UHS Class 2006 part 01

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The best barbecue in KC is Arthur Bryants. It is located near the 18th and Vine district (18th and Brooklyn to be exact). It is super close to UHS, about a five minute drive. Many presidents and celebs have eaten there (Jimmy Carter, Steven Spielberg). The resturant itself is not fancy, really laid back, but the food makes up for the atmosphere. I recommend beef with fries 😛
 
Hey guys! I decided to post instead of just reading the thread! If the chemistry of our class is anything like on this thread, then we'll all be in good shape. I look forward to meeting all of you in August.

carpe
 
I'm back....haven't posted in a long time...cuz of school...finals, graduation....and stuff like that ...but, now it's done...yes....you guys seem very nice....heck...you guys are nice people...I was wondering if anyone is planning to play in the golf tournament that UHS is having....let me know...i'm thinking about it...but, not sure....anyways...just wanted to say hi again and get aquainted with everyone....I'm vinh by the way....
always,
vinh 😀
 
I think our class has awesome chemistry!
Where did you hear about the golf tournament at UHS? I am not much of a golfer, but do you know if there are other events like these? Perhaps a basketball tourney, flag football, or anything like that?
Just wondering, those events would interest me more than golfing. I am horrible at it, plus I don't own any clubs!!

Chris
 
Hey gang,
I got info on the Summer Learning Enhancement Program yesterday. I think it will be a good idea for me. Anyone else get this info?

And where did you get the golf outing info?

M.
 
Hi Mary,

Could you tell me more about the summer enhancement program? I have not heard about it.

Thanks,

Flea girl
 
I too would like to learn more about the Summer Enhancement Program. What is it? Sounds interesting!!

Chris
 
Does anyone else have to work today on Memorial Day or am I the only one?? 😡
 
The summer learning enhancement program is basically an invite only opportunity. The school selects students that they think may have trouble assimilating into the study of medicine and puts them through a rigorous course over the summer of what there year will be like. I dont know what the criteria for the SLEP is but from what I could tell it was people that came from small colleges that used essay test instead of multiple choice testing and other things along that line. I probably would have thought it would have been cool when i was in your shoes if i would have had the opportunity to do it. But now that I have a year under my belt and know what school is about I'm glad i didnt get it last year wouldnt have been much help. Plus it eats up your summer. If it is offered to you dont think they have you singled out as being someone that is likely to not do well. The truth is no one will ever know how they will do in school until they get here.
 
i'm working too-but outside on the golf course so it's not really working!
one question for y'all ( am i getting the accent down? ) has anyone received a schedule for school yet? the web only has the schedule from last year-as far as i can tell.
can someone help me out here? trying to plan!
Thanks!
 
Nope, I haven't received a schedule either. It would be nice to know when things are going to be happening. I assume when we get our finacial aid letter, we might get some kind of agenda for the fall; at least I hope!!

Chris
 
OK,
Here's the info that I received from Doug Dalzell.

..."The Summer Learning Enhancement Program will provide students with short courses in study skills, test taking, time management, and memory techniques, as well as short reviews in anatomy, histology, physiology, and biochemistry. The program will be conducted by UHS-COM faculty and current students as well as members of the Office of Student Services. This is a week of preparation that should improve each student's academic success."...

It's one week. You can go July 29-August 2, or August 5-9.

This sounds good to me. I've been out of school for 6 years. However, I've been "in" medicine for 8 years. So, for me, I'm kind of working backwards because I have a lot of clinical experience vs. academic experience. That's all I'll say about that.

I would call the school if what UHS2005 says is correct to see if this is an invite-only thing, if you think it might be something good.

It's going to put a little jam on my moving plans, since I was planning on that week (8/5-8/9)to get oriented to the KC area. Oh well, I'll figure something out.

I am SO not working today!!!!!!!!!(I've paid my dues, though, working many-a-Memorial Day) :wink:

Have a nice day, hope you get to grill and chill at some point!
🙂 M.
 
Thanks for the info Mary! I think the program sounds pretty cool. I think I will call the school in the next few days and see what's up. Does it cost anything?? If it does, that might put a damper on my plan to do it!!

So you don't work today......you suck!! 😀 😀
I am on call tonight and work tomorrow, so I wont see the light of day until tomorrow night after 7 pm!

Again thanks for the info!

Chris
 
Chris,
They didn't specify any additional costs in the letter they sent me.
M.
 
Hey,
When do we start getting our "Welcome packets", or whatever they call it? You know, sort of like the stuff you got before you began college.
 
