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What are the first things you're taught at med school?

I know everywhere will be different but what were the first things that you were taught at med school?

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The toe bone's connected
to the foot bone,
and the foot bone connected
to the ankle bone,
and the ankle bone connected
to the leg bone.

Reply 2

fantafruittwist

that my lecturer wants two sugars in his tea, not one.

Reply 3

navarre

Gotta love attempts to be funny.

I would also like to know a (serious) answer.

Reply 4

Renal

Which bin to vomit in.
Which members of the rugby club not to vomit on.

I can't remember, the first lecture was on some really basic physiology or some such, why d'you ask? :shifty:

(Actually that wasn't the first lecture, that was two weeks in when I started turning up)

(edited 13 years ago)

Reply 5

shygirl92

so you can read up before starting?

I wish I was as studious as you. Cardio and Respiratory I think, with a lot of emphasis on 'Strand 2' = clinical/sociological type stuff. This is in Edinburgh tho, dunno about elsewhere.

Reply 6

Quirky182

CPR (freshers week), then a lot about cells, the basic organ systems/anatomy and all the sociology type stuff. Oh and there's a load of stats thrown in there too! :smile:

(edited 13 years ago)

Reply 7

SAK.A

Where to get rid of the bodies.
Actually I have no idea but I am curious to know.

Reply 8

Renal

Original post by shygirl92

so you can read up before starting?

Read this.

Reply 9

Helenia

As far as I remember, I think we started with the spinal column in anatomy, nerve and muscle in physiology (which went MILES over my head first time around) and something respiration-related in biochemistry.

Reply 10

gozatron

Original post by SayonaraSamm

The toe bone's connected
to the foot bone,
and the foot bone connected
to the ankle bone,
and the ankle bone connected
to the leg bone.

Best comment i've read in ages!

Reply 11

edcourageous

normal pregnancy and delivery

Reply 12

Fission_Mailed

What to do if the hospital catches fire.

Reply 13

Wangers

Not sure what I was first taught, one of the first things I learned was that you can't learn everything, keep your sanity.

Reply 14

speedystef

Not to steal a bus ride on the 25 because one day we could become a Doctor and apparantly a criminal record can be bad

Reply 15

No Future

-Spinal column anatomy
-Handwashing
-How to take blood pressure with stethoscope
-All the bits of the cadaver go inside the yellow tub, including fat
-Don't go too wild during Freshers week as a criminal record is bad for your medical career

(edited 13 years ago)

Reply 16

lekky

We were told:

"if you wanna be somebody, and you wanna go somewhere, you better wake up and pay attention"

(legend of a lecturer actually sang it to us)

that the hard work started now.