First and Second Day

Wow, my first actual blog that I will actually update! I'm starting this blog so that friends and family can keep track of what I am up to while in medical school. Hopefully I can update it at least every one or two days, but I can't promise anything because of my busy schedule.

Well, the first two days of med school were predictably busy. A lot of lecture with tons of information that we are expected to learn. Luckily, the first topic that we will be studying for the first two to three weeks is genetics which I have somewhat of a background having taken a number of genetics classes in undergrad. However, topics that we would take weeks to talk about in undergrad are covered in one hour. I have quickly learned to review the day's lectures in the afternoon after class and also to read the materials which will be covered in the next day's lecture. I know that might sound nerdy to some people who might be reading this blog and I would have thought the same thing, but when you are investing over $50,000 a year into medical school, then you want to do it right and get the best education possible.

I'm loving Milwaukee. I'm meeting a lot of great people in my singles ward and I have some great roommates. One of my roommates is a second year medical student at MCW and the other is a first year resident. So I have the luxury of having some great advice-givers in the house.

We start anatomy lab tomorrow so will begin to dissect our cadavers. I'm really excited about the dissection and learning about all the muscles in the body. It looks like my lab group should be a great group of people that I will be able to get along well with.

Well, it's getting late and I have to get up early because I have a lecture at 8:30 tomorrow morning. I'll post a pic from our class white coat ceremony that we had on Friday. It was basically a symbolic ceremony where we received our white coats which we will wear while training in the hospitals our third and fourth years. We actually had the coats placed on us by other doctors so it was slightly awkward. I don't feel comfortable yet with the coat on because I know that it makes me look like I know more than I actually do about medicine. Feel free to make fun of my picture.