Monthly Archives: May 2006

grand rounds 2.35

This week’s Grand Rounds is now up at Parallel Universes. Enjoy!

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why, oh why md/phd?

Now that we’ve gone over what’s involved in this whole MD/PhD thing, I guess it’s time for me to go into why exactly I chose this path. I first thought about what I wanted to be way back in second grade … Continue reading

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safe (season 2, episode 16)

HOUSE: You answered? WILSON: Turns out that’s what stops the ringing. Six months without putting out, Dr. Cuddy doesn’t need to wear thong panties, but it’s not our call. What sort of exercise could a strapping young man and a … Continue reading

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all in (season 2, episode 17)

We’re smaller and better than chimps, bigger and worse than gorillas. For all our rationality, our supposed trust and fealty to a higher power, our ability to create a system of rules and laws, our baser drives are more powerful … Continue reading

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how to really quickly irreversibly ruin your experiment

It’s quite simple really. All you have to do is inject 3 cc of air directly into the right atrium of your unsuspecting experimental animal. Yep. It’s as simple as that. And how to do that short of wielding an … Continue reading

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who is your daddy (season 2, episode 23)

You’ve reached a number that has been disconnected and is no longer in service. If you feel you’ve reached this recording in error, go with it. Hang up on three. One, two— CUDDY: I thought I’d met all your friend. … Continue reading

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grand rounds

Another week, another Grand Rounds. Check it out at Doc Around the Clock.

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myers-briggs and the med student

Med students like free stuff. Even free personality tests. That’s why I gave up several precious hours of sleep to take the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) during my first year of med school. Or maybe I was just curious as … Continue reading

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top 10 1st- and 2nd- year medical student responses to “so what specialty are you going into?”

Tell anyone with half a brain that you’re a medical student and you’ll likely be met with this question, the answer to which is kind of hard to know during the basic science years when we’ve had virtually no exposure … Continue reading

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like screaming at a brick wall

So, of course, Mother-in-law couldn’t give my husband and me even one evening of peace and called us to guilt trip the crap out of us just as we were heading out to dinner last night. So I decided to … Continue reading

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