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

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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

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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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. A TIIVIE TO KEEP SILENT . There is a quiet code involved in the making ofa doctor, a time-worn rite of passage through anatomy, physiot- ogy, pharmacology, and medicine. Due in part to tradi- tion and in part to sheer inertia, medical education has stayed the same for many decades. Part ot this tradition involves a veritable oath ot silence from the student, who, as dictated, should use only his eyes, ears and brain to learn the sacred medical sciences. Lectures and tests perpetuate this format while the student strugs- gles under the load of tutelage. E l 'i li , l f Q5 dw , f 5 f tl, . 4 i ff fn- s 'fdwl' .l 41 is-Zi J, 1 . 1 l or A aw J 2 A 5 5 , l M l l i l ' Q: -if .M4va,gQ??4. 'ar 5 I 'W' V H ft ' ff f ' i !g, v,i 5 5 - til ill gpyjfn rf vggvvg Q' 1 3' 4:Ei ,,,vApf ,' fi it ti f aiiififf ltfti i ltf 14 ' Opening