Best In Show

I’ve had some really interesting thoughts over the past week about the quality of the education I’m receiving, the nature of education in general and what it is that makes a teacher a “good” teacher – what it is that sets apart the ‘teacher’ from the ‘lecturer’ and what it is about them that makes [...]

If only, if only…

…more exam questions were like this:
A woman presents with hemorrhagic enterocolitis… of the ass. Which of the following is the most likely cause of her rectal bleeding?
a) A succulent, juicy New York strip.
b) A tender, grilled lamb shank with mint jelly.
c) A Morton’s gourmet hamburger, hand ground from rump meat.
d) Duck L’Orange.
Last week, I [...]

Bugs, Drugs and Chocolate Agar

Being a third semester is quite a bit like being a first semester. Even though we third semesters theoretically know the ropes, we embark on new courses of study in subjects we may not have had previous exposure to so for us, there’s a level of excitement but also a level of uncertainty as we [...]