I swear the skill I am cementing the most in ECG class is how to correctly spell “rhythm” and all of its variations

I have to memorize the krebs cycle for micro, pray for me

Behold the beauty of my B. Subtilis streak plate. Also I got a 95% on my micro test this week, but really this streak plate is my true pride and joy

I don’t know how I’m supposed to focus on my micro exam today when my prof just dropped that there’s “bright and shiny new microscopes” in our lab this morning. All we are allowed to do is more streak plates today. So cruel. 😭🫶🏻🦠🔬

One of the things I miss the most about my time in Europe was the lack of English spoken anywhere. It was such a calming experience to not be around American drivel.

Since returning to school after many years, I’ve been employing a strategy of fighting for every point for the 1st 2/3 of the semester so I can chill by finals week. It works like a charm—for ex, I just realized if I get a 50% on my next test AND blow off the final, I will still end up with an A.🤓💪🏻

What do you see in this #echofirst video? 🫀 After giving your answer, find out in our CASE report: bit.ly/44BfPFg #ASEEchoChallenge

How is it in this now 5th post-COVID-19 year that a healthcare student won’t wear a mask (yet just applied hand sanitizer) in class when they are coughing and snuffling about? Perhaps their next class should be microbiology.

One of the awesome benefits about doing well in medical terminology is now my dad and I have a secret language. This connection with him and his life’s work is such a gift. 🥰

Congratulations to our very own JHBMC Echo Lab Director @mmukherjeemd.bsky.social for leading the guidelines on echocardiographic assessment of the right heart👏🏻❤️ @ase360.bsky.social The RV matters, & these updates ensure it gets the attention it deserves!❤️ www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Ready for my physics midterm, wish me luck!

What am I up to these days? ✅ Conceptual physics ✅ Medical terminology ✅ More Spanish ✅ TA’ing some Anatomy classes ✅ Weightlifting Also this semester I’ll be applying to a cardiac sonography program. It’s very competitive so 🤞🏻 and devising backup plans.

Five years ago, as we ⬆️ diversity of Penn Cardiology Grand Rounds with Penn Women in Cardiology, I wondered what the U.S. landscape of Cardiology Grand Rounds speakerships was Proud to work w/this amazing team to answer this question, now in @jama.com Cardiology jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Hard work paid off, 4.0 gpa, Dean’s List, and one of those As was in what has been termed the most difficult Anatomy class in the Bay Area. ✨🍾🥂

Aaand we’re done with physiology! I only got a 70% on the test, but in my defense, I needed a 51% to keep my A in the class so it’s still an overachievement lol

Survived my anatomy final(s)!! And I even got to (correctly) point out how one model was inaccurate. Always fun to be rewarded for being a pedant.

The Faculty Strikes Back

Ok, I got myself a cup of coffee and dug up an old thread for everyone that can’t search the internet. Sorry I’m grumpy today but I am absolutely exhausted. 😴 bsky.app/profile/njbb...

Thankful this year for my British in-laws who had no issue whatsoever with my postponing Tday for a few days while I recover from a nasty chest cold. Not thankful for the unmasked, symptomatic petri dish who spluttered directly behind me all last week in anatomy class.

🎨 In case anyone need… The NIH BioArt Source is an awesome library of *free* professionally drawn illustrations for scientific presentations or figures. Downloadable in HD. Thank you NIH for this invaluable tool 🙏! Check it out 👇 bioart.niaid.nih.gov

This guy was my bestie for years up until he passed this summer. I cannot convey just how much my heart aches missing him every day. Today, in particular, I miss him the mostest.

NEW in #NatureReviewsGastroHep! This Review on gut-brain axis & pain signalling in the gut By Kim Meerschaert & Isaac Chiu www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🔓 rdcu.be/d1dFo 🧪 #gastrosky #GIsky

Congenital heart defect 🫀 #medsky #pedssky @slkaplanmd.bsky.social @michaelaquino.bsky.social @laurengroner.bsky.social

Excited to be the “Well, ACTUALLY…” person at parties this holiday season 🥰

This was a PA/PAOP tracing of a patient with severe mitral regurgitation. In mitral regurgitation, there can be a high V wave when the PAC is in Wedge/PAOP position. If not recognised properly, this can easily be missed. Check out rdcu.be/d05K0 for more insights into estimating LAP.

🦋 vs Twitter/X 🦋 You need to REPOST. Unlike Twitter, liking a post does NOT promote or increase visibility of that post. 🦋 Use #CardioSky #EchoSky & other hashtags when posting. Bluesky has feeds (e.g. #CardioSky) that work based on hashtags. 🦋 Best feed to follow: bsky.app/profile/did:...

A fraction of today’s memorizations

Ok #MedSky #CardioSky I need your funniest/best/most effective mnemonics for the circulatory system. College-level major arteries, veins, & their branches. I can memorize the main paths but if you found any tricks when you studied this gordian knot in anatomy plz take pity on me.

City College STEM education, where the students correct the staff

Waves of new BlueSky arrivals in last few days! I’ve been tracking starter packs relevant to molecular/mechanistic/genetic/cellular…etc biology Hope it’s helpful but warning: now a v long thread! Probably the last time I can do this...

Study breaks are v v important

The friends that study with you and still want to take a class with you next semester really are the friends you made along the way 🥰🧠🦠

A group text chat is not the place for a nuanced discussion amongst 5+ people about a variety of issues with a document. The document is the right place for this; make comments there and reply to others’ comments. You are all welcome.

I really hope my lab group takes my swath of comments on their very prelim experiment proposal as helpful instead of annoying. My rational brain knows this will make the overall report better, and get us all a better grade, but my need to be liked isn’t sure they will see things that way.

Intro post: I’m Kate (not Raymond), a healthcare student with a deep interest in cardiology U/S. Based on the West coast, happily suffering through anatomy, physiology, and Spanish (for fluency). Previous degrees in Psych and Fine Art. Will likely post a million dumb qs so buckle up.

Last week’s quest: get the ever-elusive A on my Anatomy midterm. This week’s quest: migrate here so I can be rid of twitter once and for all.

Paying someone to paint walls and install flooring is the best adulting hack ever

Saw The Shining for the first time since my 20s and I have a lot of thoughts. 🧵

The boffins didn’t get things sorted. It’s time for new boffins and Bigger Talk.

What if… what if the boffins CAN’T get things sorted? WHAT THEN

My efforts to make ceramics instead of throwing my laptop out the window have resulted in lopsided wobbly pots that no one will love but me bc they remind me of a moment where I chose me over stress.

I hate how painful job searching is. I feel rejection a bit heavier than most so it’s like placing my hand in a fire every time and coming back again and again thinking this time maybe this time it won’t burn so bad

Honestly I’m mostly here to be free of the crypto moonies

I’ve decided the best way to manage my anger at my current job that just laid me off yet wants me to write a playbook of how to do my job is to blow off the workday and make ceramics.

Today’s topic: Pants. Why do we need them?