What I Really Learned in Med School

I am doing a sub-internship in Internal Medicine where I am supposed to do what the intern does in preparation for my own intern year next year. So basically I do everything I normally do as a student but I have a fancier title. I also get asked a different set of questions than the 3rd year student. The 3rd year student might get asked the criteria for a diagnosis where I would get asked the specifics of managing it.  I was expected to be accountable for all the patients I was seeing and to also know the plan for all the other patients on our team. This included knowing details from why we were treating an infection with a particular antibiotic including dosage changes to patient's urine output to the specific pathophysiology behind their medical issues. It is tough but nice to be held to a high standard. This program is definitely heavy on the academics. We have 3 lectures almost every day - morning report, resident lecture, and student lecture (yay for free lunch). I only...

Diagnostic Radiology I thought that my radiology rotation would involve sitting in a dark basement of a hospital reading x-rays, CT scans, and MRI's. It turned out that although that was part of it, there were also many procedures. There were procedures that were CT or ultrasound guided, such as, chest tube placements and biopsies. There were procedures done under fluoroscopy (basically like an x-ray in video form) such as lumbar punctures and upper GI studies with small bowel follow throughs. There were also procedures in the Interventional Radiology suite like PICC lines and stenting of AV fistulas for dialysis. I didn't get assist very much on procedures, but I did put a bladder catheter in through the abdomen by myself! Interesting to me that 6 out of 6 radiologists were male. I asked one of them about this and he gave a very diplomatic answer about how most programs want women in them and how they should do better outreach as a facility. The way he phrased it all m...

Vacation time in Canada with some amazing family and friends What more could we ask for? Martha & Tanner's wedding @ Crystal Cliffs beach Craig's MC skills Grand Bend with Steph and Allie The cutest beach town with my besties So many of my favourite people in one place!   Exploring Toronto Shawn and Kristen meet us in the big city! Jays game on Canada Day Silly sissy & sissy-in-law Michelle and Connor arrive! Hooray! 5 of us together... only missing Craig! Game went to 19 innings... We stayed until about the 14th inning stretch Random festival on the Toronto waterfront Beer tasting Shawn and I liked about 33% of them Peterborough with the Marshalls Montreal with Stephy Singing Kelly Clarkson karaoke on a bowling lane Love having friends that you can go so long without seeing and then pick up right where you left off Baden, Ontario with Alli...