Friday, July 25, 2008
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Anatomy and Organ Recital
1. How do you think it feels to be a first year medical student working on a cadaver for 16 weeks straight?
2. Would you ever consider donating your body to science after you die? Do you know anyone who plans to do this?
3. How did it feel to touch the actual organs? What did you think about the patient stories that went along with the organs you examined?
2. Would you ever consider donating your body to science after you die? Do you know anyone who plans to do this?
3. How did it feel to touch the actual organs? What did you think about the patient stories that went along with the organs you examined?
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Veggie Project
1. What was your big take-away from the Veggie project?
2. Do you think this is a useful way to teach children about health and nutrition?
3. How do you think a project such as this one empowers young students?
2. Do you think this is a useful way to teach children about health and nutrition?
3. How do you think a project such as this one empowers young students?
School of Medicine & School of Nursing
1. What did you learn about the schools or application process that you did not know before?
2. Did the stories from the students change your mind about what you think you want to do with your life?
3. Have the experiences the last three week shaped your thoughts about career plans?
2. Did the stories from the students change your mind about what you think you want to do with your life?
3. Have the experiences the last three week shaped your thoughts about career plans?
Dayani Center and Center for Integrative Health
1. What did you enjoy most about the sessions?
2. Do you think it is hard to combine Complementary & Alternative Medicine with Western Medicine when taking care of patients? Why or why not?
2. Do you think it is hard to combine Complementary & Alternative Medicine with Western Medicine when taking care of patients? Why or why not?
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Links for Wednesday
VCHIP:
Look at the general programs they offer as well as the Veggie Project specifically.
http://www.vanderbiltchildrens.com/interior.php?mid=2736
Vanderbilt School of Medicine:
http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/medschool/admissions/index.php
Vanderbilt University School of Nursing:
http://www.nursing.vanderbilt.edu/admitinfo.html
Look at the general programs they offer as well as the Veggie Project specifically.
http://www.vanderbiltchildrens.com/interior.php?mid=2736
Vanderbilt School of Medicine:
http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/medschool/admissions/index.php
Vanderbilt University School of Nursing:
http://www.nursing.vanderbilt.edu/admitinfo.html
Monday, July 21, 2008
Ambulance Tour
1. What surprised you about the ambulance design and system for delivering emergency care en route to the hospital?
2. Could you see yourself working in this type of environment?
2. Could you see yourself working in this type of environment?
Informatics
1. What intrigued you most about StarPanel and the Vanderbilt Informatics system?
2. How do you think StarPanel improves patient care?
2. How do you think StarPanel improves patient care?
Autism
1. What is TRIAD? How does it seek to help children and families deal with autism spectrum disorders?
2. How do providers for autistic children seek to help them develop social skills?
3. What did you learn about research going on in the field of autism disorders?
2. How do providers for autistic children seek to help them develop social skills?
3. What did you learn about research going on in the field of autism disorders?
Friday, July 18, 2008
Infectious Disease
1. What did you think of the microbiology lab?
2. Do you think it would be fun to work in this environment?
3. Some people have described infectious disease evaluations as being like detective work -- what do you think?
4. Which infections did you enjoy learning about? Why?
2. Do you think it would be fun to work in this environment?
3. Some people have described infectious disease evaluations as being like detective work -- what do you think?
4. Which infections did you enjoy learning about? Why?
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Medical Resources
1. Was it easy or hard to use the various text and online resources to look up information? What did you like or what frustrated you about it?
2. Do you think it would be hard to learn how to use all these resources to be able to answer questions quickly while taking care of patients?
3. Can you see yourself creating or updating resources such as these as part of your future job?
2. Do you think it would be hard to learn how to use all these resources to be able to answer questions quickly while taking care of patients?
3. Can you see yourself creating or updating resources such as these as part of your future job?
Simulation
1. How did it feel to work in the stressful environment of an emergency situation? Did you like the adrenaline rush and feel like you worked better or did it just make you nervous?
2. Did you enjoy your roles in the simulation sessions - did you want to be more of a leader directing the actions of others or more of a worker getting the job done?
3. What was your favorite part of the simulations?
2. Did you enjoy your roles in the simulation sessions - did you want to be more of a leader directing the actions of others or more of a worker getting the job done?
3. What was your favorite part of the simulations?
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Decontamination
1. What are the four ways that toxins can get into your body? How do the decontamination showers reduce exposure to these toxins?
2. If there were a mass casualty and Vanderbilt had to activate the decontamination showers, would you prefer to be one of the people conducting the decontamination unit or would you prefer to be on the inside evaluating the victims?
2. If there were a mass casualty and Vanderbilt had to activate the decontamination showers, would you prefer to be one of the people conducting the decontamination unit or would you prefer to be on the inside evaluating the victims?
Trauma ICU
1. What impressed you the most about the ICU experience?
2. Patients in the ICU are very sick compared to, for example, the clinic patients at the TB clinic. Do you think you would enjoy taking care of very sick patients or healthier patients? Why?
3. What is the hyperbaric chamber used for?
4. Give some examples of new things you learned during your tour of the LifeFlight helicopter today.
2. Patients in the ICU are very sick compared to, for example, the clinic patients at the TB clinic. Do you think you would enjoy taking care of very sick patients or healthier patients? Why?
