Done with head and neck, blog migration

Sorry for the recent inactivity! I've been occupied by head and neck block final studying! Finally done though, and it already feels like it's break!!

I probably won't post again until winter break, since blogger is kind of being annoying. It seems like looping script is popping up on random post pages (I apologize to anyone who's had their browser crash because of my blog!). I think the problem's from the intensedebate commenting system, but I'm not sure... Facebook connect is disabled right now because I thought that that was the root of the problem, but apparently not!

I'm considering moving over to a paid hosting service, installing wordpress, and starting the site code from scratch (hopefully migrating all of the old posts of course). If anyone has suggestions for any good webhost that they've had a good experience with in the past, please let me know! Anything cheap and reliable will be fine. I'm not running anything crazy on the site.

Be back in a little bit!

Spending time in the Word

I've come across multiple discussions in the past few weeks about the value of spending time in God's Word. Here are some verses that I believe speak very clearly about where our hearts should be with regards reading and knowing scripture and its benefits.

The law of the Lord is perfect, restoring the soul; The testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple. The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; The commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes. The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever; The judgments of the Lord are true; they are righteous altogether. -Psalm 19:7-9

All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training, in righteousness; so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work. -2 Timothy 3:16-17 

like newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the word, so that by it you may grow in respect to salvation -1 Peter 2:2

until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature man, to the measure of the stature which belongs to the fullness of Christ, As a result, we are no longer to be children, tossed here and there by waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, by craftiness in deceitful scheming -Ephesians 4:13-14

For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need again for someone to teach you the elementary principles of the oracles of God, and you have come to need milk and not solid food. For everyone who partakes only of milk is not accustomed to the word of righteousness, for he is an infant. But solid food is for the  mature, who because of practice have their senses trained to discern good and evil. -Hebrews 5:12-14

"If you love Me, you will keep my commandments. -John 14:15

Feel free to cite more in the comments and I'll add them to the post!

Primary Care Preceptorship (PCP) Sessions 1, 2, & 3

I'm been meaning to write a post about my experience so far from my primary care preceptorship sessions, but I kept procrastinating. Tomorrow, I actually have an assignment due for ECM for which I'm asked to write a one page reflection about what I've seen and learned from my PCP sessions, so I figured, 'Hey! Good time to do the post I've been pushing back!"

Anyways, as I said earlier, I've had 3 sessions so far. It's basically a chance for us as students to get a glimpse of the daily interactions between a physician and his patients. Although as students we are distributed to many different offices of many different medical specialties, the point is not to expose us to specific areas of medicine, but to allow us to observe, and hopefully get a chance to practice, effective communication and interactions between the physician and the patient.

I've been assigned to a physician who specializes in infectious disease and currently practices at an HIV clinic. He sees patients in his office, many of which have been returning for many years, and checks up on them to see if they have been taking their medication and to gauge the effectiveness of each patient's regimen.

I can't say that I necessarily enjoy the sessions, especially since I've been assigned to an off-site clinic and these visits cut into study time, but I have definitely been able to see the value in them and appreciate them.