Happy Birthday Mom! (Mom’s in Ethiopia right now, so this is the closest I’ll get to saying happy birthday on the actual day!)
Today was another really long day for me! I was up around 7:30 and had to meet my PBL group in the Anatomy Museum at 9pm. This session was not necessarily mandatory, but our PBL tutor is a MD and one of our anatomy professors, and he says that the main weakness of the Sydney Medical Program is that there is not enough anatomy- so he is trying to fix that for the 8 of us at least! We are going to have this extra session every Friday morning at 9am (and we don’t have to come- but I don’t know who wouldn’t since it is probably where I have learned the most so far). The anatomy museum here is probably in one of the nicest building on campus. It has a cute little courtyard in the middle of it with giant palm trees and plants all over the place. (I will take a picture next Friday). The museum itself is also amazing. They have everything you could possible imagine. It is like having our own personal ‘Body Worlds’ exhibit- but even more extensive. Today we looked at the hand (what happens in carpel tunnel syndrome), but mostly looked at the heart and the lungs, as well as a lot of chest x-rays. Our ‘homework’ is to go to the butcher, buy a sheep or pig heart- and dissect it! Apparently we don’t get the human hearts for a while still and he wants us to know it now! I’m not exactly sure where I’m going to perform this ‘dissection’ since I don’t really want to do it in my small studio in the same room as I sleep and eat- but I’m sure I’ll think of something.
Today was another really long day for me! I was up around 7:30 and had to meet my PBL group in the Anatomy Museum at 9pm. This session was not necessarily mandatory, but our PBL tutor is a MD and one of our anatomy professors, and he says that the main weakness of the Sydney Medical Program is that there is not enough anatomy- so he is trying to fix that for the 8 of us at least! We are going to have this extra session every Friday morning at 9am (and we don’t have to come- but I don’t know who wouldn’t since it is probably where I have learned the most so far). The anatomy museum here is probably in one of the nicest building on campus. It has a cute little courtyard in the middle of it with giant palm trees and plants all over the place. (I will take a picture next Friday). The museum itself is also amazing. They have everything you could possible imagine. It is like having our own personal ‘Body Worlds’ exhibit- but even more extensive. Today we looked at the hand (what happens in carpel tunnel syndrome), but mostly looked at the heart and the lungs, as well as a lot of chest x-rays. Our ‘homework’ is to go to the butcher, buy a sheep or pig heart- and dissect it! Apparently we don’t get the human hearts for a while still and he wants us to know it now! I’m not exactly sure where I’m going to perform this ‘dissection’ since I don’t really want to do it in my small studio in the same room as I sleep and eat- but I’m sure I’ll think of something.
After the anatomy museum I had an hour off before the lectures started, so I went to the travel agent on campus and bought my ticket for Fiji! I’m so excited! (I am starting to really wonder what the point of a travel agent is, though. They don’t get you better deals than you can find yourself and they mess up visa stuff. Brent went to a travel agent in Toronto to get a flight to Fiji- and they quoted him the best price to be over $1300 more than we found it for on the internet!!!)
Anyway, for the rest of the day we had all kinds of lectures on cell structures, enzymes, diets, body image, eating disorders… etc. and a really long one on how doctors are more likely to be alcoholics, get into car accidents and commit suicide than the normal population. They gave us some pretty interesting stats- but were mostly trying to convince us to follow the advice that we would give our patients and follow a healthy lifestyle. We also had an hour lecture on how we should tell our patients and our superiors if we make a mistake. That one was really boring, but I know they have to tell us all this stuff anyway.
After the lecture, all the 1st years went to the Manning Bar in the Student Union Building. Some of the 2nd years were there too. I tried a lemon-lime bitters drink (which is apparently popular here and Brent says is really good). It was ok, but I think it might be an acquired taste :) he he he. After the Manning bar, I walked back to my apartment, dropped my stuff and then went to meet Janice, Brooke and a few other friends at the Marlborough Hotel (a bar- they seem to call all the bars around here “_____ Hotel”… it is really weird) to have some dinner. I came home pretty early since I was SO tired. I’m not used to these LONG days after my year and a half of no school!
Janice, Brooke and I are going to do something fun tomorrow- but it will depend on what the weather is like! Maybe Bondi beach?!!?
I also got some more pictures from Janice of the past few weeks, so here they are:
These pics are from the Aquarium (the first weekend I was here). L to R: Len, me, Sabiha, Bryan, Sadiq.
Jellyfish!
The seals were getting fed...
This was in the tunnel under one of the giant tanks...
The Croc...
This sign we found in the Rocks on our walk to the Opera house that same day...
A park at the harbour full of people watching cricket. We ate our fish and chips there and tried to figure out what was going on. 
This is my first day at Nepean Hospital! I am standing with Nick (who is from Ottawa and in my clinical group). 
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