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May ePortfolio Blog

Community service hours completed in May: 4 hours Community service hours completed in total: 24 hours This past weekend I completed my community service hours finishing out my total hours required. This also represents the last requirement before I graduate which is very much bittersweet as I will miss my time in this program for multiple reasons as I enjoyed the friends I made and the experiences I had in New Orleans as well as academically getting a peak into medical school as I fully enjoyed getting to learn more of what pharmacology was which is going to be so useful later in my schooling and career, but also in my every day life. I think my most favorite parts of the program were of course the content, but also things that pushed me out of my comfort zone like all the various presentations we did which made me a better and more confident presenter and aided my better understanding of scientific research articles. I will be staying in New Orleans following graduation working as a
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April ePortfolio Blog

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April Community Service Hours Completed: 17 Total Community Service Hours Completed: 20 All Hours will be completed by Friday, May 3rd!      This month and especially the last two weeks, I completed the bulk of my community service hours by spending my time at Second Harvest Food Bank of New Orleans and partaking in making homemade cards for Braid Mission's Cards of Hope program. Over the years in undergrad, I participated in many in-person service opportunities through my sorority, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. and as a co-founder of a non-profit organization based out of Nashville named Launch Mentorship and volunteering at Second Harvest these last few weeks really made me miss the special nature that is a group working together to directly impact their community and getting to see the fruits of your compassion and labor. During my shifts there, I packaged loaves of bread from different suppliers to go to various clients, put together 5lb bags of sweet potatoes and packaged l
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March ePortfolio Blog

 Community Service Hours Completed this Month: 0 Total Community Service Hours Completed: 3 March was a good month! Socially this month encompassed my birthday and visits from friends and family, which all gave me a very much needed serotonin boost, but put into perspective the time left in this program and ultimately New Orleans and the impending decisions that need to be made about my next steps. In terms of coursework, this month focused on the neurology and psychopharmacology modules, which were very interesting in various ways. Firstly, psychopharmacology is such a complex subject in that it really gets in to how the physiological, biological and chemical ongoings of an individual result in varying psychological and behavioral manifestations unlike the highly physical conditions we've previously discussed. And because this realm of medical conditions are highly subjective and typed as disorders, which make determining pathophysiology difficult, developing and managing treatmen
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February ePortfolio Blog

Total hours completed in February:  3  hours Total hours completed: 3 hours February was a pretty relaxed month in terms on content as we covered the reproductive and neurology modules in med pharmacology and continued content in endocrinology and neuropharmacology, but it also could be due to our having Spring Break off this month as well. Socially, I enjoyed getting to experience Mardi Gras as a local because this immense and lively celebration of culture was so beautiful and special to be a part of. For this month's community service, Ms. Linda connected with assisted living home to make and decorate Valentine's Day cards for their residents and I very much enjoyed doing this as it only provided a reprieve from studying, but knowing doing something as simple as making a heartfelt and handmade card could go a long way in making someone's day in turn provided comfort to me. Academically, like I mentioned, the content was relaxed in the way that it either connected to what
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January ePortfolio Blog

Total hours completed in January:  0  hours Total hours completed: 0 hours January has represented a busy start to the spring semester of this program! We started out this month by delving into the diabetes and thyroid modules and because each condition had two contrasting possibilities (hyper- and hypothyroidism and DMT1 and DMT2) and each have implications throughout the body and its various systems, I would say these modules were challenging in regards to conceptualizing and memorizing the principles and pathophysiology of both, but with no fault to the material or instruction though just that endocrinology just may not be the ideal specialty for me. On a brighter, we just started the reproductive module and I am thoroughly enjoying it as it is not only applicable to me as an early 20s woman and learning of the possible implications that which my current behaviors might have later on in life, with reproductive rights being such a prevalent topic in sociopolitical realm of media, it
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December ePortfolio Blog

Total hours completed in December:   6 hours Total hours completed: 13 hours   This month, I continued my role as a volunteer for Tulane Medical Center by continuing the task of making behavioral kits for the emergency department. I have relished my time there and hope to continue this role until most of the hospital relocates to East Jefferson mid-January. This month also represented the end of the Fall semester and my first semester at Tulane and it feels bittersweet. It’s hard to believe how fast time has flown and that I am one short semester from finishing the program and receiving a Masters in Pharmacology. This program even halfway through has been nothing but transformative from curriculum that delves into the complexities of various drug mechanisms with lectures and some hands-on or case-based experiences, advances presentations that have strengthened my communication skills, and seminar presentations which delve into the fascinating leading-edge research into pharmacological
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November ePortfolio Blog

November Community Service Hours: 7 hours Total Fall Community Service Hours: 7 hours This month, I officially started my volunteering role as a volunteer for Tulane Medical Center. Although it has only been a few weeks, starting this new position has been nothing short of amazing. I learned shortly after starting that starting early January, most of the departments will be consolidating to LCMC's location in East Jefferson General Hospital, but nevertheless there is luckily a large amount of tasks to be done! I have been tasked with various endeavors ranging from helping get things ready for the move, making behavioral health kits for the ER, setting up the hospital's main Christmas tree, and decorating the halls with holiday decorations. A large part of my life has always revolved around community service, so I have thoroughly enjoyed lending my time to an institution that truly aids in the betterment of individuals in the way of improving community health. Even though I am n
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