This (Last) Week in Med School...

I should have posted this last week but you know how that goes...

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Last week was our ear, nose, and throat (Otolaryngology) specialty diagnosis session during ICM. So far, I've had an open mind about what I want to specialize in despite previously favoring ENT, but this experience gave me that feeling AGAIN that I might end up going the ENT route.  Even during the didactic lectures I was loving it.

After a demo from one of the faculty otolaryngologists, we broke off into examining rooms to go through the basic ear, nose, and throat exam on each other. And thennnnnn I volunteered for a laryngoscopy!!! This is big because I am not one to normally volunteer for stuff, but my group watched a resident travel through my nostril, down my throat, and to my vocal chords. They numbed my nose - which was a little uncomfortable at first, but after that it was smooth sailing. It was awesome!!!!

Here's a video of what they did (but this isn't me...lol):

 

My IUSM blog is struggling so I think I'm going to make this a weekly occurrence... You care.