Surviving Medical School

If you're in medicine, you're really in, nothing else matters but getting out, as a doctor!

To survive medical school, you'll need to exhibit strength greater than Superman's, and Hercules'

Medical school is tough... medical school is challenging... It's hard surviving medical school... It's hard to enter, even harder to come out successful... The system is gruelling, each level or stage is a hurdle that we must haul ourselves over. For we who are just starting out, we need every advice and motivation we can get.  Dr. Lomaxx Matata on Nairaland medical forum couldn't have put it better. In this eschatological piece

KIDNEY DISEASES : TYPES, CAUSES, AND PREVENTION by Iwu Ifeanyi Ola

A kidney is either of the pair of organs responsible for the excretion of nitrogenous wastes, principally urea,  from the blood. It is situated at the back of the abdomen below the diaphragm. It looks like a bean seed, at least that is what we are told. You can see for yourself when next you're at the butcher's. The active units of the kidney are the nephrons.

Kidney disease is one of the major causes of death in the world today. In Nigeria, it is dubbed along side heart disease, stroke, diabetes and cancer as  major NCDs (Non Communicable Disorders). Kidney disease has also been reported to be present at birth (CONGENITAL KIDNEY DISEASE). But beyond this, we are the architect and masterminds of the kind of body we want whether healthy or otherwise.

position of the kidney in the human body. Photo source: scienceinspiration.blogspot.com

Being a course Representative in a competitive class, my experience by Joshua Idowu

Josh

Hello I am Joshua Idowu, course representative of the immediate past diploma class. This could help course reps and people holding leadership positions in different classes.

It was really scary, volunteering to lead students

20 Questions: Diana Marie Padgett, MD

By Juliet Farmer
Diana Marie Padgett, MD, an anatomic and clinical pathologist, is president and treasurer at Pathology Associates of Harrisonburg (Virginia), as well as medical advisor to Blood Bank and Point of Care Testing. She received her bachelor’s degree in biology with a minor in biochemistry from University of Tennessee, Knoxville, where she graduated summa cum laude (1998). She received her MD from University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center in Memphis, where she graduated summa cum laude (2003). She also has a one-year degree in Dutch studies from Leiden University (1997), and has successfully completed USMLE Step 1 (2001), Step 2 (2003) and Step 3 (2005). Dr. Padgett completed a residency in combined anatomic and clinical pathology at University of Virginia Health System in Charlottesville (2003-2007), and a fellowship in pediatric and development pathology at University of Tennessee Health Science Center/St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital/LeBonheur Children’s Medical Center in Memphis (2007-2008).

MORINGA OLIFERA: The Super Plant

by Ugochukwu 'Major' Louis  

The battle against cancer cannot be fought with ak 47's and m16's.....it must be fought with drugs that are capable of fighting cancer......wot are these so called drugs???....I will come to that later!

Meanwhile modern doctors prescribe chemotherapy which cancer patients undergo and leaves them looking like plucked chickens,

Top Paying Medical Specialties

Top paying jobs in health care according to brainz ( Med and Den)
1.Surgeons  (mbbs)
2.Anaesthesiologist (mbbs)
3. Obstetrics and Gynecology (mbbs)
4. Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery ( bds)
5. Internists (mbbs)
6. Family and General practice (mbbs)
7. orthodontist (bds)
8. psychiatrist (mbbs)
9. Pediatrician Mbbs 
10. General dentists

Top ten of many specialities

A Succesful Medical career with good business acumen.

A Succesful Medical career with good business acumen.







By    Iwu   Ifeanyi Olamide.






The joy we felt when we all saw our names on the admission list was magnificent, we blithely brought the list  to show our parents which in turn were happy with our achievements. The euphoria is something that would linger on in our minds. Many thoughts satiated our minds, some where to see the beautiful and eye-catching landscape the school had to offer, others were anxious to meet equally or even better intellectuals for competition sake, and a bunch of others were happy that they would see the beautiful people UNILAG had to offer.

INTERVIEW

An Exclusive Interview of Diploma students conducted by joshuaidowu.blogspot.com @joshua358 also medical student hive( www.medigist.blogspot.com)

This Interview is to reflect back on diploma and probably have a reason to smile, it is also primarily meant to inspire our sucessors to do, like us, more than they thought possible... #medics

We would also interview other students as time goes on, hopefully 

Our first series( # Series 1) would be on 3 students, Jessica Carson of Dentistry, Emmanuel Okafor Of Medicine and Ugochukwu Udoye of Pharmacy. 

Watch out for series 2  

For 3 Nobel Winners, a Molecular Mystery Solved

For 3 Nobel Winners, a Molecular Mystery Solved

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From: Joshua Idowu
Sent:
Subject: For 3 Nobel Winners, a Molecular Mystery Solved

  

Three Americans won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine on Monday for discovering the machinery that regulates how cells transport major molecules in a cargo system that delivers them to the right place at the right time.

IT'S A ONE WORD

SHE stepped into class that morning and the first thing she released to the class was "hope you are enjoyed your holidays". This was the first among series of ear assaults we were to receive and we instantly knew something was not in place, or more was in place. We knew we were going to have a jolly ride, this was no ordinary lecture, and no ordinary lecturer. There was more to her than her simple dressing, her pleasing demeanour, and the textbooks she held in her hand. She was here to do more than teach us physical properties of liquids and gas, and set another hindrance to A, she was also here to improve our vocabulary of superb shells.

