tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30648376.comments2023-04-05T07:15:55.751-07:00CCLCM Student BlogCCLCM Studenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00684828641910166209noreply@blogger.comBlogger309125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30648376.post-57459641985633218622010-02-23T13:39:37.889-08:002010-02-23T13:39:37.889-08:00Hi!
Your blog is great and gives good insight int...Hi!<br /><br />Your blog is great and gives good insight into what it is truly like in medical school. I'm trying to promote a scholarship through medical students blogs and I came across yours. The first Medical Professionals of Tomorrow Scholarship is being held for the fall 2010 semester. Applicants must submit a 500-word essay along with their online application that explains who or what inspired them to seek out a career in healthcare. The winner of the scholarship will receive a check for $1,000 to help with tuition and other expenses. Click on the link for more info: <a href="http://www.usmedicalsupplies.com/scholarship" rel="nofollow">Medical Professionals of Tomorrow Scholarship</a> Just remember, the deadline is July 31, 2010!Adam Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06115330783030484453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30648376.post-59133840983850655692010-02-14T21:16:44.339-08:002010-02-14T21:16:44.339-08:00See http://nccam.nih.gov/health/acupuncture/ for a...See http://nccam.nih.gov/health/acupuncture/ for an introduction to acupuncture from National Institute for Health.<br /><br />Acupuncture as a therapeutic intervention is widely practiced in the United States. While there have been many studies of its potential usefulness, many of these studies provide equivocal results because of design, sample size, and other factors. The issue is further complicated by inherent difficulties in the use of appropriate controls, such as placebos and sham acupuncture groups.<br /><br />However, promising results have emerged, for example, showing efficacy of acupuncture in adult postoperative and chemotherapy nausea and vomiting and in postoperative dental pain.<br /><br />There are other situations such as addiction, stroke rehabilitation, headache, menstrual cramps, tennis elbow, fibromyalgia, myofascial pain, osteoarthritis, low back pain, carpal tunnel syndrome, and asthma, in which acupuncture may be useful as an adjunct treatment or an acceptable alternative or be included in a comprehensive management program. Further research is likely to uncover additional areas where acupuncture interventions will be useful.NYCTCMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30648376.post-692107165369932882010-02-13T21:30:48.852-08:002010-02-13T21:30:48.852-08:00Sounds like something straight out of Hannibal, fr...Sounds like something straight out of Hannibal, from the Silence of the Lambs fame. Although perhaps more accurately, the movie did a great job portraying the buzzard phenomena of sequential degeneration of higher executive function.<br /><br />Good luck with the rest of the clerkship!!Clintonhttp://notmysecondopinion.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30648376.post-35393523951715634022010-02-13T21:07:07.918-08:002010-02-13T21:07:07.918-08:00I am not from medical background but your post giv...I am not from medical background but your post give a lot some ideas about neuro.it is so knowledgeable.teacherhttp://www.teachelane.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30648376.post-32307179202777069762010-02-04T16:52:47.094-08:002010-02-04T16:52:47.094-08:00As with our discussion in the subsequent chronic p...As with our discussion in the subsequent chronic pain post, I agree with you that the combination of manipulation plus conventional treatments would be the best. Obviously osteopathic medicine has come a long way since the early days when manipulation was thought to treat everything, and I like the idea of there being more tools in the treatment arsenal besides cyclobenzaprine and tincture of time. It's unfortunate that the current structure of health care reimbursement doesn't lend itself very well to encouraging DOs to use manipulation on a more regular basis.<br /><br />Thanks for telling me about the differences in osteopathic versus chiropractic manipulations. My experience with both osteopathic manipulation and chiropractic are obviously limited. It could certainly be that this chiropractor is not the norm. As I said in my post, I was extremely surprised by how hard he was working to persuade his patients and me that what he does is "real" medicine. It's also likely that I did not get a very representative exposure to osteopathic manipulation, since, as I said in the post, I did not actually see the DO use manipulation on a patient, only on myself. <br /><br />Do you envision yourself using manipulation in your practice? Particularly if you go into a community outpatient primary care setting, do you think you would be able to afford doing manipulation?CCLCM Studenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00684828641910166209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30648376.post-77148516639709543642010-02-04T16:41:26.618-08:002010-02-04T16:41:26.618-08:00Yes, I think IMPACT does help people. Probably no...Yes, I think IMPACT does help people. Probably not everyone, but at least some people do better with it than they would have without it. <br /><br />I spent a week in the anesthesiology-run chronic pain clinic during my anesthesia rotation. Also, while I was on psych, I spent a day in their chronic pain rehab program, which is more similar to IMPACT in the sense of being multidisciplinary. I'll put up all of those posts at a later time, because