Bloody Guts

Well, all done our hematology and GI. Well, that is if we passed our exams! So the DREAM has turned out to be a wonderful experience - but lots of work!

One of our professors made a great point during a lecture, something along the lines of working very hard to get here, and then complaining once you are here rather than running the race well...

Interesting point. Med School is everything I had hoped it would be and more!

Do You remember?

In light of the fact that Remembrance Day is almost here, and that we have had, and currently have, soldiers willing to fight for our freedom, I thought it would be appropriate to post this link:

A Pittance of Time

Terry Kelly does an incredible job reinforcing the fact that we are currently enjoying freedoms that were payed for with human lives. Even now, with the current global conflict against terrorism, we are seeing Canadians sacrifice their lives for us all.

Lest we forget...

Back Again!

Well, I felt guilty after I heard that a fellow student visited my Blog - I have not really had time for updating, and with an exam on the horizon... ahh... here goes anyways.

Med School (in five minutes or less - the Reubenator is such a taskmaster!):

Welcome to medschool: The Tuataras treated us to an awesome welcome - first they scared the pants off of us, and then we bobbed for pickles - and then finally they gave us a warm welcome to the profession. All in all a fabulous time. Turns out it was not just for the sake of doing what they must - the Tuataras have been awesome - helping us out here and there, and even handing us a beating in table tennis when we need it.

First time with patients: Bone marrow biopsies, scrubbing up in the ER, fistulas causing abnormal passage of bodily nutrients, patients finding out about terminal illness, and finally patient presentations from incredible people who are somehow managing with terrible illness.

Calgary Medschool: All I can say is I am glad I held out and only applied at University of Calgary Medical School. What is different here? What makes it better than the rest? Caring, caring, and more caring! This school is really about making successful Doctors, and not simply by testing, but training and supporting us through it all. I have seen several examples in the past where institutions did not care about individual success - just the bottom line. This is just the opposite here at U of C.

I really have to get back to studying - I will finish with saying thank you to all of those people who have been so supportive from the Admissions office to the UME office to the Bookstore, and finally Med IT. Finally, thanks to my classmates who are all wonderful people who are going to make a great batch of Doctors someday soon!

Take another trip around the sun

It has been a year since I last posted, not that anyone really reads my blog. Interestingly enough, I re-applied to med school again, and hey - I made it this time!

I learned some valuable lessons in the whole process, the first of which is, if you do not try, then you definitely will not succeed. Last year I commented that just taking the chance was probably more important than actually succeeding, and I still feel that way, even though I made it in.

So where from here? I am so excited to get to help people directly rather than a group audience (as in public education). Now the trick is getting back into the student role, and dedicating copious amounts of time towards my studies... I would say this will be tough, but I am extremely motivated so that should help a bit.

Keep stopping by and I will try to post continual thoughts about med school!