Thanks for the reply Mary. I actually emailed Dr. Dalzell inquiring about the program, so hopefully he will get back with me.
So do you think you will do it? To me, it sounds pretty cool. So I think I will do it, granted that I am allowed to

Chris
 
hey people...
i recieved the info about the golf tourney in the one of the letters that UHS sent to me....more about it later.
vinh
 
Ok,
sorry about the last post...the golf tournament is in the UHS communicator magazine that was sent in one of the mails....if any questions about it....let me know....
well..i'm not sure i can go...since it's on a wednesday...and as we know..we don't have the class schedules...yet...heheh...alright...more next time.
vinh 😀
 
Good Morning,
Yes, I'm going to do the SLEP. I can't see why they wouldn't offer it to the whole class, making it an optional thing. But then they probably don't want those who can't make it to feel like they missed out on something, and, on the other hand, if they made it known to everyone that it's kind of a thing for the more academically challenged then those who received the invites might feel, well, academically challenged!!!!!

So I'm putting all the why's behind and going. I need the review.

Back to work today! 🙁
M.
 
Just letting you know there is more info coming out soon. I think I got mine friday. The packet had info on orientation week (we will be at school from 7-7 mon. - thurs.), then the white coating ceremony on thurs., and a few other papers that have to be turned back in.

Wow, we will be starting school soon - I can't wait. Have a good rest of the summer.
Karen.
 
I think I must have been kicked out of the class. I haven't received a thing from UHS in quite some time. :wink:

Does orientation week start Aug. 19? I hope so because I'm not planning on quitting my job until Aug. 9, which only gives me one week to move. I'd hate to have orientation week during the time I'm moving to KC.

- Tammy
 
Sorry I haven't posted in a bit, but you know how things go... 🙄

Regarding the BBQ discussion, I am a "feathers & fins" (birds & seafood) kinda girl myself, so we'll have to find some nice grilled portabello mushrooms or something to throw alongside all those patties! :clap: YUM! My pre-med advisor actually told me it was 'heresy' that I was moving out there (he did hus postdoc at UMKC) & don't eat red meat!! Oh well, maybe this can have a positive effect on losing weight if I can't find un-meat?? 😛

~Hillary

PS- Don't get your hopes up for a thick Bahstahn accent from me, but it does slip in from time to time... 😎
 
You should receive a really big packet from UHS any day now. I received mine on Saturday. It has information about orientation, registration, fun events that week, buying books and instruments, organizations to join, paperwork to fill out, etc. It takes quite a while to go through.

Orientation/Registration is August 12-15, I believe. The Monday and Tuesday are supposed to be long days 7am-7pm. Then Wednesday is community service and a Royals Game/Picnic. Thursday is the White Coat Ceremony. A schedule for the whole year (and more) is in there.

That's a little bit of the information contained in the packet. Don't get too overwhelmed. It made me start getting more excited about starting school to see all the things we'd be doing.

Anyway, I get to go get my TB test done now. Then go to work. I had a great weekend at the lake though. Now, I'm just trying to recover from all that jetskiing.

Anna
 
You should receive a really big packet from UHS any day now. I received mine on Saturday. It has information about orientation, registration, fun events that week, buying books and instruments, organizations to join, paperwork to fill out, etc. It takes quite a while to go through.

Orientation/Registration is August 12-15, I believe. The Monday and Tuesday are supposed to be long days 7am-7pm. Then Wednesday is community service and a Royals Game/Picnic. Thursday is the White Coat Ceremony. A schedule for the whole year (and more) is in there.

That's a little bit of the information contained in the packet. Don't get too overwhelmed. It made me start getting more excited about starting school to see all the things we'd be doing.

Anyway, I get to go get my TB test done now. Then go to work. I had a great weekend at the lake though. Now, I'm just trying to recover from all that jetskiing.

Anna
 
I am with Tammy! It think I have been kicked out of the class too! I have not received anything from them forever. I am just hoping they have everything that they need, and not have to scrounge around at the last minute to get some dumb paperwork done.
By the way it sounds, we are going to have a busy first week. 7a-7p for three days, sounds pretty intense, but I am sure it will be fun.
According to the student I stayed with, he said the first week is fun and games, then the second week you get hammered hard!!

Can't wait! 😀

Chris
 
Dear Friends,
Now that we've 'rounded the corner of Memorial Day, school is straight ahead. I'm still at work but I hope my "packet" is in the mail when I get home.

I think the thing I'm dreading the most is the move. I hate moving. Lots of stress! I need to get that CT info sheet too, that includes stores, laundry, etc.

