- Rock and Roll Marathon Medical Tent- 9 hours
- GNOSEF Junior Division Judge- 4 hours
- 14.5 hours
It's carnival! I'm gearing up for my first Mardi Gras after a busy and exciting February!
This month I was able to volunteer in the medical tent at the Rock and Roll marathon. I enjoyed the experience and learned so much! I was able to practice charting and asking the patient questions, as well as watching the physicians take care of them in instances of hyperthermia, seizure and other injuries from the race. It helped to hear how the different physicians would ask the patient questions and gave me a better idea of how I can structure questions in the future. It was also neat that once most of the racers had finished, but before the end, the Tulane doctors explained different phenomena we had seen during the day, quizzed us on medical knowledge and were overall very helpful. I truly enjoyed this volunteer experience, as I feel like most race volunteer positions end up feeling like you weren't very necessary (and sometimes in the way...), and this volunteer time felt like I was being truly helpful and learning more in a real world setting that is applicable to this program.
I also really enjoyed judging the science fair! It was neat to ask the children about their projects. I was so impressed! I never would have come up with such a good study at a young age like them. It was also interesting to talk to other scientists in our category to decide on winners, there was good discussion and it was nice to collaborate.
Classes are going great and I'm enjoying them and finding them very interesting this semester. I am getting nervous for the NBME exam, but I am also surprised with how much I remember from first semester, which makes me think I've gotten better at studying during this program!
