Blogs Bloggar
RSS Subjects
Submit Blog Edit Blog How it Works
RSS Subjects — Blogs about "Medical School"

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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Veterinary Medical School Admission Requirements (Veterinary Medical School
2008-05-01 05:08:00
Veterinary Medical School Admission Requirements (Veterinary Medical School Admission Requirements in the United States and Canada) (Paperback) This compact volume, which is updated annually, gives a general overview of the application process, including detailed information on the Veterinary Medical Colleges Application Service and residency requirements for application. BUY NOW
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 ...
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 ...
Veterinary Medical School Admission Requirements
2008-04-09 00:00:00
Veterinary Medical School Admission Requirements (Veterinary Medical School Admission Requirements in the United States and Canada) (http://www.amazon.com/Veterina-ry-Medical-School-Admission-Req-uirements/dp/1557534993/ref=pd_-zg_rss_nr_b_14439_10?ie=UTF8 tag=indonvetercom-20)by Lawrence Heider...
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 ...
Harvard Medical School - Slow cancer growth through starving the cancer cel
2008-03-19 04:14:00
As we relentlessly march into the future scientists continue to discover stuff about stuff.  And you know what we don't forget the stuff we already knew about stuff.  That is the law of accelerating change in a nutshell. Some of the stuff we learn about stuff we had to already know about some other stuff before we could figure out the new stuff about stuff. You follow? Now some fairly bright scientists at Harvard have come across a technique for "starving" cancer cells and thereby curbing their growth.  When the researchers forced cancer cells to switch to the other form of pyruvate kinase in the lab by knocking out production of PKM2, the cells' growth was curbed.   This is a novel technique that science had to first understand the process behind cancers explosive growth before the solution could even be looked for.  This is not a treatment yet, but could open up new avenues to combat the disease[s].
By: techRivet
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 ...
The Writing On The (Bathroom) Wall
2008-02-11 07:55:00
Well I’ve seen the writing on the wall. Granted, it was on the wall of a bathroom stall. And no, I won’t write about what I was doing in there (although my intelligent readers should be able to figure that one out). But this is what it said: School Socks Crime Spays Man… I find the weirdest things ...
Conversations - Learning So Much
2008-01-23 08:21:00
Usually there are two kinds of conversations I listen to. The first, of course, are the conversations I am involved in. That’s easy. The second, however, are conversations that I overhear. I wouldn’t call myself an eavesdropper. But sometimes I just can’t help it. People get all excited and into their conversations that it seems they ...
Picking Apart My Brain
2008-01-17 09:42:00
I was one of the first into lab from my group of eight. On the table was a clear plastic container filled with a solution of 10% formaldehyde. The container sat on a tray — a tray that you might find in a cafeteria. I slipped the tray out from underneath the container and carefully ...
The top 5 health stories of 2007: Harvard Medical School
2008-01-10 21:46:00
Today, Harvard Medical School published its top 5 health stories of 2007. Not surprisingly, the human brain made the list:AVANDIA: What lessons did we learn? The FDA is supposed to allow drugs on the market only if they are safe and effective. In 2007, rosiglitazone (Avandia), became the latest medication found to have serious side effects that weren???t apparent when it was approved. The surprise came with study results showing that AVANDIA ??? markedly increases the risk of heart attack, as well as overall risk of dying from heart disease. The absolute risk is small: about one additional heart attack or cardiac death in 1,000 people taking the drug. . The surprise came with study results showing that AVANDIA markedly increases the risk of heart attack, as well as overall risk of dying from heart disease. The absolute risk is small: about one additional heart attack or cardiac death in 1,000 people taking the drug. The FDA put a ???black box??? warning on it, but rosiglitazone st...
Medical School is like? Pancakes?
2008-01-06 02:32:00
Recently found a post over at Rumors Were True titled Pancakes Everyday. The author of that blog is also a medical student. Apparently, a while back, he wrote a post in which he likened medical school to eating pancakes everyday. Its an interesting post. You can check it out at the link above. Anyways, I guess ...
