In ancient Greece, the asclepion was a healing temple dedicated to Asclepius, the God of Medicine. Asclepius learned the art of surgery from the centaur Chiron and had the ability to raise the dead. The Rod of Asclepius is a roughhewn branch entwined with a single serpent.
Sunday, July 15, 2007
Summer Thing of the Week
All the posts this week will be about medical specialties. I feel like the most common question I get asked when people find out I'm a med student is what field I'm going to go into. As a first year, like a freshman in college regarding his major, I can waffle and say I have no idea. And it's probably okay as a second year too. But as increasing numbers of my classmates figure out what they want to do, I feel a greater pressure to at least think about various specialties. After all, residency applications are at the end of third year, and the sooner I have an idea, the better.
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