Cheers,
Mary
 
My packet was in the mail when I checked it at lunch...guess I haven't been dropped! ha! ha!

Mary, I agree. I don't want to move again either. I threw away about 20 bags of trash & donated about 10 bags of stuff that came out of my son's bedroom. Now on to the rest of the house...how do we accumulate so much junk?
 
It is amazing how much crap you can accumulate in a few years. We are having a massive garage sale this summer, even though my family isn't moving until next year......still we have so much stuff.
One thing about me leaving is that my wife will not have much of a wardrobe, because she wears most of my clothes!! Guess she will have to do laundry more often.
I hope my package came in the mail today. I don't get off work till 7pm.

Chris
 
Does anyone know what'll happen if you don't have your entire Hep B vaccination series done by the time school starts? I can't get my third shot until the end of September. I hope this won't be a huge problem for them. 🙁

~~Danielle~~
 
Well hooray! I got my packet in the mail when I got home from work!! Awesome! Man, there are sure a lot of things for sale by students. I think I am going to take advantage of this!
I just really wish he had our financial aid letter. Would really like to know how much money I will have to spend!!!

Anyway, later!

Chris
 
Solie,

I had called UHS to ask about the Hep B series, since I will not be able to get my 3rd shot until Oct. I was told that it would not be a problem. Hope this helps.

Flea girl
 
For the financial aid. You will get what is on the budget sheet, no more, no less. If they cant get it through the subsidized/unsubsidized then they get that through a private lender. But they will always get you what is on the budget. I took the computer money just so i could have a little extra. You will need credit cards because what you get to live on isnt enough. Consequently i am having to work this summer to pay off those credit cards.
 
UHS2005,
When we interviewed, the students who gave us the tour said it was easy to get additional financial aid through private lenders (through the financial aid office) if you got into a crunch. Is this not true?

Boy, that budget isn't going to be enough. I need a two-bedroom apartment plus I have a car payment. phew! Life is going to suck for four years!
 
Thanks Flea girl! That's a huge load off my mind! 😀

~~Danielle~~
 
No problem Solie 🙂 . I was really concerned about that too. I received my first Hep B shot the day I received my acceptence letter <img border="0" alt="[Wowie]" title="" src="graemlins/wowie.gif" /> . Have a great day.

Flea girl
 
Hey all--
If any of you that were interested in the Summer Enhancement Program, I called UHS today and this is what I found out. You have to be invited to attend this, since they have very few openings to have. So if you didn't get invited, then you are probably out of luck!!

Darn it; I really did want to do it

Chris
 
Tammy. I dont know how that works out. Im sure that you could easily get money from a private lender but im not sure if payments would be deferred, you may have to make payments right away. If I was you I would call the fin aid office on that and then post it here, im sure someone else out there is wondering as well.
 
Chris,

Sorry about the SLEP. Don't be too bummed, you will do fine. I'll share my materials, OK?

I'm kind of excited about all the clubs to join. There are a few that I'm definitely interested in.

It's funny because, they encourage your families to be there for various things. I wanted my mom to put my white coat on me, but she's a nurse, not an MD or DO. So I don't think she'll be able to do it. But I don't know if I want to go through the ordeal of getting her down to KC from PA if it's just to watch the ceremony. I'll have to think about it. And my boyfriend is going to help me move down there at the end of July, but he's not staying, and I doubt if he'll be able to come back two weeks later for the ceremony.

I have lots of thinking to do. 😕

Have a great evening!
Booyah
M.
 
Hey gang--
I just wanted to post something that I thought was really cool. Did you all get the latest UHS Link Newsletter, the one featuring a Dr. Knacksteadt, or Dr. K? He is my hometown Doc!! I thought that was so cool, talking about my hometown and physician. He wrote my DO letter of recommendation. He is a superb physician and individual.
I just thought I would share that with everyone. I meant to do it sooner, just forgot!!

Chris
 
Mary--
Yeah i was a little bummed about the program, but oh well. Yeah I am also excited about all the clubs. I think the ones I am going to do for sure is the Emergency Medicine Club, Docs for Tots, Sports Medicine, and probably a few others.
What about insurance? Is anyone going to use the insurance that came in our mondo packet? I think I might do it. Seems to be a pretty good deal.

Well gotta go!!

Chris
 
Hey yeah, I read that article on Dr. K and he sounds like a great guy. Reading the article makes me really want to do my family practice rotation out there! I was planning to do as many rotations out in the Chicago area, but I guess things are changing 🙂
 
I thought the clubs sounded pretty cool too, Chris. The two that stick out in my mind are Docs for Tots and Sports Med. The activities sounded fun/interesting with both of those. Neurology sounds good too, but since I am almost retirement age as it is (30), I better stick with clubs that are associated with shorter residencies. ha! ha!