the comparison is interesting. <br /><br />Not that I'm an expert by any means, but I think the multidisciplinary treatments are much more likely to be successful than the physical-only treatments. Multidisciplinary treatments teach patients to help themselves rather than being passive beings acted upon by physicians. Giving patients the ability to overcome learned helplessness due to pain can only improve their lives in the long run.CCLCM Studenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00684828641910166209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30648376.post-20901096091907843862010-02-03T16:11:04.433-08:002010-02-03T16:11:04.433-08:00I think it's a shame more DOs don't use ma...I think it's a shame more DOs don't use manipulation since so many patients complain of back or other musculoskeletal pain or dysfunction. <br />I'd just like to note that on the whole, osteopathic manipulation is quite unlike stereotypical chiropractic treatment. In fact, most of the techniques don't resemble those used in traditional chiropractic at all.<br /><br />In my osteopathic medical student opinion, so-called high-velocity, low-amplitude (HVLA) techniques used in chiropractic have their place, but are at times inappropriate and are also rarely enough to completely solve a musculoskeletal problem. For most problems, simply moving the joints back into place usually will not convince the adjacent muscles/tendons & fascia to go along for the ride. In fact, the muscles may react to a quick adjustment by holding on more tightly to their pathologic position!PGYxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04326999545370162455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30648376.post-30551908570885943752010-02-03T15:57:41.105-08:002010-02-03T15:57:41.105-08:00Thanks for sharing your Neuro rotation experience!...Thanks for sharing your Neuro rotation experience! I'm always interested in therapies & approaches that go beyond medication to address pain syndromes. Do you think the IMATCH program effectively accomplishes its goals (for some patients, at least)? I also wonder what types of physical therapy are used in the program.PGYxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04326999545370162455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30648376.post-20691917725719342492010-01-23T01:23:52.260-08:002010-01-23T01:23:52.260-08:00Helpful Post!!Helpful Post!!biomedical engineeringhttp://www.centennialcollege.ca/Programs/ProgramOverview.aspx?Program=3407&Calendar=2010-2011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30648376.post-15280389094033456752010-01-17T19:01:13.706-08:002010-01-17T19:01:13.706-08:00Hi jk,
Thank you for inviting me to join your dir...Hi jk,<br /><br />Thank you for inviting me to join your directory. It sounds like a great project. :-)CCLCM Studenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00684828641910166209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30648376.post-19131455519058327032010-01-17T15:51:46.878-08:002010-01-17T15:51:46.878-08:00The Plain Dealer and cleveland.com are creating wh...The Plain Dealer and cleveland.com are creating what we hope will be the most comprehensive directory of Northeast Ohio bloggers. Yours is one I've been following, and I'd like to see it on our list. Please sign up at http://bit.ly/5pTxkw<br /><br />If you have any questions, let me know.jkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12998016391670101676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30648376.post-25337706213042474402010-01-07T17:48:47.752-08:002010-01-07T17:48:47.752-08:00You never know.You never know.CCLCM Studenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00684828641910166209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30648376.post-70952272487534649652010-01-07T17:44:27.849-08:002010-01-07T17:44:27.849-08:00I am going to link your blog to mine as well. And...I am going to link your blog to mine as well. And maybe we will meet up at a conference some day. :-)CCLCM Studenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00684828641910166209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30648376.post-45737228651639116812009-12-30T15:34:38.789-08:002009-12-30T15:34:38.789-08:00Hey CCLCMer,
I was wondering if you could explain...Hey CCLCMer,<br /><br />I was wondering if you could explain a little more about how PBL is integrated well with the rest of the curriculum at CCLCM. <br /><br />Great blog! I'll be interviewing in a few weeks and this has helped tremendously. Thanks!Chetnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30648376.post-23673276352778441892009-11-16T13:47:39.871-08:002009-11-16T13:47:39.871-08:00Do you know when in December the CCLCM committee m...Do you know when in December the CCLCM committee meets? After the meeting, will EVERYONE who interviewed up till December find out final decisions?<br /><br />Thanks! I'm just nervous because I interviewed really early and am waiting to hear back this cycle...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30648376.post-52171151257643569882009-09-07T16:35:12.881-07:002009-09-07T16:35:12.881-07:00PS - Hopefully I will see you at some sort of res...PS - Hopefully I will see you at some sort of research conference.Chronicles of a Medical Studenthttp://www.medicalstudentchronicles.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30648376.post-60065805958871672982009-09-07T16:33:15.104-07:002009-09-07T16:33:15.104-07:00I strongly considered doing this approach, but I w...I strongly considered doing this approach, but I was accepted to the University of Cincinnati. Good luck in the coming year.<br />Come visit my blog, and if it is ok with you I would like to post a link to your blog on mineChronicles of a Medical Studenthttp://medicalstudentchronicles.