nailing the puncture, more than you would ever want to know about magnification, and personality part II
in anatomy lab, we've been dissecting the superficial back, the deep back, and the spinal cord... as i've said before, it's really quite fascinating, and i find being in the lab to be a really exciting experience--the place is amazing... the equipment, the instruction, the TAs, and the fact that there are only three of us working on our cadaver... i would never have expected it, and i'm doing my best to learn as much as i can from the experience...
one of the exercises we've done is to do a lumbar puncture (or a spinal tap) on the cadaver... we were to do the puncture, and then have a TA inject a blue epoxy into our tap, and then when we dissected the spine later, we would be able to see how well we did. long story short, our puncture was perfect. when we did the laminectomy to look at the lumbar portion of the vertebral foramen, there it was--our blue epoxy creeping up the interior of the subarachnoid space--just where it should be... the TAs were pretty wowed, and news of our success was kicked up the chain, and before we knew it, the profs were coming by to admire our handiwork... that was pretty cool... they can be pretty hard to impress... but I guess they view us as reflections of their teaching, so the like to set high standars...
today, we spent a huge amount of time on imaging techniques for histology and microanatomy... we were taken on a tour of the electron microscope facility here, which was interestings enough, but i've just been exhausted today from the week... it's finally caught up with me a bit, but relaxing a little tonight has helped... getting to bed at a decent hour tonight will help more... bugs under a scanning electron microscope just aren't equivalent to 8 solid hours of sleep or a couple expressos...
but before i wrap this up, i wanted to go back to the career testing stuff and post the results of the STRONG survey that i took, because i think it's pretty interesting. those of you who know me well may think it's a pretty accurate reflection of me and my interests. basically, it's a tool (you answer a couple hundred questions about things you like and dislike to do, mostly career and hobby kind of stuff) and they correlate it with a standard set of people from various professions, and spit out an analysis of your interests... you may have taken it, or might think about it... as i said, it's interesting...
without further ado, here's the results:
Highest Themes:
Investigative, Artistic, Social
Top Five Interest Areas:
1 Medical Science (I)
2 Politics & Public Speaking (E)
3 Social Sciences (S)
4 Culinary Arts (A)
5 Science (I)
Top Ten STRONG Occupations
1 Psychologist (IA)
2 Marketing Manager (EA)
3 Attorney (A)
4 Optomotrist (IR)
5 Top Executive (E)
6 Reporter (A)
7 University Professor (IAS)
8 Physician (IAR)
9 Public Administrator (ASE)
10 Rehabilitation Counselor (SAI)
and there's a lot more info, but that's the gist of it...
the thing that strikes me is how many of the occupations i've actually seriously considered at different points in time...
ok, i'm calling it a night... the daily show cues up in a few minutes, and then it's slumberland for me...
cheers,
one of the exercises we've done is to do a lumbar puncture (or a spinal tap) on the cadaver... we were to do the puncture, and then have a TA inject a blue epoxy into our tap, and then when we dissected the spine later, we would be able to see how well we did. long story short, our puncture was perfect. when we did the laminectomy to look at the lumbar portion of the vertebral foramen, there it was--our blue epoxy creeping up the interior of the subarachnoid space--just where it should be... the TAs were pretty wowed, and news of our success was kicked up the chain, and before we knew it, the profs were coming by to admire our handiwork... that was pretty cool... they can be pretty hard to impress... but I guess they view us as reflections of their teaching, so the like to set high standars...
today, we spent a huge amount of time on imaging techniques for histology and microanatomy... we were taken on a tour of the electron microscope facility here, which was interestings enough, but i've just been exhausted today from the week... it's finally caught up with me a bit, but relaxing a little tonight has helped... getting to bed at a decent hour tonight will help more... bugs under a scanning electron microscope just aren't equivalent to 8 solid hours of sleep or a couple expressos...
but before i wrap this up, i wanted to go back to the career testing stuff and post the results of the STRONG survey that i took, because i think it's pretty interesting. those of you who know me well may think it's a pretty accurate reflection of me and my interests. basically, it's a tool (you answer a couple hundred questions about things you like and dislike to do, mostly career and hobby kind of stuff) and they correlate it with a standard set of people from various professions, and spit out an analysis of your interests... you may have taken it, or might think about it... as i said, it's interesting...
without further ado, here's the results:
Highest Themes:
Investigative, Artistic, Social
Top Five Interest Areas:
1 Medical Science (I)
2 Politics & Public Speaking (E)
3 Social Sciences (S)
4 Culinary Arts (A)
5 Science (I)
Top Ten STRONG Occupations
1 Psychologist (IA)
2 Marketing Manager (EA)
3 Attorney (A)
4 Optomotrist (IR)
5 Top Executive (E)
6 Reporter (A)
7 University Professor (IAS)
8 Physician (IAR)
9 Public Administrator (ASE)
10 Rehabilitation Counselor (SAI)
and there's a lot more info, but that's the gist of it...
the thing that strikes me is how many of the occupations i've actually seriously considered at different points in time...
ok, i'm calling it a night... the daily show cues up in a few minutes, and then it's slumberland for me...
cheers,
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