… and this is why:
P.S. Challenge to OUWB-ers… which lecture is this from?
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| Starbucks wins again with this combo: “Let’s rediscover why we’re best friends” AND my favorite holiday tea: Joy. Mmm, you can bet I’ve been stopping by to pick up a cup of this yummy blend that’s only available during the holiday season. |
[This entry was re-published on 5-15-12 to correct for formatting.]
I feel like a lot of medical student blogs are free advertising for Starbucks… maybe the company should help subsidize our education…
[As you can tell, I just couldn’t stay away from writing and all of you, so here I am.]
Today we received the second round of feedback from our TBL-group members. Last time, I didn’t take my reviews so well — this, I attribute to a number of factors out of my control [hormones, Mike, etc], but also to the fact that I do tend to read into things way too much [this is a problem when it comes to taking tests…]. Additionally, since these comments are all personalized, it’s impossible not [practicing my double negatives since our TBL was full of them today] to take them to heart [isn’t that the point of constructive feedback?].
This time… I knew what I was going to get before I opened the envelope.
The last stretch of TBLs have really been a struggle for me — I’m not necessarily doing anything different [actually, I’ve been preparing for them earlier], but for some reason the concepts haven’t been clicking as easily as during the BFCP1 TBLs [I didn’t do extremely well on those either, but I was doing better]. I suspect that since I was semi-familiar with many of the concepts initially tested, that I got away with less studying… but this block is completely new information to me and to say I’ve been floundering is quite an understatement. Furthermore, my greatest weakness is rote memorization. Even though as an engineer, I used to say that memorizing stuff is easy… it’s one thing to memorize little facts about a concept you are familiar with and a completely different story to memorize new terms and concepts. Oh, and the sheer volume of stuff to memorize in medical school is a challenge in itself [I’ll post my binder of lecture notes after the BFCP2 Final].
All of this being said, I realize that I definitely didn’t contribute much to my group during this stretch. Moreover, I have always had a difficult time with learning things in an auditory-manner, so it leads to not being able to fully incorporate a team member’s contribution during deliberation. In conclusion, I need to work on the following:
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| AMWA had a “Baked Goods Exchange” on Monday… here are my mini sugar-cookie-cakes that I made for the exchange. |
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| It has been amazing to have Mike around! Sadly, I said my goodbyes to him early this afternoon [but he’ll be back in mid-December!]. |
Although cliche, I think it’s important to reflect upon the things that I am thankful for:
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| Challenge: Can you guess what we’re modeling here? [Leave comments with what you think this is — no OUWB students, please!] |
I apologize for the lack of updates lately — Mike flew into town late Friday and I have been busy relishing his presence since then [I even took him to school with me yesterday and today!]. Since things are still pretty hectic around here, I’ll just leave you with my PRISM reflective writing piece [fictional, about anatomy lab, not my best work but still something!]:
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| THESE ARE ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. I have to say… the U.S. is definitely missing out on these Coffee Crisps! [Kudos to my favorite resident/Big Sib program coordinator for passing these out during his Radiology lecture!] |
Imagine this: 50 medical students dressed in various types of gym apparel sprawled across a large Beaumont Hospital classroom with every square inch of the carpet completely covered in colorful beach towels and yoga mats. As the lights are turned off, a meditation audio plays. Interspersed are extended moments of silence when suddenly every slight noise seems to make a racket. As time passes, you can hear the breathing rate slow to a steady, calm pace. After a few more moments pass, you hear one student’s slow, steady breaths turn into snores.
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| On Saturday we had the opportunity to practice taking blood pressure measurements at the Michigan Institute of Urology‘s Men’s Health Event. At the end of my shift, I felt like a pro at it! |
One of the most frequently asked questions that I get is about the OUWB curriculum and how it works. Since our class is only a few weeks away from the conclusion of the first semester, I think it’s an appropriate time to reflect upon what our curriculum has been like thus far.
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| David and Ghazala sporting our new OUWB sweatshirts! As a class, we ordered this sweatshirts as well as sweatpants a while back so it was really exciting to finally get them! |
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| I absolutely *love* when holiday cups reappear at coffee shops. Especially when they have corny statements on them like “When we’re together snowmen come to life” [what is that supposed to mean, anyway?!]. Oh yeah, and that’s Robbins behind my cup… |
I will start by saying that as of this morning, I officially passed my BFCP2 Midterm exam.
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| The wall of Starbucks that I tend to stare at when I’m sick of staring at my lecture notes. I never realized how calming the act of looking at this wall was until after I snapped this photo. |
There’s not much more I need to say aside from I’m disappointed. There’s no one to blame except myself and there’s nowhere to go except forward. I could shower you with really optimistic quotes about learning from one’s mistakes or something like that, but I just don’t have the energy.
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