ICM

Today was our first day of ICM (intro to clinical medicine) and honestly, it looks as though this semester is going to be pretty boring. The entire semester (at least the portion of it that we spend in ICM) is going to be spent on patient centered approach. We don't even start getting into the typical doctor stuff until next semester! The instructors seem very nice and knowledgeable though, so maybe they'll make it more interesting. It's nice to finally have M.D. instructors as well.

My group is in the brand new ICM offices, which are really not finished yet, and probably shouldn't have students in them yet either. It looks as though they quickly painted and tiled the rooms so that we could begin class in their. However, there is no air conditioning yet, and it's still very dusty. The outside is also still entirely concrete and cinderblock. Looking from the outside, you'd never believe that anything is done on the inside. Also, they were not prepared for our huge class size, so there are 14 people or so per group! Oh well, I suppose it's a step in the right direction from how it used to be. At least they're trying. Here's a picture of the room (one of two that is pseudo-completed).