we are working our way through the pulmonary system. Already I feel like I’m falling behind and we’ve only had one week and 2 days since the last set of exams. I’m hoping to be able to catch up over this coming weekend and Thanksgiving ... More About: Week , Test , Medical School , My Journey
MSNBC.com: Monkey Embryos Cloned
2007-11-14 07:34:00 Source: MSNBC .com: Monkey embryos cloned, scientists say Humanity is one step closer to human cloning. Recently, some researches in that state of Oregon claim to have successfully cloned monkey embryos and extracted stem cells. This is supposed to pave the way for the procedure to be done in humans. This still does not make the controversy go ... More About: News , Opinion , Cloned
Apple OS X 10.5 Leopard and More Studying
2007-10-30 03:28:00 There it is. After day 1 of exam week I went to the campus store and purchased myself a copy of Apple OS X Leopard for the student discount of $69. I would’ve gone to the campus store over the weekend but the did not receive the shipment until today. They said that since they ... More About: Studying , My Journey
Dead Week
2007-10-23 07:35:00 Well its now the week before our second set of exams. In undergrad we used to call this Dead Week . It was supposed to be a week when no major projects were due or anything that would be too stressful. The point was to give us time to concentrate on final/quarter exams. In theory it ... More About: My Journey
MSNBC.com: Air passengers can sue over blood clots
2007-10-18 04:06:00 Source: MSNBC .com - Judge: Air passengers can sue over blood clots Apparently a judge has ruled that passengers can sue airlines over blood clots. The article writes that patients who developed a Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) can sue the airline if they were not allowed to move to an empty seat with more leg room. I realize ... More About: News , Opinion , Blood , Passengers
Surgical Models
2007-10-14 19:21:00 I just read a blog post over at Unbounded Medicine about surgical models made up of fiber glass with thoracic and abdominal compartments. The internal organs of a pig are used to simulate the organs of a human. Using this model students can perform both a laparoscopy and thoracoscopy. Looks like an awesome way to study ... More About: Models , Other , Medical School , My Journey
Med School Humor - Gunners
2007-10-10 07:06:00 Do you have a gunner problem in your class? Sometimes I feel like there are a lot of gunners in my class…. Take a look at this video from youtube. Click the pic to view it. More About: Humor , School , Med school , Gunner
Medical Humor - Scrubin?
2007-10-09 01:16:00 Just found this vid on YouTube. Its a short music video made some by some medical students. Just click the image below to see the video. Please note the disclaimer at the beginning of the video… More About: Humor , Medical
Family Medicine
2007-10-07 22:01:00 Last week I went to two interest group meetings. They were the Family Medicine Interest Group (FMIG) and the Internal Medicine Interest Group (IMIG). Honestly, I went to these meetings because they were convenient for me. I had afternoon labs and both of these meetings offered free lunches for those who signed up. I wonder ... More About: My Journey
Why am I wet?
