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We just started Anatomy Lab at my med school, and I seem to be having a reaction to it. I know that nobody likes the smell of Anatomy Lab to begin with. But now when I step in the lab, I have a non-stop cough that will stay around for a day or a couple of days even after I leave lab. But then I would have to go into lab again, and it would start all over again. Student Health Services concluded that I had Bronchitis, triggered by Allergy. No other symptoms except for the cough. Oh, and I also have asthma, and I have had to go to Student Health for the Nebulizer treatment after lab. I have also had to leave lab in the middle because I can't stop coughing. The gas mask is incredibly uncomfortable, and for some reasons, I can't breath well through it. (As you can probably tell, with asthma and everything, I have a hard enough time breathing as is!)
I was actually looking forward to Anatomy Lab. But now this is causing me great distress. Not to mention I think I am learning just as much from the 3D stimulations and real cadaver pictures and good paper or online atlases. So I am not really sure that the cadaver is helping me that much more, and I am so miserable every time I go to lab.
I don't want to complain, because I know it's a privilege that we get to work with the human body, and that it's an experience, etc, and I don't want to undermine that. But we all have different learning styles, and I really do think I learn just as well from other methods, without being so miserable when I am near a cadaver. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks so much.
I was actually looking forward to Anatomy Lab. But now this is causing me great distress. Not to mention I think I am learning just as much from the 3D stimulations and real cadaver pictures and good paper or online atlases. So I am not really sure that the cadaver is helping me that much more, and I am so miserable every time I go to lab.
I don't want to complain, because I know it's a privilege that we get to work with the human body, and that it's an experience, etc, and I don't want to undermine that. But we all have different learning styles, and I really do think I learn just as well from other methods, without being so miserable when I am near a cadaver. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks so much.