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Name: anna
Country: United States
State: Illinois
Gender: Female
Interests: chicken noodle soup, hot cocoa, midnight fridge raids, baking cookies, *BADMINTON*, sleeping in, late night phone calls, fine arts, trying on prom dresses, pingpong, photography, going to the zoo...
Occupation: Student
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AIM:  bananna yanna
Member Since:
1/6/2003
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| My friend brought up a good point about blogging. It encourages
you to write so that your writing doesn't die when you don't see the
sun because you've been running experiments all day...and gracious,
wouldn't that be just terrible? I can definitely feel the
consequences of not doing anything writing-related for a year
now--except for the MCAT writing section, but that doesn't count for
much. I write all my papers like lab reports--in the passive
voice and concisely...err..
Okay, but perhaps more importantly, blogging encourages you to think so
your BRAIN doesn't die! So, here's to thinking...and writing
practice for premeds:
Doctors and Patients...who's right?
This past spring break, I shadowed a doctor at the Children's Memorial
Hospital. She specialized in pediatric emergency care and worked
in the ER. In between wandering around the ER, we also talked
about a lot of issues, aside from the technical practice of medicine,
that doctors have to deal with while working.
One of the things we discussed was that sometimes, it's not enough to
treat the patient's physical complaint. In fact, she has had
patients come into the ER, get treated, and then the parents refuse to
go home because they don't feel like the problem has been solved.
At that point, you run a couple of tests that they demand, show them
that there's nothing wrong, and send them home. While I was there
that day, almost all the kids that came in with a fever or abdominal
pain were told that their problem was viral, that tests are normal,
that they shouldn't worry, and finally, that it was time to go
home.
I can't say I was too pleased with this system. Doctors are
professionals that have gone to school for more years than I have
lived! What a waste of time?? What a waste of money and
tests? How much time is wasted on convincing these patients that
they are okay...when this time could have been spent on the next kid
who really needs it? What if those extra minutes were critical to
that patient's survival?
But then I think about all the times when I go
to the doctor, pay my $20 co-pay, and then get mad when all I walk away
with is some verbal assurance from my doctor that I'll be fine if I
drink some fluids. It is surprisingly satisfactory to walk away
with a prescription...
Anyway, I bring this up because I was reading Dr. Gupta's blog (har
har..I know..) yesterday. One of the comments was linked to this
blog entry (http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/3/18/121556/908) written
by a father who lost his 4 yr-old daughter. She had an illness
that wasn't identified early enough by the ER doctors, whom dismissed
her as having a "viral infection"....
I wonder how many times these mistakes are made? What can you
really do? Another one of Dr. Gupta's blog entries was about
drug-resistent bacteria due to the wide usage of antibiotics...many
times prescribed when not even needed...but what if you really need it
one day? Doctors aren't infalliable...they make
mistakes...sometimes they are wrong. But to what
extent do you need to go to, as a physician, to really convince your
patients that you know what you're doing??
If you have a few minutes, you should read that father's entry. It's really good. Okay that's all :) bye!
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CELEBRATE the Year of the Dog with TASC and
CSA!
Traditional Chinese dance, hip-hop, Chinese Yo-Yo, Acrobats, Shaolin
martial arts, food, A Capella, and more!
Saturday, January 28th @ 7:00pm
Ryan Auditorium in Tech
$5 Admission
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too bad :( so sad!!! we had tickets...but then MISSED them!
mmmbop!! 
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| KANYEEEEeee <3!!!!!!! sometimes, NU is awesome.
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| HELP! does anyone have any ice breaker ideas??
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