Louisiana State University Shreveport Medical School - Pulse Yearbook (Shreveport, LA)

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yt 12 ' Opening . A TIIVIE TD BREAK DCJVVIXI There were days freshman year when awakening for an 8:00 class was an impossibility. There were week- ends sophomore year spent studying tor a continual onslaught of tests. By junior year you give up sleep not only for 5:30 rounds, but also sacrifice week- ends, nights, holidays. Senior year may be less in- tense, or at least, less novel, but the pressures of choosing a specialty, hoping to match, and having no idea where you will be for the next tive years can only take their toll. There is little solace in looking aheadg it appears the residents are even less their own masters. The long haul seems interminable. mi at 0 KK 19 qu- i..,..,

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-1, 1 is V1 ww, I 5 , X t l The struggle to harvest an MD. is a diffi- cult one. You must fight against a chang- ing medical education, human nature, and the relentless passage of time. Often the obstacles make you throw up your hands in despair. Yet if you weather the storms and recognize the downpour for what it is - a necessary purification - the ii roots of your knowledge, with the nourish- ment of experience, will yield fruit. W-vu umfamwn vlkf? M K4 R Y X as A Vt at if J Ya gtg xjw gg5a2q'iE? in E M I ll XV.: 1 i V ' ' 'M' f'Z'q3 S fl f : i 1 ' f Q 5 W ,-,. U it e sift' , gw vie in T 150' Q' w ' If r f i ' U ef ' f:e?':. ,f fzrf gg 132 Openmg ll R . A TIIVIE TO F-'REAP . I

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F4579 ,qu :-4l'Y L ,hy gf 'Quik' You will notice through all the confusion that you begin to keep a clear head. Fam- ily and friends comment on your calm de- meanor. You learn to handle four to tive hours of sleep a night and even be coher- ent the next day You begin to remember your patients and keep their meds straight without flashing notecards You brave late hours early mornings and ad verse circumstances not merely because you have to but because you want to :pate Wa iwtff A TIIVIE TD BUILD LJF3 Denirig