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Breast Cancer Awareness Month
2011-10-12 20:48:00 It’s been a while since I have posted here. It’s been stressful lately with application going out, asking for letters of recommendation, waiting for word from programs. I’ll be happy when it’s over. In the meantime, here’s a video I found and am sharing in honor of breast cancer awareness month — because early detection ... More About: Cancer , My Life , Awareness , Breast Cancer , Breast
That swell feeling?
2011-09-28 06:14:00 Today.. for the first time since I have been seeing patients… I felt like tears were possible; I felt that if I allowed it, MY tears would flow. Or at least trickle out. Not because I was being an idiot and getting berated by an attending. But because of the pain in the family members ... More About: Medical School
My Weekend Rant
2011-09-18 03:20:00 As I walked through the hallway of the Emergency Department, my eyes fell upon one particular gurney that was parked against a wall. It was a typical night in the ED. People were flowing through the doors and patients were being ?roomed? in the hallways. As I looked at this gurney?s occupant, I cringed. The ... More About: Rant , Weekend , Medical School
The Almost-Kamikaze American Pilots
2011-09-11 21:17:00 I can?t believe it?s been 10 years since the Twin Towers fell. In these last few days there have been numerous articles about that day and of memorials being held in NYC. For the most part I have stayed away from them. While I do think it is important for us to remember what happened, ... More About: News , Pilots , Opinion , Other , American
Call Day
2011-08-14 07:31:00 Our team was on short call today. The intern and senior resident were raving about ZDoggMD and his videos. This is his parody of Rebecca Black’s song “Friday.” We watched it during lunch in the cafeteria. I think this version is better. More About: Humor , Call , Medical School
LLU School of Medicine Student Blogs
2011-08-14 07:21:00 Apparently Loma Linda University School of Medicine has started a group blog for students from LLU. This is the first I’ve heard of it. And it looks fairly new. I’m guessing they asked/invited these students to write for them. You can check the group blog at: http://llusm.wordpress.com/. So if you’re at all interested in Loma ... More About: Student , Blogs , Medical School
Medical Humor: Is She Dilated?
2011-07-29 20:23:00 The following is something going around on the Internet. Not sure if it really happened, but I’d like to think it did. ***** Doctor: Go see this patient, she’s going into active labour. I want you to check if she’s dilated or not. Med Student: Um, okay. I will go check. Medical student sees patient, ... More About: Humor
Resource for Pre-med Students
2011-07-28 19:34:00 Mike, who is currently a fourth year medical student at UCLA has put together quite a resource for those who are interested in getting into medical school. Those of you who are at that stage might want to check it out. Here’s the link: Medical School Insider More About: Students , Other , Resource
Getting Along With Nurses
2011-07-24 00:57:00 Update (7/28): A nurse read my post and sent me a comment. I have included it below. Also, as pointed out by Karen in the comments section, nurses can be “hims” as well. It wasn’t my intention to leave out all the wonderful male nurses. Initially I had written this post with “him/her” but it ... More About: Medical School
We?re Baaack!
2008-09-04 07:44:00 After a summer off, the class is back together. It’s a bit strange. I was actually pretty excited about school starting up again. Reminded me a little of the elementary school excitement. Orientation was interesting. They went over policy again (briefly). I think a lot of the orientation part could have been skipped. One professor decided ... More About: Medical School , My Journey
Kauai Pictures
2008-08-31 11:54:00 This is not at all related to medical school. But my last post was written while still on vacation in Kauai. These are some of the pictures I took while over there. addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jeffreymd.com%2F2008%2F 08%2F31%2Fkauai-pictures%2F'; addthis_title = 'Kauai+Pictures '; addthis_pub ... More About: Other
Classes are starting soon? no!
2008-08-29 10:22:00 I?m ?back to school? next week after Labor Day. Right now I?m trying to enjoy my last few days of vacation and writing this entry while sitting poolside at a resort on the island of Kauai. Originally I was going to make this trip alone. I just wanted to relax before resuming lectures. But then ... More About: Classes , My Journey
For Now, No Autopsy
2008-08-20 09:49:00 I was supposed to go in for an autopsy yesterday. As I was instructed, I phoned the Pathology Office between 8:15 and 8:30 AM. That’s when I got the bad news. There wasn’t going to be any autopsy at the location I had requested. Unfortunately for me, there wouldn’t be any until Thursday at the ... More About: Medical School , My Journey
SurgeXperiences 204
2008-08-17 09:02:00 Welcome to another edition of surgeXperiences! SurgeXperiences is a bimonthly blog carnival bringing you stories from the front lines of the operating room. For more information, click here. This week’s (loose) theme was “My First Time.” So, in order of submission (for the most part), with those closest to the theme first, here are the posts! Firsts rlbates, ...
