This is hilarious! I find it interesting enough that we have the shortest railroad here in downtown LA but now we have goats grazing along the hill by it!
so after not writing for a long time i am realizing that i should really be writing daily after talking with a good friend. after going back and looking at the past few months so many things have happened and changed both personally and professionally that i don't even know where to start. but i am going to work on that.
As a fourth year student, grassroots participant in campaigning, and patient advocate I can benefit from the study tour experiences in several ways. Namely through the collection of information and experiences and bringing that back to my medical school, fellow students, and community to further the grassroots efforts in making UHC a reality. Further, as I am intimately involved in the future of medical education at my medical school through committee participation for our new sister campus I not only have the inclination to distribute this information I also have a mechanism and means to do so in a constructive and pragmatic manner. I have just recently completed campaigning for a statewide candidate with a strong grassroots campaign. Through the six weeks I spent with the campaign I have learned more about the campaign process in elections, the importance and struggles of grassroots campaigns, and am energized in pursuing further campaign and possibly candidate training in the near f...
Now halfway through internship and on the down slope for the year I will be starting in the ICU again tomorrow morning and am on-call to boot...what a way to start out the new year! It is amazing how much different I am now than I was in July, the last time I was in the ICU. Different professionally and personally. Professionally it is all about perspective. From my current perspective I feel like I still hardly know anything. Yet looking back six months and from that perspective, I am much more confident and competent clinically. So wishing you a happy new year and best wishes with all endeavors in 2008!
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