University of Oregon School of Nursing - Lamp Yearbook (Portland, OR)

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On the threshold of his chosen career, the freshman medical student looks about him with mingled apprehension and anticipation. l-le has become a part, however insignificant, of a strange new world. Gone are the easy-going semi-social classes of undergraduate days at college. He faces now a feeling of keen rivalry, promoted by the realization that advancement depends entirely upon his own ability and study. So he buries himself between the covers of his text books and in the labo- ratory, attempting to acquire the basic knowledge so essential to future application in the practice of medicine. This year is a crucial one. At its end the medical student knows pretty well whether he has made a wise choice or whe-ther he is better Htted to take up some other type of work. Of course he gets but a far glimpse of actual practice, yet enough to help him decide. Then again, the-powers-that-be may make the decision for him. T f lsr 'P 4 1:13, . ' :Rev tm FTGSIIIUUU C1085

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N33 'Xi E lf-l Wil: stil j The progress of the student in this year is rapid and very important. I-le has completed a large part ofthe dreary laboratory study, and begins to think in terms f cause and effect pertaining to disease processes. ln fact, he becomes so adept o at the diagnosis of specimens in the pathology department that he can name the process by the shape of the bottle! Near the end of the year, having obviously assimilatedrall there is to know about disease, he learns to use the drugs by which to cure it. The ego, that has till now been considerably abashed, comes to the fore. The student at this point . . . . . h. h 1 attains a greater confidence in himself and his ability than any time in is sc oo rofessional career I-le has learned that certain disorders cause certain pathol- or p . ological changes. I-Ie also knows theoretically how to combat such change with . . . I d dru s. Therefore how easy it, must be simply to oppose one with the other an 3 , produce a cure. This ego should not be judged.. It must be guided into straighter channels, which gives much to the student's enlightenment and chagrin. ! l ig. 1 ugh: o . g 'Emi 2 av Sophomore Class W

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