Does anyone know if MS-1s are able to participate in the grade school physicals, or is that something for MS-2s? I really enjoy being around kids.

Talk to ya' later!
 
After hearing all the yummy delicious things in our BIG packet-- I neeeeed that packet!! Hopefully it is coming soon!! 😕

~Hillary
 
Hi Everyone,
looks like the excitement is slowly building up as D-Day approaches, slowly but surely. And "The Packet" just seems to have added fuel to the fire 😀 😛 😀 For those of you who haven't received it yet (ahem! Hillary! 🙂 ), patience is the name of the game.
Anyway, you guys are right....the clubs seem cool. I think we'll have a difficult time choosing the one or two that we really would like to be involved with, being that there are so many.

Mary: don't feel so bad if your family can't make it to the ceremony. I'm sure there will be others in the same boat.....I know I'll be by myself; but then I know that the company of my peers will be quite enough.

Chris: must be pretty exciting for you to hear about Dr. K! I think that's very cool, and after reading that article I, too, think I will try and go to that spot for the clerkship.

Good day everyone!
 
Qafas & Mary,

You can borrow my family for the ceremony. I'm sure my mom will be excited enough for all of us! :wink:
 
Awwwwwwww....you guys are soooo nice! 🙂

Thanks for lending me your family, Tammy! It will be nice to be in the company of my comrades. After all, it is ours.

I reallllly have to figure out this health insurance thing. BCBS is OK, but I really would like to pay the least amount for the maximum benefits. The SOMA deal doesen't look too bad....I'm not crazy about the 80% thing. Maybe there's an HMO or something in the area. But, ya know, as a future physician.....I HATE insurance companies. Especially HMO's! It's kind of like a paradox....because my dream is to practice someday outside the realm of some insurance adjuster running my life and practice. But here I am, soon-to-be med student, in a facility full of current and future high class doctors, and I have to shop for a cheap HMO.

Too bad UHS doesen't offer something or have a deal with one of the hospitals. 😡 😡 😡

You guys made my day with the nice thoughts re: orientation week. Thanks Qafas and Tammy!

I'm going out to find food now.
Ciao,
M.

PS, life's not so bad. I could be on a waiting list, waiting and waiting and waiting!

I should read my quote every now and then! :wink:
 
Hey guys--
Just got done with the delivery of a baby a little while ago. We thought it was going to be a C-section, but luckily they were able to get the baby out. The mom was about 40.5 weeks or so, and she had been contracting all day, with no progression. She was complete from about 1230 on, but still no progress.
Finally they increased the Pit to really make her contract hard. They got out the forceps and helped turn the baby. The baby was transverse and angled just a bit.
Personally I hate it when the physicians use the forceps. Since I work in respiratory, we do all the initial checks on the baby. As soon as the kiddo is born, the doc hands it to us and we get to work.
Usually start off by bulb suctioning out the nose and mouth more, to ensure clearing of the airway. Then we will do a set of vital signs (Temp, heart rate, and respers), followed by ausculation of the lungs. The lungs usually sound kind of moist, so we will stick a 8 French catheter down each nostril and into the lungs and suck out all the crap if there is any. Then reassess the vitals every few minutes until the baby is cleaned off and is ready to go to the mom.
The mom will bond with the babe for a bit, and then we take it to the nursery for further assessment. We also calculate the APGAR scores while in the labor room.

I really do enjoy doing deliveries, but from a respiratory standpoint, I don't. If we have a bad baby, more than likely we will be involved. I would hate to have something happen to a baby because it would be somewhat of our responsibility. I have had to care for babies that have trouble keeping their oxygen saturation up, so we usually stick it under an oxyhood. It looks like a thing at a beauty salon for a perm, and it fits over the baby's head. Then we use an oxygen analyzer to ensure we get the proper percentage of oxygen (FIO2)to the baby!!

Like I said, it is fun when the babies are well, but when they aren't, it can really be nerve racking!!

Well I just thought I would share my day's experience with you, that is if you care. If you don't, then that is fine too.
Tomorrow I am going to observe a laproscopic transverse vaginal hysterectomy with a right oopherectomy! I have never seen one of those, plus I get the opportunity to intubate!!

Have a great weekend!!

Chris
 
Dear Chris,
What a cool experience. Thanks for sharing. I just play with people's blood all day. And, since I'm the Technical Coordinator, play mother hen and ride people to do what they gotta do!
M.
 
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