Overnight shifts are an experience. The time is 1:37. I do 2 UWorld questions. It’s now 2:55. I get an intense craving for club crackers. I try to get through 1 OME video but stop when I can’t focus anymore. I sip some coffee to keep myself awake. I glance at the time. 2:57.
Finished my Internal Medicine rotations! Some highlights:
Saw legionella pneumonia! 💧
Assisted with a fecal disimpaction 😬
(Almost) placed an A-line
Sutured the A-line!
Found the apical heart view with an ultrasound
Suctioned a seizing pt
Placed an HD line
Onto surgery! 😷
Thrilled to say I was chosen for
@1LECOM
’s Student Researcher of the Year award! If I could go back in time to when I gave my first poster talk as a hs senior, I’d say all that work you’ll put in really does pay off. A huge thanks to all the mentors I’ve met on this journey!
Last weekend, I was at the AANS 2024 conference in Chicago, and it was amazing! Was 1 of 2 DO students to present at the Young Neurosurgeon Research Forum, met some friends and made new ones, and even made a quick sax cover in my down time!
@AANSNeuro
#AANS2024
#DOproud
Proud to say that I published my first clinical case series project as a med student (first-author too!). A special thanks to my mentors and co-authors for helping getting this project across the finish line!
Got to scrub in for a weekend night hernia repair that went past midnight, learned that the most expensive hernia mesh is $12,000+, had to put my finger in a belly button to move it out of the way, and came back at 7 for clinic. Surgery is bizarre and I couldn’t love it more.
Recently I presented my research project at the
#NANS24
meeting in Las Vegas. Another great experience, seeing familiar faces and meeting new people. A big thanks to my research mentors for their help with this project!
Also, I wasn’t sure at first if I’d see a lot on my geriatrics rotation, but I can technically say I’ve gotten more hands on experiences with wound care than my entire surgery block 🩹
Happy to say that I’ll be serving as a committee member for the
@NationalSOMA
Research Task Force! Looking forward to increasing research exposure for osteopathic medical students and encouraging students to get involved!
My abstract got accepted as an oral presentation! Thrilled to continue my journey engaging with
#neuromodulation
research 🧠⚡️and thankful for my mentors and their help. NANS, round 2, here I come!
@NANS_ION
Last week, I got to present at my school’s Research Day. It was awesome getting to present what I’ve been working on and talking with students interested in being involved with research!
Finished my peds rotation, and I think I’ve finally gotten somewhat decent at swaddling newborns, even though they keep sneaking their hands out like the little tricksters they are!!
A (long overdue) recap of my surgery block
Used a Gigli saw (twice)
Held a GIST tumor
Drained a seroma
Did a wound I&D
Used a TAVR pump
Learned to actually feel foot pulses
Met a male breast cancer and a Factor V Leiden pt
Visited the path lab in the basement
Onto the OB/Grind!
A bit late, but I had a great time attending the
#NANS
Annual Meeting back in January. Lot of great talks, and I got to present my first oral abstract presentation at a national conference! Very exciting, and can’t wait for what’s next!
#NANS2023
I take it back, a 14-hour neurosurgery day followed by night call is insane. 20 hours slept and several cups of coffee later, my eyes still feel fuzzy 😴. 10/10, would go again.
Overnight shifts are an experience. The time is 1:37. I do 2 UWorld questions. It’s now 2:55. I get an intense craving for club crackers. I try to get through 1 OME video but stop when I can’t focus anymore. I sip some coffee to keep myself awake. I glance at the time. 2:57.
My OB/GYN highlights:
- used a cystoscope and lapro graspers
- saw 8 deliveries and 8 c-sections
- scrubbed for an overnight urgent oophorectomy
- met a doc who saw TRAP sequence
- delivered placenta twice
- caught 2 babies (with help!) 👶
- found 13 fetal heart tones on u/s ❤️🫀