Inspiring Success Stories

Inspiring stories of success
 
If you are serious about being successful in life then you can do nothing better than educating yourself about the inspirational stories of successful and famous people.
Many people who want to achieve success in life, career or business fail to do it because they don't know what it takes to be successful and how the road to success looks like. They just see the final result, which is the successful person, without having any idea about what this person went through.
By knowing the inspirational stories of successful people you will learn how the road to success looks like and your chance of succeeding in life will become much higher.

Below are short and quick inspirational stories of some of the most successful people that can help you know a lot about the approach required to reach success.

MEDICAL ICON 1

DR EMMANUEL OLUSEGUN FASHAKIN

We begin the series on accomplished medical practitioners with Dr EMMANUEL OLUSEGUN FASHAKIN

Emmanuel Olusegun Fashakin

5 ESSENTIAL UNEXPECTED ASPECTS OF MEDICAL SCHOOL

5 essential aspects of medical school that you wouldn't expect

POWERED by joshuaidowu.blogspot.com

 

 

 

SURVIVOR, DO | EDUCATION | MAY 10, 2013

Interview season is winding down and budding physicians everywhere are clutching tightly to their hard-fought medical school acceptance letters. I thought now would be an opportune time to reflect on what I wish I had known before starting medical school.

Let's boil it down to five essential aspects of medical school that you wouldn't expect or are of such crucial importance you should be reminded of them.

MEDICAL SCHOOL: A POEM BY ZAZU

From Amoebas and chloroplasts
To nucleated erythroblasts.
I always linked old ships with masts,
Mast cells have made me recast.
Rulers, rockets, rheostats,
Thank God that’s all in the past.
I would yawn as time strolled past,
Now it’s running very fast.
Have you seen my day’s forecast?
Class to class, then back to class.
My class cannot be outclassed:
From the first guy to the last
Bureaucrats and Diplomats,
Quintessential Plutocrats
Geeks & Wizards, Fat & Phat
Geese & Gizzards, ratty Brats.
Pastors, Members, Counterparts,
Photostatting copycats.
Then, when results are broadcast,
Mehn, come and see acrobats.
‘Cos no feeling can outlast
Your joy, knowing you have passed.
So much joy, but in contrast
Many skies are overcast,
For among the enthusiasts
There are those who haven’t passed.
I once thought all docs had hearts,
But now I am very smart.
And it goes far beyond that:
My brain has been torn apart.
Renin? Rennin? This or that?
Who knows glucose glucostat?
ALT ain’t alternate.
CAT is not after a rat.
FISH is not part of breakfast,
PDA is in the heart.
Hippocrates where you at?
We need to have some chitchat.
‘Cos in that oath that we chant
Some lines are irrelevant;
You should see machines we gat
They are more than works of art.
First the kidneys, then the heart,
Now it’s bone marrow transplant.
I was a genius, so brilliant,
Now I look so ignorant.
Surgery was done by humans,
Now robots have other plans.
The future is so pregnant,
Time is never hesitant.
Soon the scalpel will depart,
Stitches insignificant,
Foetuses will choose their looks,
We’ll do surgery on Facebook 

FIRST YEAR ADVICE by Arinze Aristotle

FOUNDATION PROGRAMMES’ ENTRANCE EXAMINTATION RESULTS 2013/2014

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FOUNDATION PROGRAMMES’ ENTRANCE EXAMINTATION RESULTS

Unilag Foundations regrets to announce that the results of the Foundation Programmes’ entrance examination is yet to be uploaded on this website. This will be done at a later date. Please accept our sincere apologies. Source; UNILAG website : www.unilag.edu.ng From this, its obvious the foundation extrance exam result isn't out yet and wouldn't be anytime soon. This is probably due to the ongoing ASUU strike. For the aspiring Medicos waiting for this result, keeping praying and believing the best. Find something good to do with your time to take the tension off. Remember, BE POSITIVE

UNILAG MERIT ADMISSION LIST 2013/2014

list sourced from unilag.edu.ng

avoid fraudsters, contact ONLY the admission office unilag for inquiries.

DEPARTMENT OF PHYSIOLOGY
2013/2014 MERIT ADMISSION LIST

REQUIREMENTS TO STUDY MEDICAL COURSES IN UNILAG

Want to study MEDICINE, the number one course in UNILAG, the school of first choice and the nation's pride, these are some requirements you'll have to meet up with. Also, requirements for dentistry, pharmacy and other

A NIGHT TO REMEMBER

A poem by ZAZU, a medical doctor.

What! Past 10 and I’m still sleeping!
My alarm’s been beep-beep-beeping.
Should’ve been in class since seven,
I know I shouldn’t have eaten.
Man, I have read nothing today,
I didn’t come to school to play,
All these courses I must read them,
Off to class until 5.00am.
-with coffee, and packs of chewing gum
Just to drive off sleep when it comes.

#MEDSCHOOLADVICE

A few medical school advice from my friend on twitter, a medical doctor who enjoys advising others toeing his path. Hope you find it useful in med school and beyond


⭐What have you done today that makes you happy? You should always pursue happiness, even in the smallest of ways.