Monday, October 26, 2009

Monday morning

Hit the alarm 5 times, jump out of bed with 5 minutes to spare, grab a diet coke and race to class. Right now I'm learning about diagnostic testing for coronary artery disease, how to figure out the most efficient method of analyzing if an individual has coronary artery disease. We're analyzing how initial diagnostic tests impact QALYs (Quality Adjusted Life Years) of a person, life expectancy, including test costs (including the cost contribution of a false negative and false positive test), and cost of downstream treatment based on initial test result.

After this I race off to biochem, developmental biology, learn about the role of a hospitalist at lunch, then 4 hours of Practice of Medicine, learning about cohort studies, psychiatry, and clinical skills on giving information to patients. Then I meet with my advocacy group to discuss how we will incorporate patient safety/quality improvement into the med school curricula, then a townhall meeting to discuss clinical grades, then a study group, then...DINNER!

1 comment:

Kathleen said...

At least you are eating, is sleeping on your daytimer too. Soon you will get a week break,remember to enjoy it...