Crescent City Pharmacology

March volunteer hours: 5.5 Total hours this semester: 36.25  Wow! I can't believe it's already March. This program has gone by very quickly. Now that Medical Pharmacology and Principles of Pharmacology are over I have a lot more free time in my day. I've been filling that time by volunteering more at Broadmoor Food Pantry and by studying for the NBME. I have enjoyed getting to do more presentations this semester. I like doing all of the background research that is necessary for a thorough presentation. This month I have presented on black maternal mortality, autophagy in Parkinson's Disease, and concussions. I like presenting because it feels very natural and effortless to me. These presentations are easy considering that I had to "present" to groups of high school students every day for the past two years as a teacher. Cell Control has been the most challenging course in the entire program for me. I think that is because the material is not as interesting as

Community service hours from 12/6 – 3/1: 32 hours This February my main focus has been working on my application for medical school. I compiled a list of over 50 different secondary application essay prompts and I have been hard at work brainstorming what I want to write about. Regardless of the prompt, my brainstorming always brings me back to my motivation for pursuing a career in medicine- my desire to serve my community.  I recently attended an info session for Duke and one of their deans proclaimed "medicine is a service industry". That really resonated with me and reaffirmed my belief that I will be able to serve my community as a physician. For the past three years I have lived and worked in underserved communities that do not have enough access to health care. I regularly interact with people who need medical care but cannot afford it.  Earlier this year I saw a car with the passenger door open and a man slumped over in the passengers seat. He had on only one shoe an