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This past spring, I took an honors seminar called Exploring Biomedical Research. It took place every Thursday on East Campus in the Medical Sciences Building from 3pm to 6pm with about twenty other students and three professors. Together, we learned about cutting-edge medical research, hands-on.
At first, I chose to engage in this experience because I had to. Honestly, I needed an honors experience by the end of the school year and this seminar was the only one that fit in my busy schedule. However, it was an experience that transformed my worldview! I learned so much about my field through this class. Because most of the students in the class were studying some sort of medicine--it ranged from biomedical engineering to nursing--I was granted the chance to interact with like-minded peers, a valuable experience in itself.
While admittedly the three hours were tedious, I found myself enjoying the stimulating lectures, and the opportunity to see what went on in labs was really exciting. We learned about subjects such as genetic research, bloodborne diseases, and cancer, all very current topics in medicine. The last week of class, during the brain tumor lecture, we even had the chance to bore holes in a cadaver skull! It was definitely a unique experience!
Having a background in medicine was beneficial to enjoying this experience, but it definitely was not necessary. Anyone could enjoy this experience if they were in the right mindset. This experience was so meaningful to me. Never in a million years would I have even considered a career in biomedical research, until now. I enjoyed the class so much that even now, I contemplate the possibilities of enjoying a career in research, or perhaps genetic counseling! The seminar opened up a whole new world of interests that I never explored.
ARTIFACT
Attached is a composition about the dangers of DDT. It was a part of our class' blog, and loosely connected to mosquitos and bloodborne pathogens, the unit we were discussing at the time. To read more on the blog, go to http://exploringbiomedicalresearch.blogspot.com.
This past spring, I took an honors seminar called Exploring Biomedical Research. It took place every Thursday on East Campus in the Medical Sciences Building from 3pm to 6pm with about twenty other students and three professors. Together, we learned about cutting-edge medical research, hands-on.
At first, I chose to engage in this experience because I had to. Honestly, I needed an honors experience by the end of the school year and this seminar was the only one that fit in my busy schedule. However, it was an experience that transformed my worldview! I learned so much about my field through this class. Because most of the students in the class were studying some sort of medicine--it ranged from biomedical engineering to nursing--I was granted the chance to interact with like-minded peers, a valuable experience in itself.
While admittedly the three hours were tedious, I found myself enjoying the stimulating lectures, and the opportunity to see what went on in labs was really exciting. We learned about subjects such as genetic research, bloodborne diseases, and cancer, all very current topics in medicine. The last week of class, during the brain tumor lecture, we even had the chance to bore holes in a cadaver skull! It was definitely a unique experience!
Having a background in medicine was beneficial to enjoying this experience, but it definitely was not necessary. Anyone could enjoy this experience if they were in the right mindset. This experience was so meaningful to me. Never in a million years would I have even considered a career in biomedical research, until now. I enjoyed the class so much that even now, I contemplate the possibilities of enjoying a career in research, or perhaps genetic counseling! The seminar opened up a whole new world of interests that I never explored.
ARTIFACT
Attached is a composition about the dangers of DDT. It was a part of our class' blog, and loosely connected to mosquitos and bloodborne pathogens, the unit we were discussing at the time. To read more on the blog, go to http://exploringbiomedicalresearch.blogspot.com.
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