The human anatomy is one of the only guarantees in medicine. Year after year, anatomy will never change. Structures may change names, but names won’t change the structures. At UCLA, we integrate anatomy with our current curriculum. Anatomy is learned in small bits, throughout the year, instead of all at once. The first day of […]
My Life Has Changed… Almost Overnight…
My first experience with the community in white coat came today while volunteering at a festival not too far from my school. One of the student organizations had a booth taking blood glucose and blood pressure readings. Having never taken a blood pressure before, I was really nervous about doing it but the second years […]
The Netter Body
A memory from M1: It’s here, it’s finally time, my unofficial induction, my right of passage in medical school: gross anatomy. Yes! I’m excited! Am I excited? No, I don’t think I am. I think I’m nervous. Not just nervous, worried, plum terrified. Have I mentioned I have a deep-seated fear of corpses, a full-fledged […]
