long time no blog so i guess its high time for an update... ill put it in list form for easy reading... and also to help give my jumbled thoughts some structure
1) secret readers: i totally understand that this is on the world wide web and is accessible to anyone, however, when i found out that people are reading this apart from my subscribers... i felt really weird about it. i really shouldn't though... thanks for reading guys! :) please comment... id love to hear your thoughts
2) quizzes: i know, how drab but being a med student i can't really avoid it. this past round was ridiculous rough... note to self: study earlier!!!!
3) why quizzes sucked: well there was a research poster competition the week before quizzes... and since they were giving out ipads as prizes i thought hey, what a great idea!! well it definitely wasn't. i spent almost a week on it and turns out they didn't even have judges... urgh!
4) post-anatomy: we had a beautiful memorial service in honor of the donors and their family members came. some students submitted some reflections that were read but the most touching part of the service was definitely the submissions from the donors' loved ones... the things that were said were truly beautiful. it def brought a tear to many eyes.
i kind of wish that we had this ceremony earlier... i think that it would have given the lab more meaning. in the beginning, i think it was tough to dissect but towards the end, i felt that a lot of us were desensitized. i think its good because some of things could not have been done without prior desensitization, but i can see that its hard to find that balance of sensitization and desensitization.
either way... the bodies were a priceless gift. i would say that i was prob one of the people who took least advantage of the lab, and even still, there is no way i could have learned what i did without these 'silent teachers,' as they are called. the bodies left behind probably only represented a fraction of the generosity their previous inhabitants displayed in their daily life. thank you.
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