Tulane University SOM: Pharmacology M.S.

November Hours: 5 Cumulative Hours: 13      I hope each one of you who is reading this had an awesome Thanksgiving! My Thanksgiving was filled with plenty of happiness and relaxation. Overall, November was a good month. I conducted 1-2 hours of service with my class and 3 hours of service with one of my best friends from high school. As a class, we made Thanksgiving cards that were to be passed out to various children across the lake who did not have homes/families to go to for the holidays. Uma instructed us how to make the cards, and it was an enjoyable experience to participate in. With my best friend, we attended Second Harvest Food Bank's main Thanksgiving service day where we helped pre-package meals for those who were not fortunate enough to enjoy a home-cooked Thanksgiving meal. That took place the morning before Thanksgiving, and meals were sent out later that afternoon and evening. Some of the meals were also passed out on Thanksgiving Day to many individuals wh...

 October Community Service Hours: 5 The month of October was a good month for both academics and community service. During the month, our classes exposed us to more drug lists, and we learned in greater detail about cardiac mechanisms along with the central nervous system and peripheral nervous system. It was interesting to learn about EKGs in greater detail and learn how to determine which drugs were being distributed by paying attention to intervals on them. The video we viewed of the lab was a great learning point in my opinion. I also enjoyed the various topics that were presented to us during the month from our seminar speakers. Dr. Richard-Davis was overall my favorite speaker because health disparities involving race and income are still very prevalent today and I think the school she works at has set forth a great initiative to attack the problem head on starting at the student level and community level. During the month of October, I was able to take a small trip to Califo...