Just got done listening to a lecture about the FDA process of drug approval. This comic was included in the lecture. This rat lived, but I wonder how many had to die to develop the miracle drug. Moral of the story is that drug development takes a long time and is very expensive. The FDA [...]

I think I found this on the Student Doctor Network forums awhile back. Maybe I’m strange, but I found this quite funny.
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I’m pretty hardcore but this is the best way to practice. Sit down on a chair and take some 1% lidocaine and inject it into your thigh. Then take a #15 blade (or [...]

This summer I had the opportunity to participate in a research project at the Medical College of Wisconsin. The project that I worked on was called the Hypertonic Saline Study (HSS). It is part of the Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium. (NIH News: New Federally Funded Research Program Aims to Improve Survival from Cardiac Arrest and Severe [...]

Orientation at the Medical College of Wisconsin is a week long “process.” It starts bright and early on Monday morning and ends with the white coat ceremony on Friday.
I officially moved to Wauwatosa on August 5, 2006. My roommate, Joe, and I set about 3 alarms each for Monday morning. Monday is the one day [...]

I hope that this blog about my medical school experiences will eventually be interesting and a fun read for current and prospective students. However, my intent is also a little selfish. I want to look back four years from now and see how much I have learned and matured. Material that I’m just being introduced [...]