Autopsy
2008-08-07 20:36:00 By now my summer is almost over. I begin my second year in September, right after Labor Day. It’s gone rather quickly. I know I’m going to miss it. Part of me is worried that the summer vacation is going to make me rusty as far as studying goes. But I’ve been reviewing Biochemistry. So hopefully ... More About: Medical School
SurgeXperiences Blog Carnival Coming Soon
2008-08-02 09:15:00 I’d like to thank Jeffrey Leow for giving me the opportunity to host the SurgeXperiences Blog Carnival . Episode 4 of Season 2 will be coming to JeffreyMD.com on August 17, 2008. This will be my first time hosting a blog carnival. To find out more about SurgeXperiences, you can click the banner above. Deadline for Submissions: ... More About: Blog Carnival
Summer Update
2008-07-31 09:56:00 Well it’s been a while since I’ve written anything. It’s not because I don’t want to. I just haven’t had much to write about lately since I’m on summer vacation. I have had a couple of posts uploaded to The Differential. Those posts will probably eventually end up here on my personal blog. But for ... More About: Summer , Update , Medical School
Jeff W for President?
2008-07-10 23:16:00 I think I might need to come up with a platform… :/ addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jeffreymd.com%2F2008%2F 07%2F10%2Fjeff-w-for-president%2F'; addthis_title = 'Jeff +W+for+President %3F'; addthis_pub = ''; More About: News , Humor
Science-Based Medicine
2008-07-10 20:01:00 This year I had a course called Evidence-Based Medicine . The point of the class was to educate us on how to use the medical literature to determine the best treatments. Medicine has definitely come a long way from bleeding patients as a form of treatment. Now, we have evidence to lead the way. But I recently ... More About: Science , Opinion , Medical School , My Journey
On the Wards - (Child) Psychiatry
2008-05-25 23:07:00 I stood at the end of the hallway looking out through the large windows. Outside the sky was gray, the blacktop was damp, and the trees were dripping. It was a stark contrast to the interior. Here, where I stood, the walls were brightly colored, cartoonish faces squinted, frowned, and smiled, and random quotes encouraged ... More About: Psychiatry , Child , Medical School
It Is Finished
2008-05-21 07:25:00 I’m really happy. The joy is just crazy. It might even be bordering on giddiness. Today I came out of the two and a half weeks of exams. Previously I posted our final exam schedule. All in all, there were thirteen exams spread out over that time period. Three of those were National Boards Subject ... More About: Medical School , My Journey
What a waste of sleep!
2008-05-02 11:12:00 Okay, so I’m sitting here about to go to sleep when I get this urge to go check out Twitter.com. So its not a short visit. I already have an account there from way back when I was trying to stay updated on something. Anyhow, I decide to set it up so I can use ... More About: Sleep , Waste , Medical School , My Journey
Medical Humor - Compensation
2008-04-30 01:36:00 The patient shook his doctor’s hand in gratitude and said, “Since we are the best of friends, I would not want to insult you by offering payment. But I would like for you to know that I had mentioned you in my will.” “That is very kind of you,” said the doctor emotionally, and then ... More About: Humor , Medical , Compensation
101st Post
2008-04-29 08:18:00 Well I finally reached my 101st post. Unfortunately I can?t celebrate. It?s been really busy lately. I know my monthly post rate has plummeted recently. Hopefully that has an inverse relationship with my exam scores? Anyways, this is the last week of lectures. I can’t believe the year is almost over. That’s right, it’s the ... More About: Post , Medical School , My Journey
Memorial Service
2008-04-29 05:47:00 Last week, I attended a Memorial Service at my school. The service was held for all those who had donated their bodies for use in the anatomy labs. There were three schools in attendance (Schools of Medicine, Dentistry, and Allied Health). A couple of musical numbers were performed by students and a handful of students volunteered ... More About: Medical School , My Journey
Wal-Mart and Healthcare
2008-04-29 04:56:00 I’ve been hearing a lot about these quick-stop clinics staffed by nurse practitioners. I hear about them in the news or read about them online. They seem to be on the east coast or midwest. Or maybe I’m just not paying any attention to them here locally. As someone going into a medical career, this is ... More About: Healthcare , Mart , Wal-Mart , Wal Mart
Cross Cultural Differences and Alternative Medicine
2008-04-06 01:51:00 I know it has been a while since I last wrote. Been a bit busy lately. And in my moments of downtime I’ve found myself doing a different type of writing. I’ve been writing some fiction. Mostly because it’s a bit therapeutic. Anyhow, back to Medical School related matters. On Friday we had two guest lecturers ... More About: Medicine , Alternative , Cross , Alternative Medicine , Cultural differences
A Random Medical School Pre-Exam-Week Post
2008-03-12 00:31:00 It’s getting busy now. It must seem like I say that a lot on my posts. At least I feel like I write that a lot. But its once again the week before exams. The lecture schedule is tapering off. We have only 3 lectures on Thursday (as opposed to the normal 4) and then ... More About: Medical , Post , Random , School , Week
Healthcare Comparisons
More articles from this author:2008-03-05 20:26:00 Well it looks like the Democratic nomination just keeps getting more complicated by the minute. Last night Clinton pulled off some victories in Texas, Rhode Island, and Ohio. A while back (in a post titled Hillary Healthcare 2.0)I wrote about the healthcare plan proposed by Hillary. My intention was to highlight the plan so that ... More About: News 1, 2, 3 |
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