Nurse to Doctor

I love Gray's Anatomy, especially the episode when the Doctors think they're better than the Nurses but then the Nurses go on strike and then the s**t hits the fan for the Doctors and they realized they're not so big after all...anyway, I'm rambling.

I think Nurse to Doctor is a pretty cool addition in my 2 - 0 streak of "changing profession blogs." Anna Gregory's words say everything that you would need to know to get hooked on this blog:

I am presently a specialist nurse practitioner in Occupational health. After ten years of nursing, I am off to do medicine on a Graduate entry programme (GEP) I am going to use this blog to describe my experiences of changing career at the grand old age of 32!

Posts of note that I really enjoyed on this blog:
Doing Medicine as an Oldie
We Used to have a Doctor, but now the nurse IS the Doctor

Beach Anatomy

In between hard-wood flooring, roofing, dry walling, and 'demolition hammering', I've found a minute to put up another blog that deserves some attention...

Beach Anatomy is both "Delicious and Nutritious." ;) It is (about) the life of Patrick who not too long ago started Med School. Patrick is going through a career change from emergency nursing technician to physician. Patrick is really liking his experience so far, especially learning about facial nerves and the such (I don't remember my facial nerve diagrams being so...complicated). Lately I've been really interested in people's beginnings in medicine and this is a fine example of someone who's not gone through the usual highschool --> University --> Med School route.

Try Not To Kill Yourself This Year

When I was deciding where I would do my summer hospital practice my then girlfriend, now fiancée, suggested I do it at an adult hospital. Not in the children's one. She explained that since I will be a "newbie" at everything I will do and most things will probably cause discomfort for the patient while I learn to do them, I should practice on adults as it will be easier for me. She said I wouldn't have to watch as how children cry and squirm in pain as I insert an IV drip, such as Garbage had to do. She also suggested that my first views of hospital practice shouldn't be filled with sick, innocent children.

Garbage's blog, Try Not To Kill Yourself This Year, is a blog that makes you think and realize that a medical professional not only has the feeling of joy when he or she heals, but must also take a share in the sadness of when all that is left is hope and prayer.

Running with Scissors

First off, as I just entered in three different blogs, be sure to check the last three posts for some quality reading. And now on to the blogs:

Miette, a Medical Students has a blog over at Running with Scissors where she writes about pretty much everything as well as Med School. She has this super long post which is a delightful read and truly shows that med students are normal creatures.

This blog is a nice relaxing and interesting read where it's not all hard core philosophy or school stuff. There even pictures of nice places. Join Miette as she posts about Rx Wars and (Manic) Depression.

Rookie Surgeon in the City

Rookie Surgeon in the City is a blog by a, well, rookie surgeon. Have you ever wondered what the first days of being a surgeon are like? Everyone knows how it is: Med school students work their butts off to finish med school and the seasoned vets/doctors make oodles of money. But what about that new doctor? What happens after med school? Is it all porsche cars, fine cigars, and women (not necessarily in that order)?

Check it out, especially the malpractice insurance post.

That Med School Guy

Jason is That Medical School Guy. Based in Toronto. Jason survived, (yes, survived) his first day of medical school orientation and has even made it to around days 5 and 6. Jason writes with awesome quality and fervour (notive the 'ou' spelling version) and mixes it up with long and short posts.

This is what I once dreamed of, Medical School in Toronto. Although I took the European path, U of T will always have a special place in my heart. Hopefully Jason continues his newfound blog (and career path) so that we can see how it is in Toronto through the eyes of a Medical Student.

Vitum Medicinus

On May 15, 2006 Vitum recieved an envelope. An envelope with a letter. The letter that Medical School Applicants dread because its contents can have drastic effects.

Somewhere in Vitum's letter was the word accepted.

Vitum is one of many people who have geared their life towards medicine and are truly called to it. 

As I write this, there are only 2 posts in Vitum's blog but from the two posts that I've read I can see hope and determination. Excitement and motivation. For people wanting to see how it is from the beginning through the eyes of a Canadian (cuz we rock) med student, I really suggest keeping a close eye on this blog. It may prove to be very interesting.

p.s.
I'm going to murder the people at blogger because this wysiwyg editor is really starting to piss me off.