College is about gaining knowledge, learning how to use it and how best to acquire it. There are many ways that knowledge is introduced to us in college, but learning through blogging is a relatively new experience for all of our group members. Completing a blog post every week, and reading teammates blog posts, really helped each of us learn how to work as a group to reach checkpoints and perform sufficient work. We also learned a lot about the medical field, and veterinary field, as a result of these blogs; from new breakthroughs and discoveries in medicine to how to get into medical school and go on to become a physician. We learned requirements that are necessary for getting into both medical school and veterinary school and that GPA is an important measure in both, but standardized tests like the GRE for vet and the MCAT for med are even more important. We were introduced to new forms of technology in the medical field like Electronic Medical Records, robotic surgery machines, and veterinary sports medicine boots. As one can tell, blogging opened up new pathways to knowledge for many of us that we had not yet explored. Each member of the group learned something new and something that changed the way they thought about the field. We learned how to work as a team and how to form a successful blog, how to become a medical professional, we learned about the many different ways you can contribute to the field and the different jobs you can do, and how the medical field has affected us outside of the doctor’s office and shaped modern society.
As a group, we worked well together. When one of us couldn’t come up with an idea we were able to brainstorm new ideas and help our group succeed. Blog post started out relating to each other, but as time went on we started to talk about different topics. However, all of our topics remained focused on the medical field. The title of our blog was the Extensive Explorations of the Medical Field and we did explore many different aspects of the medical field along with veterinary medicine. We likely could have better worked on connecting our posts more often. Although, we do have posts that interacted with each other, such as the MCAT and How to Get into Medical School. The one about how to get into medical school briefly touched on the MCAT and then another group member went into detail about the MCAT. This was very interesting to see how we were able get ideas from each other’s posts. All in all, the group got everything done working together and had touched on many of the areas of the medical field.
Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.)
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Medical Doctor (M.D.)
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· follows the holistic way of treating their patients
-Holistic means doctors concerned with the whole, they consider patient’s environment and nutrition before they treat
· D.O.s must take 200 extra hours compared to an M.D. to learn how to manipulate the musculoskeletal tissues to help with pain
· D.O.s tend to be primary care physicians
· D.O.s attend schools that are under the American Osteopathic Association’s Commission within the Osteopathic College Accreditation (COCA)
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• They follow the allopathic way of treatment
-Allopathy is the practice that aims to fight disease by use of drugs or surgery
• Orthopedics, Cardiology, and Neurology and other specialists tend to be M.D.s
• M.D.s attend schools that under the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME)
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There are many other ways to contribute to the medical field other than a human doctor. Human and veterinary medicine have countless similarities and differences. Both doctors and veterinarians must trudge through many years of school and internships just to finally get licenced and begin practicing. It is hard work, and not for the weak. In the blog post titled “So you want to be a Veterinarian?”, the process of veterinary schooling is explained in detail. The main similarity seen between the two fields; they both have a center focus to help the patient. They are not recommending that you and your dog both lose 10 pounds just because they can, they have the overall health in mind and are trying to help. A huge difference between the two fields is that doctors focus on one species; humans, while vets have a seemingly endless number of animals to learn including the anatomy, physiology, and different problems that occur regularly. Will your doctor make a house call at 2am? Probably not, but your vet will. Veterinarians are known for making farm calls in the wee hours of the night to help the cow that is struggling to calf or the horse that is colicing. We have to give credit where it is due, although the world could not go around like it does without both of these health professionals.
Not only does the medical field effect patients and animals who are sick, it affects normal, healthy people living their daily lives. Today, we don't have to worry about getting a slight cold or a moderate flu. We know there’s medication and treatment to help us get through anything. If you think back to medieval times, they didn’t have any pills or steroids to take that could cure a patient’s sickness. They used remedies that didn’t even work half the time, but they didn’t have an alternative. In modern society, we don’t have to worry as much about a cold. Yeah, it may be awful for a few days, but the chances are extremely high you’ll fully recover in a few days. With that notion in mind, we are able to go anywhere and be with whomever we want. It allows us to live comfortable lives. When a family member is sick, we do not worry about it too much. We get them the medicine they need and that’s that. This is something I didn’t think about until doing this blog. It made me realize the importance of medicine and how it has affected me living, even when writing this blog post.
I also learned how the medical field has also shaped modern society. You can’t go 30 minutes without finding a hospital or clinic in a city. There’s specialists for everything that you could possibly need. As the medical field advances, so does society. If you have a bad knee, you can get that replaced. In one of our posts, we talked about how when someone puts themselves in harm's way to save someone and you’re left with a disfigured face, you can now have that fixed. If you have a bad allergy, you can be given medication and remedies to help if you have a reaction/ to prevent one. There’s so many things in this world that we take for granted that are there because of the medical field. It’s a journey and a process to become a medical professional, but the outcome is incredibly worth it in the end.
By the end of the Blog Project, each group member had differing views on the medical field at the end than at the beginning. Megan had an interest in medicine and this just further solidified her interest in the field. When Shane began the blog project, he didn’t realize how much the medical field affected us every single day. We take things for granted and overlook how much our normal lives are greatly affected by the advancing of medicine and medical technology. Allyse learned more in depth how to get into vet school. She also learned that there are a variety of different jobs pertaining to the vet field as a whole. Mackenzie learned that medicine was the right fit for her and she wants to pursue a job in the field. Toby found out that medicine was not for him, and now wants to go into the field of physical therapy. It is quite interesting how perspectives can change with new information. All-in-all our group found this project to be helpful in guiding us into choosing the right career pathway.
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