For potential medical students or those already in a program:
Just remembered some advice I was recently given and want to pass on before I forget. It came from a surgeon I respect very highly - one of the sharpest and kindest guys you could ever meet. He said, of the things he uses today, he wished he had studied "bugs and drugs" better. That would be microbiology and pharmacology. Sounds like these are things we will need to know in detail when we are in practice, but may not have a ton of exposure to. It makes sense that we will need to be better able to comprehend the things that are coming at us and how to employ the tools to deal with them, but he says it's easy to get lost in the minutiae. Just a heads up.
About Me
- Paul Reynolds
- I am a medical student at the Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, Oregon. My hopes and goals are, broadly, to become an excellent and caring physician. I hope to reach out to people when and where they are in their greatest need and effectively lend my life in their aid.
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