So my exams were Cardiovascular and Renal block and Pulmonary block. Cardiovascular and renal block were a lot of fun for me (CV has always been my thing) and being from the deep south, it's always great to revisit hypertension and heart failure. Given my drive to be in primary care and extensive background working with underserved populations, this sort of physiology and pharmacology are the bread and butter. Pulmonology (I want you to know my computer want this pulmonology to autocorrect to demonology) was also a ton of fun! We learned about tuberculosis and pneumonia. I really wish we dipped into cystic fibrosis but it would have tacked on a lot. In the previous block, we also covered molecular pharmacology in which I got to dust off the gears from my lab days. This month was packed, but definitely not unmanageable.
This month I didn't volunteer as much as I'd want to. Most of my volunteering came from Edible Schoolyard's 20th Year Anniversary. If you don't know what Edible School Yard is, it's a integration into New Orleans' First Line Charter School of both education and hands on learning on cooking! I assisted with small amounts of set up, greeting, and whatever else was needed of me. While my time with Edible Schoolyard was short, it's easy to see the passion and community surrounding the school's staff and supporters. This is not my normal volunteering position so I don't want to speak too long about it, but definitely check out the description and website below. It'll do more justice than I will. I also spent sometime volunteering for GAPSA (Tulane Graduate and Professional Student Association) and helping out at a mixer. GAPSA throws tons of events, but they're on a large scale (anyone in graduate/professional school is welcome) so when you're a student you should both attend and help out. My role here was just being an event monitor, but I had free reign to dance on my shift too. Why no Goldring this month? I am scheduled to volunteer for next month!
In terms of fun stuff? I attended TWO sandwich themed celebrations. One was celebrating New Orleans 300 years at Parkway Bakery and Tavern (you'll know what this if you visit/attend for sure) and one in LaFayette Square for National Sandwich Day. Parkway had a 300 foot po'boy or poorboy (this is something you'll also become very familiar with) and LaFayette Square had a 500 foot po'boy! I had my fill, obviously. It wasn't all about food though. Parkway's event benefit the Al Copeland Foundation, a nonprofit which supports new local cancer research, education and patient programs in partnership with LSU Health Science Center. Sandwiches and helping fight cancer is something you can definitely get behind.
Next month is short so don't expect too much. I hope you had a good holiday! As always, if you have any questions, personal or not, feel free to email me.
Find out more about the thing's I've mentioned here:
Edible Schoolyard
Al Copeland Foundation
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| We won Trivia Night (2nd in the eyes of the moderator, 1st in my heart)!! Our team name was Pharmers. |
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| This is a 300 foot shrimp po'boy (which was delicious)! |
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| This is a 500 foot sandwich (also delicious)! |
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| Me in my natural form, two sandwiches in hand. |
November Service Hours: 11
Cumulative Service Hours: 33.5
