Page 1027

With some difficulty staying awake and some nodding off, I just read the last page of our BMB syllabus. I have officially finished the 1027th page of our massive syllabus.

The last sentence appropriately ties together the theme of the first year of medical school: "Physicians (in their positions of power influence and authority) are ideally situated to not only ease suffering but to assist their patients in moving beyond and above the painful challenges life has given them" (BMB Syllabus, pg 1027).

Now the challenge is understanding, synthesizing and internalizing the complex concepts threaded through the Brain, Mind and Behavior portions of the course. The picture is hazy with pieces scattered in my mind, power points slides, paragraphs in the syllabus, hand written notes and in the last tiny crevices in my brain.

I must now identify the salient pieces and somehow connect them to create a picture that captures the essence of the block.

With 4 days to go, hopefully this picture gets clear soon!