Male Discrimination Entering Medical School
2008-01-03 22:51:00
Male Discrimination Entering Medical School…? Just my opinion after look what’s going on for a couple years before at acceptance new student medical school system. The opposition to the man entering the medical school apparently is the hot topics right now. We as the man indeed could not ignore the situation like that. ...
By: Jevuska
How To Select A Good Medical School?
2008-01-03 22:26:00
A medical school is a faculty of medicine that teaches the students everything related to medical field. There are many subjects taught at a medical school. Medical schools teach subjects such as human anatomy, biochemistry, immunology, neurology, genetics, and human biology. The course covered depends amd differs from place to place in the world. There ...
Male Discrimination Entering Medical School
2008-01-03 11:40:00
Male Discrimination Entering Medical School...? Just my opinion after look what's going on for a couple years before at acceptance new student medical school system. The opposition to the man entering the medical school apparently is the hot topics right now. We as the man indeed could not ignore the situation like that. The fact that most of these doctors are female is to do with their
By: Jevuska
Oh, You?ll do fine
2007-12-30 08:28:00
One of the phrases that I have come to despise hearing is “Oh, you’ll do fine.” It is often heard when someone is stressing out like crazy about an upcoming exam. Some well-meaning person will simply say, “Oh, you’ll do fine,” or some other variant. As if all the concern and stress over the exam ...
My Roller Coaster
2007-12-16 09:18:00
Simon says was fun for a little while. But looking back, I really don’t understand the appeal of being jerked around like that. That is, after all, what the game is all about — doing everything Simon says, no matter how ridiculous or absurd it may seem. Along the way it gets old. I have ...
Surrounded by geniuses
2007-12-14 07:38:00
I am no gunner. Trust me. I might have a gunner-like thought once in a while. You might even say I have some gunner tendencies. But if MTV decided to make Real World: Medical School, it would be irrefutable: I am not a gunner. Because while I might like to have the highest score on ...
Oprah?s Omentum
2007-12-14 00:35:00
I woke up really groggy last Monday. It was the first day of exam week. The exam of the day was Gross Anatomy & Embryology. As I ate my cereal I watched the morning news. Oprah had been busy over the weekend. She was campaigning for Obama. The New York Post decided it would be ...
What a frenzy
2007-12-12 02:20:00
I walked out of anatomy lab a few minutes ago. Tomorrow is the lab practical exam. Earlier in the week we got an email that said the lab would be open today from 8-10 AM and 3-5 PM. I though the 8-10 AM time slot was kind of odd. All of the first years had ...
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 ...
Right Choice of Medical School
2007-11-29 17:44:00
The choice of the college can make a great difference to your career. Many a times the lack of information and improper planning of the studies, lead to unfruitful effort. It is always better to get the complete knowledge of the institute in which you are planning to get your education. ...
Select a Medical School
2007-11-29 17:34:00
If you are a student and want to know about the different colleges that are providing the educational facility in the field that you wish pursue a career, then you can get this information on http://www.selectmedicalschools-.com. This information is furnished on this ...
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 ...
U.S. Medical School Resident Couple debt: $700,000 !
2007-11-29 02:48:00
Various studies mention about $120,000/- to $150,000 in average medical school debts for American medical school graduates, but when as residents, they plan to start a family and have a home (many of them are almost 30 by them and its high time to do so) - the debts pile up to staggering amounts. An article on CNN money features a medical residents couple - a pediatrician and a anesthesiologist
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. ...
Medical School Admission Requirements More Than Grades
2007-11-25 02:23:00
Wealth Dictates Health  When considering a career as a doctor, you will find that the medical school admission requirements are more then grades that you make in undergraduate classes. There are many other requirements that you will need to fulfill in order to have the strongest chances of being admitted to the US medical school of your ...
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 ...
