Woke up (for once) with a good night of sleep under my belt. Turns out I would need it, today was a long one. I arrived at my cubby at 8 AM to find a TON of stuff, including this bad boy to the left. I know it's tough to see, but this tome represents 1 semester's worth of Biochemistry notes. How generous of them. Oh, I also found our Cells and Tissue Structure (CTS) lectures similarly bound as well as a packet for Anatomy entitled "Human Embryology & Developmental Biology." That last sucker is 77 pages of very condensed and intense material. Oh, and that's only 1 weeks worth of Anatomy notes. Looks like I was right about hitting the ground running. Fortunately, the first half (8-12) of class today was devoted mostly to syllabus/outline things for biochem and Practice of Medicine (POM, developing interviewing/exam skills in small groups). Note to self: 4 cups of coffee is a bad choice - I was ready to jump out of my skin when we were discussing empathy during POM. Maybe just keep it to 1 cup for tomorrow. Not so much the case with anatomy this afternoon. After lunch (where, despite my attempt to be healthy, the sandwich person put about 100 pieces of bacon on my BLT) and a brief intro to anatomy, we got a quick overview of the actual anatomy lab. Our cadavers were already there (closed up of course), and the place had quite the pungent smell. I've been advised to not wear contacts in the lab - apparently formaldehyde can sink into them. Ouch, and gross.
Lastly, 2 hours of very intense work reviewing the first 3 weeks of embryo development (gamete development --> gametogenesis for you science types). Talk about whirlwind - our anatomy prof doesn't mess around. My roommate informed me we did in 2 hours what he did in 2 weeks in his upper-level embryology course. Great.
So, to summarize my classes this semester: Biochem, CTS (starts tomorrow), "Clinical Anatomy & Medical Imaging," and POM. Talk about jumping down the rabbit hole...
Still enjoying most of it though! More tomorrow...
Taylor told me to tell you to put vicks vapor rub under your nose...apparently then you will smell minty the whole time...it is worth a shot!!
ReplyDeleteThat's what we do on rescue when we get some of our more "smelly" moments - we'll see how bad the smell actually is tomorrow!
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