So, I suppose one could say that was the first real day of medical school, excluding the orientation day last friday. It was good, interesting... well a lot of talking about what was to come really. Not so much actual medical information. But that's okay I guess. My natural instinct is to assume that one day down = one day less examinable material, but I'm not so sure that will be the case.
Tomorrow I get to learn about history taking, and then get my first crack at this PBL doohicky. I'm quite excited about both of these things. Firstly, because I'll get to have a look at what goes on in FMC, and secondly because I think PBL will be a really interesting teaching method.
The whole concept of starting from vague nothings, refining what you don't know, researching it, re-evaluating and repeating all of that till your virtual patient lives or dies is intriguing. Really keen to give it a crack. I hope its fun at least.
On the plus side I've made a few friends so far. I haven't sat all lonesome in a lecture theatre yet. On no side at all, is the fact that I'm still yet to do any anatomy. I'm not sure how I'll react to that yet. Hopefully intrigue will be my primary response. On the downside though, I felt mediocre all day but pushed on like the trooper I am.
Wheeee! This whole med thing is quite a lark!
Monday, February 21, 2011
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Re-birth
Ah haaaaa!
I'm back! It was only five minutes ago that I was killing off the Ranch Dressing I, but if you've bothered to do some simple deductions and found your way here - I'm very thankful!
And so we begin! I must admit, I'm a little freaked out. They've let me in on a four year course, where at the end you get a license to kill (or save.) Either way, the process of getting to that stage is going pose more than one hurdle no doubt. Hopefully though, the sagely advice that I hear float past the water cooler is true. "The hard part is getting in."
I got my first piece of course related material e mailed to me today. Naturally I was so excited I read it cover to cover, even though it was only a vague outline of what one element of the course contained. Having hung around a few med students, especially in recent times (wink wink), I was interested in the material. The sheet they e mailed me was for the much maligned 'HPS' topic. Now I have no reason to hate a topic yet, so I'm still optimistic. It seems to be a nice mish-mash of soft and potentially interesting topics. How they all relate to med yet isn't completely clear but my eyes are excitedly open!
I was a little disheartened though. The last page of the info sheet was a list of sites never to use. I felt this a trap, as they kindly included all the URLs with nice tempting blue hyperlinks. I was pretty surprised they felt the need to mention this, I'd be genuinely surprised if students at this level felt the need to plagiarise... or use wikipedia. Here's the list for your own amusement!
Avoid using the following resources:
123 Helpme: http://www.123helpme.com/
Barani: http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/barani/main.html
Cheat House: http://www.cheathouse.com/
Creative Spirit: http://www.creativespirits.info/
Dedicated Writers: http://www.dedicatedwriters.com/about/
Dictionaries
Encyclopaedias
Example Essays: http://www.exampleessays.com/
General Webpage Fact Sheets
MSN Encarta: http://www.encarta.msn.com/
Red Apple: www.redapple.com.au/
Skwirk: http://www.skwirk.com/
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Oh dear...
I'm back! It was only five minutes ago that I was killing off the Ranch Dressing I, but if you've bothered to do some simple deductions and found your way here - I'm very thankful!
And so we begin! I must admit, I'm a little freaked out. They've let me in on a four year course, where at the end you get a license to kill (or save.) Either way, the process of getting to that stage is going pose more than one hurdle no doubt. Hopefully though, the sagely advice that I hear float past the water cooler is true. "The hard part is getting in."
I got my first piece of course related material e mailed to me today. Naturally I was so excited I read it cover to cover, even though it was only a vague outline of what one element of the course contained. Having hung around a few med students, especially in recent times (wink wink), I was interested in the material. The sheet they e mailed me was for the much maligned 'HPS' topic. Now I have no reason to hate a topic yet, so I'm still optimistic. It seems to be a nice mish-mash of soft and potentially interesting topics. How they all relate to med yet isn't completely clear but my eyes are excitedly open!
I was a little disheartened though. The last page of the info sheet was a list of sites never to use. I felt this a trap, as they kindly included all the URLs with nice tempting blue hyperlinks. I was pretty surprised they felt the need to mention this, I'd be genuinely surprised if students at this level felt the need to plagiarise... or use wikipedia. Here's the list for your own amusement!
Avoid using the following resources:
123 Helpme: http://www.123helpme.com/
Barani: http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/barani/main.html
Cheat House: http://www.cheathouse.com/
Creative Spirit: http://www.creativespirits.info/
Dedicated Writers: http://www.dedicatedwriters.com/about/
Dictionaries
Encyclopaedias
Example Essays: http://www.exampleessays.com/
General Webpage Fact Sheets
MSN Encarta: http://www.encarta.msn.com/
Red Apple: www.redapple.com.au/
Skwirk: http://www.skwirk.com/
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Oh dear...
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