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30648376.post-7520949199728004662009-08-24T19:18:06.367-07:002009-08-24T19:18:06.367-07:00You're right. Starting last year (2008), we d...You're right. Starting last year (2008), we did begin having student interviews. I edited the post to reflect the new format.<br /><br />Also since 2008, CCLCM has had semi-rolling admissions, which is kind of a hybrid between rolling and nonrolling. There are adcomm meetings every other week, and then three additional subcommittee meetings in December, January, and February. Acceptances are ONLY offered after each of the three subcommittee meetings, NOT after the regular meetings that are held every other week. So if you interview in September (the earliest dates), the soonest you can be offered an acceptance is in December. The reason why we have this system is because the class is very small, and we want to ensure that there will be seats open for people who interview in January and February.<br /><br />Yes, I did come for the second look weekend. Both programs host it together, and it's a lot of fun. You should come!CCLCM Studenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00684828641910166209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30648376.post-55705344914470614332009-08-24T13:37:31.419-07:002009-08-24T13:37:31.419-07:00Thank you! Your blog has been extremely helpful. ...Thank you! Your blog has been extremely helpful. There is now also a student interviewer for the College Track program, at least for the 2009-2010 cycle. <br /><br />I have questions about the adcomm process:<br />So these adcomm meetings are every 2-3 weeks? Are acceptances sent only in December, January, and February or are they sent after every adcomm meeting?<br />Also, did you come back for the Second Look weekend in order to decide?<br /><br />THANKS!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30648376.post-18413453645780427972009-08-19T11:07:47.036-07:002009-08-19T11:07:47.036-07:00hmm... maybe when the team members are old, someon...hmm... maybe when the team members are old, someone else will be patronizing to themScouthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01706835696315838926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30648376.post-56994968896416407962009-07-19T22:19:33.824-07:002009-07-19T22:19:33.824-07:00I totally agree with you that this is very importa...I totally agree with you that this is very important post for the medical students , I really appreciate you about this informative post. Thank!Hormone Replacement Therapyhttp://www.lahealthandrejuvenation.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30648376.post-28727579289504473132009-07-19T14:40:53.405-07:002009-07-19T14:40:53.405-07:00In response to your first question, I would argue ...In response to your first question, I would argue there is no doubt that our current methods of screening for ovarian cancer are ineffective. That's why I thought it was a loaded debate. Screening high risk women is no better than doing nothing at all.<br /><br />In response to your second question, of course we have no way of knowing that an effective method to screen for ovarian cancer won't be developed in the future. But unfortunately, no such test exists at the present time. It's tough to have a debate about using a test that as yet is nonexistent!<br /><br />Regarding your third question, I have no idea. I'm not an ovarian cancer biologist.<br /><br />Regarding your fourth question, now you're totally out of my league. I know nothing about receptors for ovarian cancer cells, let alone nanoparticles that can bind to them.<br /><br />Based on all of these strange and yet leading questions, I assume that you are involved with some kind of research to try to develop nanoparticles that can be used as a screening test for ovarian cancer. If so, I wish you all the luck, because it's sorely needed.CCLCM Studenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00684828641910166209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30648376.post-48105902446942280892009-07-15T01:19:38.424-07:002009-07-15T01:19:38.424-07:00"screening is known to be ineffective for pre..."screening is known to be ineffective for preventing ovarian cancer"<br /><br />Aye, this is true.<br />However, the act of screening it self, that screening which is known, how are we to know that it is sufficient for detecting ovarian cancer in the first place?<br />How do we know that we cannot detected with a different screening technology which has not yet been developed?<br /><br />Do ovarian cancer types truly display no unique chemical identifiers that we could trace in the blood?<br />And do they truly have no unique receptor sites which we could target with functionalized nano particle that would allow easy detection?KyleNxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17743777611764026670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30648376.post-56481756089726594812009-06-23T21:30:12.268-07:002009-06-23T21:30:12.268-07:00Sorry, I have no idea. They don't teach it to...Sorry, I have no idea. They don't teach it to third year medical students, at any rate.CCLCM Studenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00684828641910166209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30648376.post-32366355285638016182009-06-23T20:20:41.579-07:002009-06-23T20:20:41.579-07:00Just curious but does your hospital do/teach ultr...Just curious but does your hospital do/teach ultrasound guided peripheral IV placement? Either by MD or by nursing staff?Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04504364462790313040noreply@blogger.com