3. What is the hyperbaric chamber used for?
4. Give some examples of new things you learned during your tour of the LifeFlight helicopter today.
Monday, July 14, 2008
TB Clinic
1. How common is TB here and worldwide? Did the statistics suprise you?
2. What makes our TB center one of the top places in the world for getting TB treatment?
3. What did you learn about TB coninfection with HIV?
4. Just like in the ED, it takes a whole team of people to care for TB patients - did this suprise you?
2. What makes our TB center one of the top places in the world for getting TB treatment?
3. What did you learn about TB coninfection with HIV?
4. Just like in the ED, it takes a whole team of people to care for TB patients - did this suprise you?
Water Treatment
1. What is one thing you learned about water treatment that you did not know before?
2. How does water treatment impact the health of our society?
2. How does water treatment impact the health of our society?
Global Health
1. What are some of the more common illnesses in developing nations? How do doctors and other health care workers try to tackle these illnesses in such resource-limited areas?
2. What did you learn about AIDS in the developing world? What are we doing to try to prevent or treat AIDS?
3. Can you see yourself becoming involved in overseas medical care? Why or why not?
2. What did you learn about AIDS in the developing world? What are we doing to try to prevent or treat AIDS?
3. Can you see yourself becoming involved in overseas medical care? Why or why not?
Friday, July 11, 2008
Cardiovascular Medicine
1. Can you explain how the technology of Cardiac MRI work?
2. What does the MRI allow us to see or examine that older technology (such as x-rays and ultrasound) is unable to do?
3. How does the nanotechnology you learned about on Wednesday play into the uses of the MRI for evaluation of the heart?
2. What does the MRI allow us to see or examine that older technology (such as x-rays and ultrasound) is unable to do?
3. How does the nanotechnology you learned about on Wednesday play into the uses of the MRI for evaluation of the heart?
A Day in the Life of a Surgeon
1. What impressed you the most about Dr. Lovvorn's talk and slides?
2. Could you see yourself as a surgeon? as a pediatric surgeon? as both a surgeon and a researcher?
3. How do you think Dr. Lovvorn deals with the sad cases that he sees day in and day out?
2. Could you see yourself as a surgeon? as a pediatric surgeon? as both a surgeon and a researcher?
3. How do you think Dr. Lovvorn deals with the sad cases that he sees day in and day out?
Ethics
1. What is the "principle of self-determination"? How does it apply to a patient being able to refuse medical care, including life-prolonging care?
2. How do you feel about life-prolonging interventions, such as keeping a patient on a respirator even after they are brain-dead? Would you want that for yourself? Would you choose that for your family member? Do you know how your own family members feel about this?
3. How do you feel about the court's decision in the Wanglie case that forced the physician to provide care he did not think would benefit the patient?
2. How do you feel about life-prolonging interventions, such as keeping a patient on a respirator even after they are brain-dead? Would you want that for yourself? Would you choose that for your family member? Do you know how your own family members feel about this?
3. How do you feel about the court's decision in the Wanglie case that forced the physician to provide care he did not think would benefit the patient?
Thursday, July 10, 2008
NICU.... continued
Tell us about the various roles that people play in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Can you see yourself in any of these positions? Why or why not? Why do you think these providers choose to dedicate their lives to taking care of the sickest and smallest children?
Many of the sick children come from families with lots of other problems - difficult living situations, divorce, parents who are addicted to drugs, low socioeconomic status, etc. How did you see the social factors affecting the work and the decisions of the doctors taking care of these patients? How do you feel about allowing social factors to influence patient care decisions?
For those infants who do survive, how does being premature potentially affect the rest of their lives?
Many of the sick children come from families with lots of other problems - difficult living situations, divorce, parents who are addicted to drugs, low socioeconomic status, etc. How did you see the social factors affecting the work and the decisions of the doctors taking care of these patients? How do you feel about allowing social factors to influence patient care decisions?
For those infants who do survive, how does being premature potentially affect the rest of their lives?
Adult Emergency Medicine... continued
Did you notice any differences between the Children's ED and the Adult ED? Talk about these differences.
How fast can doctors get patients into the cardiac catheterization lab?
How fast can doctors get patients into the cardiac catheterization lab?
Newborn Nursery
Did you learn how to examine a newborn? What surprised you or caught your attention about the exam?
Nanotechnology
What was your favorite part of working in the nanotechnology lab? What was it like to work on the equipment they use in the labs?
Can you see nanotechnology affecting you in your daily life now or in the future?
Can you see nanotechnology affecting you in your daily life now or in the future?
Eskind Biomedical Library
Why do you think the medical library is so important to physicians? Why can't physicians just learn what they need to know for their individual specialties?
The library has worked hard to integrate medical information into the regular workflow of physicians so that they can quickly and easily find answers to their quiestions- can you give an example of how the library has managed to do this?
What did you think of the Historical Archives? What impressed you the most about them?
Could you see yourself as a medical librarian? Why or why not?
The library has worked hard to integrate medical information into the regular workflow of physicians so that they can quickly and easily find answers to their quiestions- can you give an example of how the library has managed to do this?
What did you think of the Historical Archives? What impressed you the most about them?
Could you see yourself as a medical librarian? Why or why not?
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Pediatric ED and NICU
Did the videos you watched today cause you to have an emotional response?
Did anything about being at the Children's Hospital make a big impression on you?
Did anything about being at the Children's Hospital make a big impression on you?
Adult ED
What did you like most about visiting the Adult ED? Describe some of the things you saw and/or discussed with your physician instructor.
LifeFlight - Critical Transport
Describe your experience visiting the LifeFlight Helipad and Flight Control.
Did the video you watched add to the value of the experience for you?
Did the video you watched add to the value of the experience for you?
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