A review series on various subjects/topics/lectures we've gone over in med school.
Dec 22
F: So the van den Bergh–VDB!–reaction is when you expose bilirubin to…diazotized sulfanilic acid. M: …diazosulfo-what? F: Diazotized sulfanilic acid. And that gives you the conjugated bilirubin. M: Okay, cool. Diazotized sulfanilic acid. Conjugated. F: Then you add accelerant and that gives you the total bilirubin in 30-60 minutes. M: Okay. F: And if …
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Dec 12
I’m pretty sure I’m not the only one, but the day(s) that I know OPP/OMT best tend to be the night before/morning of my practical. We had our midterm practical yesterday, so I figured…what better time to write up my notes on it (while it’s still fresh in my mind and I still remember it!!!) …
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Oct 29
We took a really horrible neuro exam the other day that left most of us in depression.
I had dinner with Monika at When Pigs Fly (probably one of my favorite restaurants here :D ). We quizzed each other in neuro and managed to learn everything we needed to about …
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Oct 27
I think the only thing worse than having to watch a recording of yourself in a clinical encounter with a standardized patient failing at life is when you have to watch said failures with a preceptor and two fellow students.
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For the record, I especially hate watching videos of me where I’m talking or …
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Oct 25
Our school often has lunch lectures/talks where we get fed and learn something that’s not necessarily required/included in our curriculum. About a week and a half ago, one of my favorite professors gave a lecture on “Women in Medicine.”
Here are a couple highlights that jumped out at me:
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