Medical School Preparation: Day 9

Today I had my meeting at the Chico Immediate Care clinic. I've been told that I can drop in during non-standard business hours "whenever is convenient." Weekends, evenings, early morning -- they'll find something for me to do whenever I show up and for however long I can stick around.

The rate at which I get volunteer experience and letters of recommendation are going to be limited by how often I can get down there.

A medical assistant's duties will start with showing patients to the room, moving clipboards from one place to another (more correct) place, taking the vitals of the patients, and assisting the medical provider. I may end up prepping casts, fitting casts, and doing things like that.

I go back on Thursday to meet with the medical assistant night supervisor to find out what I can start doing at first. I'll even get to order scrubs to wear while I'm on the job.

30 minutes on the MCAT saw me end with 15/25 questions right, which is 60%. That was in the Biological Sciences multiple choice section. Most of it was easy, but when they asked me about "lacteals inside the intestinal vilii" compared to "capillaries in the peritoneum" I lost all sense of where to go. I suppose I really do need to take BIOL 101!

Today I learned that when the human body breaks down its own structural proteins for energy, as during starvation, nitrogen levels in the urine elevate. Funny I should learn that today.