The Hughes family is pregnant aka. how I used my PBL paper
Over the semester, puzzling my 4 perennial classmates, I have been collecting the separator sheets that come with the tutors’ packages. That and PBL cover sheets. In case you haven’t noticed, a colour-lover has been in charge of printing and has been feeding us a lovely array of hues. Well, I finally collected enough and went out today […]
Spring Living
Yesterday I disengaged from reviewing those engrossing Brain and Behaviour lectures for the fifth time and left for a stroll in Burnaby’s beautiful Central Park. My first surprise was the sunshine and the foreign feeling of warmth. But my greatest excitement came from finding in the park a frenzy of life. Amid the exploding flora, […]
A thought on the Arts at UBC Medicine
I was fortunate to have $20 to get into the 21st Spring Gala yesterday night. Amidst all the wonderfully cheeky, geeky humour, the buzzword during the show was, undoubtedly, talent. I suspect that the word “talent” would have been use with the same frequency even if all the acts had bombed. Happily, all acts left the stage unscathed – […]
Pain tolerance
This painting is from my rural rotation this summer. The first patient I saw during the elective was an individual with a partially ruptured Achilles tendon. S/he thought they had sprained their ankle and had been limping around for 3 days before coming in! Talk about pain tolerance..