Med School Goggles

[Ophthoseidon]

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I saw a thread similar to this in the premed forum, and I thought it was funny. What weird/quirky things have made you think of medical school or things you have learned in medical school?

I'll start. Playing Yahtzee for fun and my final score was 261. Instantly thought of dream step 1 score.

 

[Kahreek]

Baking cookies this afternoon? mOre Like deBakey that dissecating aneurism son.

 

[Kahreek]

yeah they are usually very stupid like that.

 

[Apoplexy__]

At the beginning of med school, Anatomy was a particularly powerful force of life adjustment for me since I didn't take it undergrad. I had to start at square one; I literally knew nothing.

I started thinking, and stopping myself from describing, things in daily life in anatomical positional terms. "Lemme stop by this gas station first. It's coming up laterally as I approach this proximal streetlight."

 

[Kahreek]

if you think about it a gas station is just like a portal venous system.

 

[Serous Demilune]

Every time I see someone with shaky hands or wobbly handwriting I try to diagnose their degenerative neurological disorder.

 

[Successful BM]

two way street with telephone lines = neurovascular bundle

 

[Jabbed]

Whenever I meet someone now, I try to figure out which genetic disease they're most likely to be carrying.

 

[jqueb29]

I find myself thinking about the mechanism of action during all 97372 pharmaceutical commercials I see on tv each day

 

[WhippleWhileWeWork]

I can somewhat intelligently refute blog-mom-science that is prevalent in my home and in our circle. So I do, constantly, because I sorta know some stuff, sciency human body type stuff.

 

[jqueb29]

I can somewhat intelligently refute blog-mom-science that is prevalent in my home and in our circle. So I do, constantly, because I sorta know some stuff, sciency human body stuff.

LOL blog-mom-science is the best title I have ever seen for all that dreck

 

[NontradCA]

When I saw the title of this thread I thought it was going to be about the attractiveness of students.

 

[zeppelinpage4]

At the beginning of med school, Anatomy was a particularly powerful force of life adjustment for me since I didn't take it undergrad. I had to start at square one; I literally knew nothing.

I started thinking, and stopping myself from describing, things in daily life in anatomical positional terms. "Lemme stop by this gas station first. It's coming up laterally as I approach this proximal streetlight."

This for sure! Without even realizing it I use terms like proximal and distal to describe where something is in the fridge...admittedly using some of these terms definitely makes describing positions of things in daily life a lot easier. 😛

 

[Chipster.]

I took a page out of Ark's book and now approach every situation asking myself "how can I palpate their S5 dermatome?"

 

[Shjanzey]

I can somewhat intelligently refute blog-mom-science that is prevalent in my home and in our circle. So I do, constantly, because I sorta know some stuff, sciency human body type stuff.

In a similar vein, I take every opportunity to facebook argue with vaccine deniers.

 

[Jabbed]

I took a page out of Ark's book and now approach every situation asking myself "how can I palpate their S5 dermatome?"

Ah, a fellow L3 knee man.

 

[MedWonk]

At home, my mind often wanders to imagining/visualizing anatomic structures and landmarks on my wife's body. Pubic symphysis is my fave.

 

[WhippleWhileWeWork]

At home, my mind often wanders to imagining/visualizing anatomic structures and landmarks on my wife's body. Pubic symphysis is my fave.

We doing this? 2 threads about personal sex lives? 😉

 

[Jabbed]

At home, my mind often wanders to imagining/visualizing anatomic structures and landmarks on my wife's body. Pubic symphysis is my fave.

It takes all my will power to forget female reproductive anatomy/phys so that I can still find lady parts attractive.

The Rohen's dissections still give me nightmares though..

 

[WhippleWhileWeWork]

The Rohen's dissections still give me nightmares though..

qft

 

[MedWonk]

It takes all my will power to forget female reproductive anatomy/phys so that I can still find lady parts attractive.

The Rohen's dissections still give me nightmares though..

I always wonder if there's something not wired right in my brain, or if I'm just really good at compartmentalizing, but somehow I didn't feel too bothered by filleting and castrating my cadaver, or just yesterday skinning the face. There is always the realization in the back of my mind that cutting up a human being (even if they're dead) and turning them into a science project is a little ****ed up, though.

We doing this? 2 threads about personal sex lives? 😉

She doesn't call me the fornix tickler for nothing

not really, tho

 

[Serous Demilune]

I always wonder if there's something not wired right in my brain, or if I'm just really good at compartmentalizing, but somehow I didn't feel too bothered by filleting and castrating my cadaver, or just yesterday skinning the face. There is always the realization in the back of my mind that cutting up a human being (even if they're dead) and turning them into a science project is a little ****ed up, though.



She doesn't call me the fornix tickler for nothing

not really, tho

Please change your username to Fornix Tickler. Thnx

 

[AlexMack12]

Every time a large group of people funnels though a door or onto a narrow escalator or something like that, I always envision blood cells rushing around before filing into capillaries. And if there's a moment where several people try to get through at once, with a subsequent clog of people, I always think, that's what an infarct looks like...

 

[JimmyB123]

Every time I see someone with shaky hands or wobbly handwriting I try to diagnose their degenerative neurological disorder.

Intention tremor? Parkinson's? DBS! Go!