tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4537028355636488499Thu, 19 Dec 2024 03:30:53 +0000For Your EntertainmentHealthcare Policy and NewsFourth YearSecond YearThird YearFirst YearHidden in AugustaMCG DiariesIndependent Student Blog for the Medical College of Georgiahttp://mcgpanacea.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Blogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4537028355636488499.post-5155235996815221929Sat, 19 Dec 2015 16:16:00 +00002015-12-21T19:13:42.817-05:00For Your Entertainment The holiday season is here again! If you’re a normal person, you’re shopping for gifts, watching Christmas movies and spending time with family and friends. If you’re a graduate student, like I am, you’re eyeing the happy carefree people at Starbucks, sipping their peppermint mochas, as you sink deeper into your hoodie to study. But all good finals come to an end and soon you too will get a http://mcgpanacea.blogspot.com/2015/12/the-ultimate-christmas-wish-list.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4537028355636488499.post-2351590282341288546Tue, 24 Nov 2015 13:00:00 +00002015-11-24T22:21:59.143-05:00Third Year The time has come to decide where the M2s want to do their clinical rotations next year. In light of that little application burning a hole in our inboxes, here is the down and dirty about the three clinical campuses in question: Rome, Savannah, and Albany. (First years, don’t start worrying about this yet but keep reading to get a taste of these “regional campuses” you’ve probably heard about http://mcgpanacea.blogspot.com/2015/11/lets-talk-about-regional-campuses.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4537028355636488499.post-5590947232035445297Fri, 13 Nov 2015 12:00:00 +00002015-11-14T19:57:10.088-05:00Second Year First off, I’d like to preface by saying my views may not reflect everyone perfectly, but for the majority I think I’ve hit the nail on the head. I recall first year days – reminiscing about the green pastures that would inevitably be second year. Boy was I misunderstood! I thought it would be first year plus, but it is indeed a whole new sport I’m playing now. Balancing all the same http://mcgpanacea.blogspot.com/2015/11/confessions-of-second-year-beginning.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (NA)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4537028355636488499.post-5068052566166823375Fri, 30 Oct 2015 11:00:00 +00002015-11-12T13:08:05.801-05:00Healthcare Policy and News There is an abundance of national news headlines regarding the medical field and health policy decisions to catch your attention in recent months. However, there are also important stories happening closer to home regarding patient health and the policies and legislation being implemented to address such concerns. What follows is a brief synopsis of some of the current events happening in the http://mcgpanacea.blogspot.com/2015/10/health-happenings-georgia-news-update.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jaimie)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4537028355636488499.post-2687624633307216015Fri, 23 Oct 2015 11:00:00 +00002015-10-23T16:26:26.738-04:00Healthcare Policy and NewsThe pharmaceuticals industry has made recent controversial headlines concerning the cost of drugs for patients. The discussion was catalyzed by the actions of CEO Martin Shkreli of Turing Pharmaceuticals, who recently raised the price of Daraprim (pyrimethamine) from $13.50 to $833 per pill after purchasing the marketing rights. Daraprim is an important for treating multiple protozoal agents, http://mcgpanacea.blogspot.com/2015/10/pharmaceutical-price-gouging-people.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4537028355636488499.post-5966978181903353338Wed, 14 Oct 2015 11:00:00 +00002015-10-14T07:00:07.894-04:00For Your Entertainment http://mcgpanacea.blogspot.com/2015/10/hump-day-humor.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Andrew Jones)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4537028355636488499.post-4463019013584498769Fri, 09 Oct 2015 11:00:00 +00002015-10-09T14:41:39.508-04:00Healthcare Policy and News Earlier this year, Academic Medicine reported the results of the AAMC’s Women in Medicine and Science Benchmarking Survey.&nbsp; This Survey was initiated in 1983, and represents a mature and comprehensive data set with over 90% (119) of the 129 medical schools in the U.S. responding.&nbsp; Together, these AAMC&nbsp; (American Association of Medical Colleges) data reflect a hopeful, yet slow http://mcgpanacea.blogspot.com/2015/10/women-in-medicine-thoughts-from-two.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4537028355636488499.post-4760433650430233872Fri, 02 Oct 2015 11:00:00 +00002015-10-02T07:00:03.534-04:00Fourth YearSo you want to do an away rotation. Or at least, you think you do… Here’s a quick guide from a fourth year, who’s been there, and done that, twice. 1. Talk to the advisor in your specialty of interest. They will give you honest, accurate advice on the positives and negatives of rotating away from MCG. For many fields, away rotations are a great way to earn an interview, and some programs will http://mcgpanacea.blogspot.com/2015/10/the-away-rotation-demystified.