Largest Medical School Class Ever
2007-10-17 15:16:00
Who says that no one wants to be a physician? The Association of American Medical Colleges announced that there will be a record 17,800 (approximate) first year medical students this year - a 2.3 percent increase verses last year. There was also an 8.2 percent increase in applicants. Approximately 42,300 individuals applied for medical school in 2006. (Newswise)The article also says that a handful of schools (image credit) also increased their entering class size verses 2006. I think this is good news for medicine and for the public. Now, to burst this bubble, there is no mention of how many people wash out in the first year and how many actually finish med school after previous record numbers of first year students. Now, those would be interesting numbers to see.
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 ...
Why is autism not taught in medical school?
2007-09-25 09:52:00
Psychiatry is a fake science they know that they can’t answer the hunger strike questions, why do you think that they tell others not to talk to me about it, the more they say the righter I show to be and the wronger they are.Psychiatry. Voting on Diseases, that is all it is is a ...
Best Medical School In The USA
2007-08-31 10:44:00
When it comes to medical schools in the USA they can now be classified under two categories. There are those schools which concentrate on the research side and those schools which focus all their attention on teaching their students about primary care matters. However when it comes to choosing which is the best medical school can be very difficult to achieve as some have a much higher reputation than others. For example you could say that Harvard is the best, but this is probably world wide this is the most well known. But even if we were to put together a definitive list of what are the best and worst medical schools in the USA today. It does not mean that a student which to attend them can just apply for admission to get in to carry out their studies. Unfortunately if a medical school ranks highly then their requirement standards will be much higher. Often such schools will expect those applying to them to have a better Grade Point Average (GPA) as well as they will want their pot...
[???] Matrix 101: The Medical School
2007-08-29 14:58:00
Matrix 101: The Medical School??: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mdJyyJ2qur0
Harvard Medical School-Partners HealthCare Center for Genetics and Genomics
2007-08-18 03:52:00
AutoGenomics, a leader in developing automated molecular testing solutions, announced today that its CYP450 2C9-VKORC1 panel that it submitted to the FDA for 510(k) clearance late last year, has now been evaluated by the Harvard Medical School-Partners HealthCare Center for Genetics and Genomics (HPCGG). Warfarin (also called Coumadin) is a drug… Share This
Medical School Final Examination
2007-08-12 05:23:00
godfrey nzeogu Request Please join me in praying for my wife who is staring her Medical School Final Examination on Monday, August 13, 2007. Her exam is for two weeks duration. Your continuous prayers for the duration will help her in achieving the needed success.
UAG Medical School - Mexico
2007-07-21 21:21:00
So, it's been a little while since I've posted to this blog. I hope people are still visiting and exploring their options for medical school. As you know, if you've been reading this blog's previous posts, I'm a recent graduate of an osteopathic medical school here in the US. But, I want this blog to be more than just about DO schools. I want to share your options with you as you explore medical schools. One "off-shore" school that has been around probably the longest is the UAG medical school. UAG stands for the Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara in Jalisco, Mexico. It had been the medical school of choice for many aspiring doctors in the 1970's because admissions to US school was just too darn difficult. UAG accepts US students as well as students from native Mexico. You can become fully licensed in the US and the school has many connections with US hospitals for you rotations. The school offers two entering classes per year, which is nice. They also have a rolling admissio...
Jail vs. Medical School: An Objective Comparison
2007-06-21 08:51:00
Here's a little something I began writing in the midst of finals.Even though I love med school, and I'm glad that I'm a part of it, and I'm excited to become a doctor, and it's a dream come true... there is such a thing as "too much of a good thing."Just picture a dump truck full of your favourite ice cream pouring its load all over you.That's what med school is like when things get intense...you remember liking it way back when,you know you worked hard to get there,and yet you still feel like it's taking over you, drowning you, going to kill you.It's nice to be in my summer break and back to enjoying the dump truck load of ice cream from the sidelines, and not drowning in it.Jail: Several hours a day spent in a 9' x 9' cell with small windows, where you sleep as well.Medschool: Several hours a day spent in a 9' x 9' PBL room, where you sleep as well during naps and finals.Jail 1, Medschool 0.Jail: You get to leave early if you display good behaviour. If you misbehave, y...
