Of Knowledge.
I've decided to return to the basics with this blog: to document my experiences in life AND in medicine. The majority of pre-clinical medical education revolves around memorizing and understanding hundreds of thousands of minutia about biochemistry, physiology, and histology/pathology of disease. As you can understand, I decided long ago that you, my few but dedicated readers, wouldn't want to be bored to death reading a blog about that stuff. You want something interesting, something that can be read relatively quickly, and something memorable. You don't want to feel like you're studying for a test the next day.
HERE'S the good news! Every now and then there are some really interesting medical topics and mechanisms of disease, and I decided this weekend that I should be sharing this cool stuff with you!
Let me know what you think, and also let me know if there are any medical diseases or random questions you would like me to investigate or answer (for example: Heather asked me the other night if I could explain why a baby's eyes are blue during the first few weeks of life. We both knew that it happens in babies, but we didn't know the biological reasons behind it. So, I looked in 3 of my textbooks to finally come across the answer. It will be one of my next few posts.....)
I've decided to return to the basics with this blog: to document my experiences in life AND in medicine. The majority of pre-clinical medical education revolves around memorizing and understanding hundreds of thousands of minutia about biochemistry, physiology, and histology/pathology of disease. As you can understand, I decided long ago that you, my few but dedicated readers, wouldn't want to be bored to death reading a blog about that stuff. You want something interesting, something that can be read relatively quickly, and something memorable. You don't want to feel like you're studying for a test the next day.
HERE'S the good news! Every now and then there are some really interesting medical topics and mechanisms of disease, and I decided this weekend that I should be sharing this cool stuff with you!
Let me know what you think, and also let me know if there are any medical diseases or random questions you would like me to investigate or answer (for example: Heather asked me the other night if I could explain why a baby's eyes are blue during the first few weeks of life. We both knew that it happens in babies, but we didn't know the biological reasons behind it. So, I looked in 3 of my textbooks to finally come across the answer. It will be one of my next few posts.....)