2007-09-25 08:38:00 I was in anatomy lab today. We were dissecting the anterior and superior mediastina. We were fortunate to have a visiting doctor from Northern California. He flew his own plane down so that he could lecture on the thoracic region (he’s a thoracic surgeon). So I’m working on the anterior wall of the thoracic region. We ... More About: My Journey
Yahoo! News - UK Doctors Issued New Dress Code
2007-09-21 22:35:00 Source: U.K. hospitals issue doctors’ dress code - Yahoo ! News Well this just in. The UK has now issued a new dress code for their doctors. The have decided to ban all neckties and long sleeved shirts. Jewelry has also been banned. And to top it all off, the physician’s white coat has been banned as ... More About: Doctors , Opinion , Dress
Medical Humor - A Cardiologist?s Funeral
2007-09-21 22:22:00 A cardiac specialist died and at his funeral the coffin was placed in front of a huge mock up of a heart made up of flowers. When the pastor finished with the sermon and eulogy, and after everyone said their good-byes, the heart opened, the coffin rolled inside and the heart closed. Just then one of the mourners burst into ... More About: Humor , Medical , Logi , Funeral
Test Week 1
2007-09-21 22:21:00 Test week 1 is finally over! Our exams were scheduled over a 4 day period and so we had Friday off. I woke up around 11 AM. It felt really weird waking up and not knowing what to do. I kinda felt lost. All week I’d wake up and be worried about the 8:30 AM ... More About: Week , Test , My Journey
How to Become a Doctor
2007-09-14 21:23:00 I was browsing some medical blogs and found a link to HowStuffWorks.com. Dr. Carl Bianco, MD, has written a pretty good overview of the traditional path to earning the two initials. I didn’t get a chance to read through the entire thing, but from the looks of the contents listing, it covers a lot. Dr. Bianco ... More About: Doctor
Medical Humor - Rats, Matches, and Motorcycles
2007-09-14 07:51:00 “In retrospect, lighting the match was my mistake. But I was only trying to retrieve my son’s rat.” Dick Stone told doctors in the severe burns unit of San Francisco City Hospital. Admitted for emergency treatment after an attempt to retrieve the rat had gone seriously wrong, he explained, “My son left the cage door ... More About: Humor , Medical , Motorcycles , Matches , Rats
Choosing Your Residency/Specialty
2007-09-12 13:42:00 Are you trying to decide what residency/specialty to go into? It can be a very difficult decision. And often its not entirely up to medical students. After all, we do have to gain an acceptance into the program we want. Anyways, someone sent this to me a while back. Click on the thumbnail for a ... More About: Humor , Residency
Medical Humor - Deep Thoughts
2007-09-11 14:48:00 One of life’s mysteries is how a two pound box of candy can make A person gain five pounds. Brain cells come and go but fat cells live forever. Life not only begins at forty, it begins to show. I had to give up jogging for my health. My thighs kept rubbing together and setting my pants on ... More About: Humor , Medical , Thoughts , Deep Thoughts , Deep
Sleep Sleep Sleep
2007-08-31 09:11:00 Earlier this month someone sent me an email about sleep deprivation. Here is a quote from the article (from About.com): “Poll results show that while many Americans enjoy the benefits of sufficient sleep, as many as 47 million adults may be putting themselves at risk for injury, health and behavior problems because they aren’t meeting ... More About: Sleep
Pre-Med Humor - Preventive Measures
2007-08-14 23:37:00 A physics professor was explaining a complicated concept when a premed student interrupted him. “Why do we have to learn this stuff?” the young man blurted out. “To save lives,” the professor replied. “How does physics save lives?” the smartass student asked. “Physics saves lives,” the professor said, “because it keeps certain people out of medical school.” More About: Humor
MSNBC.com: Obese kids miss the most school
2007-08-14 06:35:00 Obese kids miss the most school - Kids & Parenting - MSNBC.com Above is a link to the MSNBC.com story. Last week on rounds I saw a number of patients in the Pediatric clinic. The common topic of conversation between doctor and patient/parent? More exercise and a healthier diet. Childhood obesity is ... More About: News , School , Miss , My Journey
Medical Humor - Out of Room
2007-08-14 06:33:00 During a patient’s two week follow-up appointment with his cardiologist, he informed me, his doctor, that he was having trouble with one of his medications. “Which one?” I asked. “The patch, the nurse told me to put on a new one every six hours and now I’m running out of places to put it!” I had him quickly undress ... More About: Humor , Medical , Room
Medical Humor - Cause of Death
2007-08-14 06:31:00 One day I had to be the bearer of bad news when I told a wife that her husband had died of a massive myocardial infarct. Not more than five minutes later, I heard her reporting to the rest of the family that he had died of a “massive internal fart.” - Another true story ... More About: Humor , Medical , Death
Wards Experience
More articles from this author:2007-08-14 06:02:00 At Orientation I learned that I had been assigned to Pediatrics for my first two weeks before classes begin. Not quite sure what to expect, I followed the directions and found myself sitting in a conference room Monday morning with the rest of the Freshman who had been assigned to Pediatrics. The group in the conference ... More About: Experience , My Journey , Peri , Erie 1, 2, 3 |
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