Last lecture of the year
HHD Pediatric cardiology lab
Mini-CPX exam
CV End Block Exam
Practice of Medicine Exam
Integrated Final Exam.
then: DONE WITH MY FIRST YEAR OF MEDICAL SCHOOL!!!!!! 1 year closer to caring for patients...
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Quote of the Day
"To relentlessly force the tender wisdom, thoughtful reflection, and perceptive honesty of the human heart to conform to the ridiculously impossible, inhuman speed of the world, its effortlessly generated images and mind-driven technologies, is to do violence to our most precious, valuable treasure: the necessary guidance of the human heart. Without it, we may get more and more done, and push ever faster through the gauntlet of our to do list, but we may never, in the end, catch up to anything."
Monday, May 17, 2010
The amazing world you discover...
Rough test today, followed by a rougher 5 hours of continuous class, and it was rainy and cold... I was ready to be released from the cage...counting down the minutes to 5pm. And I'm out, quickly change and get moving. I start my usually route, around Lake Lagunita. I get somewhat annoyed by all the moths that seem to be around the ground, then as I look closer...and realize, that they aren't little moths, they are FROGS. BABY FROGS EVERYWHERE! I'm talking about hundreds and hundreds of baby frogs on the trail and in the surrounding meadow. So, of course I stop running, stoop down and enjoy the gleefully hopping frogs for a while, They hopped around so much, all my iphone photos are blurry. I walk lightly amongst the beautifully simple baby frogs for about a 1/4 mile...Amazing right? Where did they all come from? Why today? How wonderful, mysterious and beautiful. Nature always having a way of giving me a wake up call at the right moment...
Not all in life is perfect and beautiful though...As I continued to walk along the trail full of hopping froggies, I began seeing squashed frogs. My elation dampened. More dead frogs, all over the trail...People had been running them over all day. People had been enjoying their run, unaware of the world around them, ignorant of the small beautiful creatures beneath their feet...It made me really sad. It was so terrible to see all of the tiny little lives, squished into oblivion.
After thinking about it, I think this occurrence represents something bigger for me. If you aren't cognizant and alert of your surroundings, you really won't be able to fathom the potential impact you and others may be having. I think this example shows what can negative results can occur because of this lack of perspective, but I think the flip side is also true, you can do a lot of good if you pay close enough attention. In my case, I managed to avoid stepping on frogs, and warned a few runners about them and they stopped their run and started walking too. Sometimes you don't even know what you're looking for, but keeping your eyes out, and your mind clear, you just might come across something amazing. In my case today, hundreds of tiny, hopping froggies.
Not all in life is perfect and beautiful though...As I continued to walk along the trail full of hopping froggies, I began seeing squashed frogs. My elation dampened. More dead frogs, all over the trail...People had been running them over all day. People had been enjoying their run, unaware of the world around them, ignorant of the small beautiful creatures beneath their feet...It made me really sad. It was so terrible to see all of the tiny little lives, squished into oblivion.
After thinking about it, I think this occurrence represents something bigger for me. If you aren't cognizant and alert of your surroundings, you really won't be able to fathom the potential impact you and others may be having. I think this example shows what can negative results can occur because of this lack of perspective, but I think the flip side is also true, you can do a lot of good if you pay close enough attention. In my case, I managed to avoid stepping on frogs, and warned a few runners about them and they stopped their run and started walking too. Sometimes you don't even know what you're looking for, but keeping your eyes out, and your mind clear, you just might come across something amazing. In my case today, hundreds of tiny, hopping froggies.
Saturday, May 15, 2010
New home!
Stanford Med is more awesome than ever. We have official access to our new home, the awesome LKSC 4th floor student space, including student lounge, workout center, beautiful view of the Stanford Hills, and great study spaces! I love it! Having a beautiful vista sure puts the hardcore studying into perspective...
Yet again I'm learning a new language...La lingua de corazon....
What is that I hear? A diastolic murmor? S2 split? S3 or S4? How about supraventricular tachycardia, or a right bundle branch block as seen in the V1 lead of the EKG? Or what about atherosclerosis, thromboemboli and Virkow's Triad? Any ST elevations or inverted P waves? Don't remind me of alpha vs beta, muscarinic vs nicotinic, Beta agonists, Beta blockers, nonselective, indirect, antiacetylcholinesterases, sympathomimetics, neostigmine, atropine, phenylephrine, or isoproterenol....
What does this mean for you? Exercise, eat your greens, get your sleep and stay away from insecticides. Organophosphate poisoning is bad news! Back to work, exam on Monday for me. Love this new med school home!
Yet again I'm learning a new language...La lingua de corazon....
What is that I hear? A diastolic murmor? S2 split? S3 or S4? How about supraventricular tachycardia, or a right bundle branch block as seen in the V1 lead of the EKG? Or what about atherosclerosis, thromboemboli and Virkow's Triad? Any ST elevations or inverted P waves? Don't remind me of alpha vs beta, muscarinic vs nicotinic, Beta agonists, Beta blockers, nonselective, indirect, antiacetylcholinesterases, sympathomimetics, neostigmine, atropine, phenylephrine, or isoproterenol....
What does this mean for you? Exercise, eat your greens, get your sleep and stay away from insecticides. Organophosphate poisoning is bad news! Back to work, exam on Monday for me. Love this new med school home!
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