On the First Day?
After reading, taking notes and studying for the last three hours, I'm ready for a break. We had our first classes today, but they were about what was expected: syllabi, greet the students, explain the grading, the class structure, give office hours, etc. All of the professors were great speakers and really gave the impression that they wanted the students to do well and would do everything in their power to accomplish this goal.
Hilariously, after about 1 & 1/2 hours of the 2 hour session, two guys got up from the front and tried to leave the lecture hall. The professor at the time called them back and just berated them with jokes in front of the entire class. This is one of those 'You had to be there' stories, but where exactly did they have to be that was more important than finding out all the information that they could about their upcoming classes? This was the only thing the entire first term had planned for the day and they still had to leave early, disrupt the entire class and look like idiots. The good news is that all the professors were there in the classroom and watched/listened to the two of them make complete fools of themselves as they tried to explain their way out of it to the professor who was at the front at the time.
Anyway, after this session, all 1st term students attended the 'White Coat Ceremony'. This is to induct students into the 'noble profession of medicine' and start the journey of 'professionalism'. I posted two pictures from that and will have more when some of my friends are able to upload their pictures as well.
Tomorrow morning we have anatomy lab for the first time. This is simply a lab orientation period, but we start the superficial back and pectoral region on Friday. From 1.00pm until 5.00pm (which will be the schedule virtually each day for the rest of the semester) we have lecture, broken only by the change in professors from one subject to another.
Four classes: Biochemistry, Gross Anatomy, Histology and Embryology. Additionally, a clinical skills component will be given once a week and we start that this Saturday with CPR (at least there is one class in which I have an advantage!). Thanks to everyone who wished me well today, but it was the easy one.
It begins.
Hilariously, after about 1 & 1/2 hours of the 2 hour session, two guys got up from the front and tried to leave the lecture hall. The professor at the time called them back and just berated them with jokes in front of the entire class. This is one of those 'You had to be there' stories, but where exactly did they have to be that was more important than finding out all the information that they could about their upcoming classes? This was the only thing the entire first term had planned for the day and they still had to leave early, disrupt the entire class and look like idiots. The good news is that all the professors were there in the classroom and watched/listened to the two of them make complete fools of themselves as they tried to explain their way out of it to the professor who was at the front at the time.
Anyway, after this session, all 1st term students attended the 'White Coat Ceremony'. This is to induct students into the 'noble profession of medicine' and start the journey of 'professionalism'. I posted two pictures from that and will have more when some of my friends are able to upload their pictures as well.
Tomorrow morning we have anatomy lab for the first time. This is simply a lab orientation period, but we start the superficial back and pectoral region on Friday. From 1.00pm until 5.00pm (which will be the schedule virtually each day for the rest of the semester) we have lecture, broken only by the change in professors from one subject to another.
Four classes: Biochemistry, Gross Anatomy, Histology and Embryology. Additionally, a clinical skills component will be given once a week and we start that this Saturday with CPR (at least there is one class in which I have an advantage!). Thanks to everyone who wished me well today, but it was the easy one.
It begins.
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