TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY
Howdy Mappers! The officers know for a fact that members are always looking for new ways to get points. Why not try volunteering? These members showed up and showed out at Fortress Nursing Home and Brazos Valley Food Bank. We appreciate all of the hard work you guys put in, you are truly changing Bryan-College Station for the better. If you have any questions about getting involved in community service, please contact Dejah or Carmen(:
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Hello Mappers! This morning we had the amazing opportunity to be able to tour Texas A&M's Medical School. Sebastian, our trusty guide, took us through libraries, offices and even sim-labs. We got to see where medical/nursing/pharmacy and even vet students go to learn every day. It was a very unique experience, see below(: Above is an image of the future construction plans for Texas A&M Health Science Center. You know what they say, everything is bigger in Texas! Our amazing SNMA Liaison, Theresa, showing some Aggie Spirit in one of the libraries we toured. Sebastian showed us multiple classrooms where MS1 and 2 students come for lecture. Interestingly enough, he shared that a lot of students prefer to watch recorded lectures in the comfort of their homes (at an increased speed, of course haha). This part of the tour was especially cool. Here, Sebastian is showing us patient consult rooms that are staged to look just like the real thing. He is pointing out both a camera and microphone that instructors have access to. During this part of the tour we were able to enter the "OR." There were multiple dummies and instruments for the students to practice with. Very state of the art, if I do say so myself. Any future pediatricians out there? At A&M they have a NICU simulation lab that will definitely help you feel prepared for the real thing. There were cribs, incubators and even toddler dummies in neck braces. Sebastian said they call this the "Sunshine Hall." Apparently the medical students don't get much sun, so this is one of their prime ways of getting in that vitamin D. This was the end of the tour! We ended the morning with an inspirational talk from a med student who has been through it all. He applied six times! He made sure to encourage MAPS members to keep pushing toward their dreams, no matter how hard it gets. Thank you to everyone who came out this morning. We had so much fun touring the facilities while also learning about how medical school works. MAPS has so many awesome opportunities, make sure you're on the lookout for more coming soon!
Until next time, Sydney Howdy Everyone!
Sydney Quintana, M.A.P.S. Historian, here. I am so excited to share this organization's very first blog! This is an opportunity for members like yourself to talk to one another through the comments on these posts. Blogs will cover all sorts of things, like health-related activities on campus to opportunities to volunteer in the community. You may even see a medical journal from time to time! I have also listed the MCAT Monday articles, in case you didn't have a chance to make it to the meetings. Even if you aren't planning on taking the MCAT soon (or at all), these articles are a great way to get your mind going and thinking about real world applications of medicine. The section "Spotlight" will include members (both MAPS and in the community) that are changing the face of medicine one good deed at a time. I am so excited to see what you guys have to say about everything that will be posted here. Until next time, Sydney |