Triple Amputee Graduates from Medical School
2007-05-29 15:56:00
Michigan native Kellie Lim, 26, has met not only the challenges of medical school, but has overcome the physical effects of being a triple amputee to graduate from UCLA?s medical school. At age 8, Lim contracted bacterial meningitis. She then suffered from toxic shock as a result of the illness and ended up losing both ...
Caribbean medical school review - American University of the Caribbean
2007-05-23 17:41:00
Greetings! It's been a while since I've posted on this blog for a variety of reasons. First, even though I'm finishing up medical school and graduating in a week and a half, I'm busier than ever. I'm trying to tidy up loose ends with school, bills, the wife, etc. Let's just say I'm a busy guy! Anyways, I think all good things need a new direction once in a while. That why, for the next few posts (or more) I'll be reviewing most of the Caribbean medical schools out there. I don't know what it is about them, but I'm fascinated with them. I'd like to start one someday, in fact! Just kidding...but I'm not if it would go through because these schools make their owners large amount of cash! I'm talking hand-over-fist kinda cash! They probably make more in one year than I would my whole career as an internist! Anyways, The first school I want to review will be AUC - American University of the Caribbean. This school has been around like 30 years! It has catered to Americans who...
A New Medical School in Michigan is formed
2007-04-12 03:35:00
Officials from Oakland University and Beaumont Hospitals announced last week they will create a privately funded medical school on Oakland’s campus.Beaumont and Oakland jointly filed a letter of intent with the Liaison Committee for Medical Education (LCME) to begin the process of establishing an allopathic medical school.“Studies show that there is a looming shortage of physicians, nationally and especially in Michigan,” said Ananias Diokno, M.D., Beaumont’s Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer. “This new medical school will help fill the gap.”In addition to addressing the doctor shortage, the new medical school will have a significant economic impact on southeast Michigan. According to the AAMC, the economic impact of medical schools and teaching hospitals is $451 billion nationwide, $18 billion alone in Michigan.“Beaumont is the largest, private-staff model teaching hospital and academic medical center in the country,” said Kenneth J. Matzick, Presid...
US NEWS TOP MEDICAL SCHOOLS
2007-04-11 05:48:00
The US NEWS and World Report published their rankings of top (MD) medical schools in the country. Here is a short sample:1.) Harvard University: 3.81 GPA, 11.7 Avg. MCAT, 4.7% acceptance2.) Johns Hopkins: 3.85 GPA, 11.6 Avg. MCAT, 6.2% acceptance3.) University of Pennsylvania4.) Washington University - St. Louis5.) University of California - San Francisco6.) University of Washington7.) Stanford University8.) Duke University10.) Baylor University (tie)10.) Columbia University - NY (tie)There is a list of the top ten. I thought many of you would find it interesting. Enjoy!
What is the deal with Caribbean Medical Schools?
2007-04-04 03:27:00
When I was applying to medical school, I investigated the Caribbean schools as my possible back-up plan. I was afraid my low MCAT scores would keep me out of an American medical school. These are for-profit schools set up by wealthy business men and women that will grant the M.D. degree upon completion of their rigorous training. There are many to choose from and their admissions criteria vary greatly. There are some reputable ones - namely the BIG 3: St. George's (Grenada), Ross (Dominica), and the American University of the Caribbean ("AUC" in St. Maarten). There are others obviously, but these are the big schools that have a long reputation of placing graduates into US residency training programs. Before the Caribbean rage, there was Mexico. Many of our parent's generation of physicians that could not get accepted in the U.S. went to Mexico to get their M.D. The Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara is the big one that comes to mind. The UAG is a major international player in the...
82014 blogs in the directory.
Statistics resets every week.


Contact | About
© Blog Toplist 2009 - Supported by Web Catalog - SEO by FeWorks
eXTReMe Tracker