In lecture right now on biomechanics...not my thing. Anatomy is a very controversial subject in medical school. Some programs poo poo it, and some have basically eliminated it. The thought is that if you go into a specialty that requires that knowledge, you will learn it then. Can't this be said for practically any medical knowledge?
Anatomy blows at times. Long lab hours, brute force memorization, juicy remains all over, and constant smells. I like to think that my 3 month dedication to it will be worth the trouble. I certainly can't imagine med school without it. I don't know if specific knowledge of the pectineus or plantaris muscles will ever come to play in my career, but if nothing else I will have an appreciation for the physical presence that is all of us.
Just what are you doing?
I intend to document life as an idealistic medical student. This will encompass experiences, advice, and many soap box moments. I hope some will find this useful, but I know many won't. Proceed at your pleasure.
Internets is fun
- Ah Yes, Medical School: whitty and whimsical, no new posts coming
- Ah Yes, Residency: The fake doctor takes on intern year, and sometimes it isn't pretty
- Medstudentitis: personal accounts from inside the med student mind
- OVER!MY!MED!BODY!: lots of information, well written, well organized, much better than this blog...tear
- SDN: gives voice to the madness that is premed
- The Happy Hospitalist: entertaining with spickets of blunt information
La Musica
- RHCP - they have never disappointed me
- Radiohead - no explanation needed, go beyond creep and karma police
- Bloc Party - Brit pop is addictive, why I do not know
- Broken Social Scene - if for nothing else, the song titles are fun
- Flaming Lips - their live shows are beyond belief
Suggested reading
- Mountains Beyond Mountains (cliche, but a premed must)
- Slaughterhouse 5
- Kiss of the Spiderwoman
- Last Exit to Brooklyn or anything Selby
- Travels with Charlie or anything Steinbeck
1 comment:
I was wandering the halls of the science building yesterday, and I passed a new poster on one of the research lab doors. It made me think of you:
Never regard study as a duty, but as the enviable opportunity to learn to know the liberating influence of beauty in the realm of the spirit for your own personal joy and to the profit of the community to which your later work belongs.- Einstein
Best of luck in anat.
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