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4537028355636488499.post-7820703756559639889Fri, 02 Oct 2015 11:00:00 +00002015-10-02T07:00:07.318-04:00MCG Diaries Athens is a great place for a medical student to be distracted. Even if immune to the temptations of the well-known nightlife, musical and sporting scenes in this town, the natural setting of Athens can get a student's attention during the day. What do I mean by natural setting? While certainly a bustling city, Athens is surrounded by woods and farmland and has not quite been phagocytized http://mcgpanacea.blogspot.com/2015/10/naturally-distracted.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4537028355636488499.post-8496487263906943504Wed, 30 Sep 2015 11:00:00 +00002015-09-30T07:00:08.536-04:00For Your Entertainment http://mcgpanacea.blogspot.com/2015/09/hump-day-humor.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Andrew Jones)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4537028355636488499.post-1386845242692961786Fri, 25 Sep 2015 13:19:00 +00002015-09-25T18:35:57.631-04:00Second Year As I begin to write this article, generally unaware of the ultimate audience that it will reach, and reflect on the past year of my medical education, I can’t help but to appreciate the brevity of it all. You begin the first days of second year excited to learn “real medicine,” having paid your dues to the basic sciences. You tell yourself that you’re going to nail pathology, pharmacology,http://mcgpanacea.blogspot.com/2015/09/if-i-only-knew-then-what-i-know-now.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4537028355636488499.post-3860333416012402913Fri, 18 Sep 2015 11:00:00 +00002015-09-24T17:55:28.240-04:00Healthcare Policy and News Standing in the aftermath of the second Republican Presidential debate, we as Americans now recognize that Presidential campaign season has officially begun. We also are in the wake of the controversial passage and rocky implementation of the Affordable Care Act—popularly known as Obamacare—and we will now hold our first national election in which the law’s advocate-in-chief will not be on http://mcgpanacea.blogspot.com/2015/09/whats-your-plan-understanding.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jonathan R Crowe)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4537028355636488499.post-7847243509541135702Thu, 17 Sep 2015 11:00:00 +00002015-09-17T07:00:06.188-04:00Fourth YearThird Year We’re lucky to have such great attendings at our school who are more than willing to share what they know.&nbsp; Here are three of my favorite attending “pearls”: 1.&nbsp; “Trust but verify.” I heard this saying from multiple attendings, and for good reason.&nbsp; The EMR is great for a lot of things, but it can be full of incorrect information that gets copy and pasted over time.&nbsp; I http://mcgpanacea.blogspot.com/2015/09/top-three-attending-pearls-for-success.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4537028355636488499.post-8367478405064104498Wed, 16 Sep 2015 11:00:00 +00002015-09-16T07:00:01.696-04:00For Your Entertainment <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:"Cambria Math"; panose-1:0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0; mso-font-charset:1; mso-generic-font-family:roman; mso-font-format:other; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:0 0 0 0 0 0;} @font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; http://mcgpanacea.blogspot.com/2015/09/local-med-student-gets-out-of-way.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Andrew Jones)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4537028355636488499.post-6364643092255365598Tue, 15 Sep 2015 11:00:00 +00002015-09-15T07:00:02.886-04:00Hidden in Augusta Although not very “hidden” in Augusta, Arts in the Heart of Augusta Festival only comes once a year, and I guarantee you won’t want to miss it!&nbsp; The festival is held downtown and features a fine arts and crafts market, live performances, and delicious foods and delicacies from around the world. &nbsp; The festival is a fantastic excuse to get out of the classroom and hospitalhttp://mcgpanacea.blogspot.com/2015/09/hidden-in-augusta-arts-in-heart-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4537028355636488499.post-8398235725849059168Mon, 14 Sep 2015 11:00:00 +00002015-09-15T00:12:54.426-04:00First Year Snapping on your gloves, you enter the cadaver lab for the first time. The stench of formaldehyde hits you like a ton of bricks. Undaunted, you walk through crowds of anxious medical students toward your table and lab mates. Are you pumped?&nbsp; Nervous?&nbsp; Slightly light headed? No matter where you stand on the surgery medicine divide, you are probably anxiously http://mcgpanacea.blogspot.com/2015/09/how-to-be-anatomy-rockstar.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Emily Peng)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4537028355636488499.post-8201938708505821643Mon, 14 Sep 2015 10:00:00 +00002015-09-14T01:17:56.751-04:00Welcome to Panacea, a blog run by MCG medical students that will feature content made to enhance (or possibly distract you from) your educational experience!&nbsp;&nbsp;We will be posting something every day this week to celebrate our opening week.&nbsp;&nbsp;After that, check us out every Friday for our feature blog posts and periodically throughout the week for other goodies we might post.&nbsphttp://mcgpanacea.blogspot.com/2015/09/welcome-to-panacea_14.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0