Raves, Rollin’, & Roofies: Your Guide to Club Drugs
by Alison Hayward, M.D. and Sarah M. Lawrence
SDN Staff Writers
Scenario
An 18 year old male presents to the ED where you are working at about 3 am after being at a “rave.” The patient is staring off into space, clenching his jaw, and trying to hug the nurse as she starts an IV. The nurse has difficulty starting the IV due to patient’s dehydration. You notice his pupils are enlarged and he is tachycardic, he grabs your pen light and stares into it and moves it around in circles. His body temperature is elevated. Would you know what substance was most likely the cause of this patient’s condition? Read more »
Who’s Who on the Health Care Team: An Interdisciplinary Approach
by Sarah M. Lawrence and Michael O’Brien
Health care is an increasingly diverse field where many specialties interact to
provide patient care.
The team approach to caring for patients includes many professionals performing a variety of specialized functions designed to meet the physical, emotional and psychological needs of the patient. In the course of just one stay, a hospitalized patient may be cared for by an array of non-MD/DO providers.
For this collaborative approach to work, it is imperative that all health care professionals understand and respect the credentials, scope of practice and function of each member of the health care team. Read more »
SDN Partner Organization: FEP International
by Sean Parrish
SDN Staff Writer
Most academic authors agree that getting published is an important part of being a
professional. But it can be an expensive undertaking. Whether sacrificing reasonable compensation for their work or relinquishing use of their own intellectual material, many writers must make unwanted compromises. However, potential authors have more choices than they think. Challenging the notion that academic publishing is a money-losing proposition, Free Educational Publications (FEP) International was created to cater to these very concerns. Working with authors to provide a full gambit of publishing services at no cost, FEP International provides authors with an academic publishing environment that places their ideas and their commitment first. Read more »
Volunteer Profile: Tim Shea, M.S.
by Sean Parrish
SDN Staff Writer
SDN contributor Tim Shea (Therapist4Chnge) is currently in his fourth year of a PsyD in
Clinical Psychology and his second year of a MS in Clinical Psychopharmacology at Nova Southeastern University in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Tim received a BA in Psychology from Goucher College in Baltimore, MD and an MS in Clinical Psychology from Nova Southeastern University. When not dividing his time between his studies, providing mentoring to the SDN community or indulging in his love of piano and photography, Tim also hosts a website - Struggling With Food (www.strugglingwithfood.com) - that provides information about eating disorders.
In a recent interview, Tim spoke about his life, the challenges of clinical psychology, and the need for education about eating disorders. Read more »
Volunteer Profile: Quinn Holzheimer, D.O.
By Juliet Farmer
Staff Writer
Quinn Holzheimer, D.O., is a 30-year-old attending physician at Georgetown University/Washington Hospital Center Emergency Medicine Residency Program (Sonul Mehta, class of 2007), as well as a moderator on the Emergency Medicine forums.
Holzheimer grew up in the D.C. suburbs of Prince George’s County, Maryland, before attending James Madison University, where he graduated in 1999 with a bachelor’s degree in health science and a minor in biology, public health, and pre-med.
From there, he went to Nova Southeastern University’s College of Osteopathic Medicine, in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, in 1999. Read more »
Professional School – The First Year: What You Need to Know
By Sean Parrish
With over 80,000 professional degrees bestowed in 2006 alone, it can be tempting for new students to focus solely on their goal of achieving a health career.
After all, months of testing, applications, and interviewing require such determined effort that keeping an eye on the prize becomes in itself a kind of occupation. There is a danger that such a limited focus can cause students to overlook the important preparation which makes a career possible.
Transitioning from undergraduate work to full-scale professional training can undoubtedly be jarring. The pitfalls of poor decisions and wasted effort lurk around countless corners. By relying upon the experience of those who have gone before and the advice they offer, a student can make the first year less stressful and more productive. Read more »
Moving 101: The Self-Move/Mover Conundrum
By Sean Parrish
Believe it or not, the average American moves once every 7 years. Considering the multitude of tasks accompanying a move–finding the new place to live, signing the lease or mortgage, setting up utilities, contracting movers or renting trucks, packing and unpacking boxes, and plenty more–the statistic is very revealing.
Anyone who has ever tried to sell an old futon or recruit friends to move furniture knows the nomadic experience of life at a residential school. While most people gradually learn over time how to plan a successful move, very few come by the knowledge instinctively. The internet is often as much a hindrance as a help—the simple volume of information available can overload the reader.
Volunteer Profile: Roxie Twedt
By Juliet Farmer
Roxie Twedt, SDN user name oxeye, is set to join the ranks of medical students at the University of Nevada School of Medicine come fall 2007. In the meantime, the San Francisco Bay Area native, who spent three years early on living in Tokyo, Japan, is helping the Student Doctor Network as the Assistant Mentor Coordinator, a moderator position in the Mentor Forum.
“I supervise the Promotion and Recruitment Assistants in the Mentoring Forum, and manage the mentors in the forum,” she explains of her role. “I maintain several tables of contents in the forum to make the threads easier for students to navigate and also cut down on some of the repetitive questions that mentors receive.”
Volunteer Profile: QofQuimica
QofQuimica is currently a second-year allopathic medical student. After college, she went to graduate school and earned her M.S. in medicinal chemistry. She then worked as a lab tech and in a doctor’s office before returning to school to earn her PhD in pharmaceutical chemistry.
In August 2004, Q took the MCAT and scored a 43S. She began giving MCAT advice on SDN when she joined as a member in October 2004. Q joined the SDN staff in June 2005 as an advisor for the MCAT Study Questions subforum and later became MCAT forum moderator. She now oversees all of the SDN premedical forums. Recently, SDN spoke with Q to get her input on preparing for and taking the MCAT.
Doctor Dad: Balancing Medicine and Family
By Becky Vickerstaff
Staff Writer
Parenting in today’s world requires juggling many competing interests, and dads in the medical professions have their own unique challenges. First there is the reality of the educational investment; studying, rotation, and other complementary activities take up lots of time. After school, there are internships, residencies, fellowships, and of course, being on call. How does Dr. Dad get it all done?
One SDN member, who we’ll call “New Intern,” has just completed medical school and is beginning residency. He has two sons, now 4 and 1, and he and his wife have had to reach out to other medical students to help balance things. “We had no family in the area where I attended school. Occasionally we had some of my school friends baby sit so we could see a movie once or twice. But otherwise, it was just us – with my wife doing the majority of the child care.”
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