We are a quarter of the way through
our program as of today! I cannot believe it! Time flies when you’re
having fun….or studying a lot.
This week I had my last gross room
rotation of the semester. It wasn’t as busy so there weren't a lot of specimens, but I did gross my first leg so that was exciting! Well it was an exciting experience for me,
but unfortunately not for the patient.
They experienced a traumatic injury which lead to a below the knee
amputation of their leg. For these
specimens, we evaluate the lesion and the soft tissue/bone underlying the
lesion, submit the skin/soft tissue and bony margins, and evaluate the
vasculature and look for calcifications or narrowing of the vessels. They can be messy specimens so I had to wear
a face shield and lab coat because the blood can shoot out. This was also my first time using a Stryker
saw to cut the bone which I was nervous about, but the next time I think I will
be more comfortable. Gross room is always
a learning experience but it is exciting when you get to gross a new specimen.
We still have class on Monday but
we have Tuesday off for the 4th of July! Since we can't go out of town for the
holiday, we are renting a pontoon boat and
enjoying some time on Cheat Lake after class on Monday! I haven’t been blogging
as much this summer because there is not a whole lot going on except for
classes and I already explained how our classes are for the summer so I would
really just be repeating myself! A
couple of things I haven’t mentioned yet about our classes this semester are
the microscopic portfolios and our presentations. Before each exam, we have to go the
microscope room and take pictures of normal histology of the organ systems we
are going over for that unit. So for
example, this test we have coming up is on the male/female reproductive tract,
bladder, head and neck, and peripheral nerve pathology so we will take pictures
of the structures on a list we are given and we turn them into Justin for a
grade. I actually like these assignments
because it makes us better at recognizing histological structures, and it is
easier to know what is going on in conferences.
We also have these assignments because for advanced microanatomy in the
fall we have to know it all anyways!
As far as the presentations
go, we were given a schedule at the
beginning of the semester with pre-assigned topics and dates. They take place on the same days of the exams
so we stay afterwards to listen to 2-4 presentations. My topic is endocrine tumors of the
thyroid and I go next Monday so getting that in order is on my To-Do list this
weekend!
Parotid Gland Histology
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