Research Protocol and Funding
This was my last week on research. I'm still not done writing my protocol, but at least I have a project more or less planned out. It's definitely going to be on trying to predict delirium in geriatric...
View ArticleStarting Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology
This was the first week of my clinical pharmacology and toxicology rotation. There are three of us on the rotation: an emergency medicine resident from Metro, a fourth year from the UP, and me. It was...
View ArticleThe Best of Toxicology
I am now halfway through this toxicology rotation, and I really love it. It's mostly didactics and not very much clinical stuff, but the subject is really interesting, and the attending has all kinds...
View ArticleWeek 3 of Toxicology
This week has gotten surprisingly busy. I've been reading for tox, working on my research protocol (though not as much as I would have liked), and finishing my research fellowship application. I'm...
View ArticleAn Artificial Asthma Attack
Over the last couple of weeks, I've been getting increasingly short of breath while walking. Now granted, I'm not currently in nearly as good of shape as I was before med school, but I'm still in good...
View ArticleLast Week of Toxicology
This was my last week of toxicology. We each had to give a 40-minute presentation today. Mine was on alcohol withdrawal. It turned out to be a really good topic, since I had at least one alcoholic...
View ArticlePhlebotomy and Online Preventive Medicine
On Tuesday, I took an optional day-long course at CCF to learn how to draw blood. It was free, and phlebotomy seems like a useful skill to have, so I figured why not. There were four of us who did it....
View ArticleDone with Preventive Medicine
After a small snafu with getting my answers uploaded, I was done with the online test by Monday night. It's pretty much all about hypertension. My advice for other Case students taking this elective is...
View ArticleComplementary and Alternative Medicine
This week, I started an unlisted elective in complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). An unlisted elective is one that is not listed in the Case elective course catalog. With the school's...
View ArticleCAM Paper Part I: Introduction
Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) can be defined as a diverse group of therapies and products that are not considered to be part of conventional medicine. Patients may use CAM to treat a...
View ArticleCAM Paper Part II: Massage Therapy
Massage therapy (MT) is defined by the American Massage Therapy Association as including manual soft tissue manipulation that can involve holding, causation of movement, and/or application of pressure...
View ArticleCAM Paper Part III: Chiropractic
Chiropractic was defined by Daniel Palmer, its founder, as “a science of healing without drugs.” However, the underpinnings of chiropractic are not rooted in science. In fact, Palmer himself noted that...
View ArticleCAM Paper Part IV: Osteopathy
Osteopathy is now regarded as a part of conventional medicine. Osteopathic physicians, who make up approximately 5.5% of American physicians, are fully licensed in all 50 states and have the same scope...
View ArticleCAM Paper Part V: Acupuncture
Although the practice of acupuncture is commonly associated with traditional Chinese medicine, there is evidence that acupuncture actually dates back several thousand years in the histories of both...
View ArticleCAM Paper Part VI: Herbal Remedies I
Herbal remedies and other natural products were used by 19% of adults during the past 12 months according to a 2002 survey.(1) The ten most commonly used herbal remedies were echinacea, ginseng, ginkgo...
View ArticleCAM Paper Part VII: Herbal Remedies II
Benign Prostatic HyperplasiaSaw palmetto extract can be used to treat benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). It inhibits 5-α-reductase, the same enzyme inhibited by the prescription drug finasteride,...
View ArticleCAM Paper Part VIII: Herbal Remedies III
NauseaSeveral herbs are used to treat nausea, most commonly ginger, peppermint, and cannabis. All three have been shown to have mild anti-emetic properties for chemotherapy, motion sickness, and...
View ArticleCAM Paper Part IX: Conclusion and References
ConclusionAlthough some physicians may be skeptical about the benefits of CAM, they should still educate themselves about CAM for several reasons. First, a significant proportion of patients seen in a...
View ArticleRadi-Holiday
This week, I started a two-week radiology elective at UH. I had wanted to do it at CCF, but the radiologists there only let people do rads for four weeks. I can't do four weeks since I have to start my...
View Article2009 CCLCM Match List
Match Day! Things were pretty quiet in the UH radiology department today, since all of the M4s were gone for match day. We found out today how our own first graduating CCLCM class did in the match. All...
View ArticleEnd of Rads
On Wednesday, I finished writing my teaching case report, which is on something kind of esoteric that the attending will hopefully find interesting. I'm still not at all enthusiastic about rads, but I...
View ArticleMaster CCLCM Match List
This post contains the combined match list for all CCLCM graduation years by specialty and hospital. I will keep updating this list as future classes match.Anesthesiology-Cleveland Clinic...
View ArticleStarting Neuro Rotation
This is my first week on neurology. So far, it's been really intense! Not that I expected it to be a cakewalk, but the Block III* administrator went out of her way several times to warn us about not...
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LCME Site Visit and Neuro Rotation
Case's LCME review began on March 22. (Remember, the LCME is the organization that accredits all American and Canadian allopathic medical schools.) The review took place over several days because the...
View ArticleNeurology Consult Service and Neurosurgery
I will be spending the next three weeks on various inpatient neurology teams: consult service this week and next week, and then inpatient neuro the last week. There is not much difference between the...
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