As promised in my previous post “Neurology Resources for Medical Students (1/2)”, I am back as we near the end of the term with more neurology resources for medical students. With our final set of pre-clerkship exams on the near horizon and having made our way through most of the neurology material in class I… Continue Reading
One medical student's simple approach to becoming a doctor
Geriatrics, Twitter and Flipping the Distraction
With only two days of second-year classes remaining, I thought I had seen all that preclerkship learning had to offer. Boy, was I wrong. In our geriatric psychiatry “flipped classroom” session today, professor Dr. Gibson (@MCG_meded) not only flipped the classroom but also flipped the distractions. The Session The dementia-focused small group learning session included… Continue Reading
To suture, or not to suture?
There is something exciting about picking up the chart that says ”laceration”. Seeing a patient then being able to use my hands to help with his or her condition sounds very satisfying. As a medical student I have learned different techniques in clinical skills to repair wounds. I’ve practiced tying simple interrupted, vertical mattress, horizontal… Continue Reading
What does advocacy mean to you?
Amanda Murdoch (@amurd15) is one of my classmates and an organizer of a recent physician panel on advocacy. We wanted to share some of the insights that came from the event! This will be her first guest blog post! Last week students at Queen’s Medical School participated in a multi-specialty physician panel event on the… Continue Reading
Modeling the Problem: Kate and her daughter Mary
Thanks to all of those who chimed in to answer the math problem from last week! For those who didn’t, you can read the original post here. I recommend doing so before peeking at the answers. Most who replied easily answered #1 and #2 but there was variability in the answers for #3 and #4.… Continue Reading