This week in one of my labs, one of my professors devised a game called she dubbed 'Basophil Boot Camp'. She distributed cards to the class - a blue card for "Basophil", and a red one for "Not A Basophil". And then we spent a good half an hour going through a powerpoint presentation she'd prepared - we'd all look at an image and then have five seconds to hold up a card depending on what we thought of the leukocyte on the slide. Basophil or Not A Basophil?
Cell identification - exciting stuff. When most of the class got the answer right, our professor would break out into a huge grin and say "Yaaaaaaaaaay! That's right! That IS a basophil!" and we thought she might explode with happiness. She loves her cells, all right. Her level of enthusiasm...? A little over the top, perhaps since we are talking about white blood cells here, but good for her for making it fun.
Anyway, this is an example of how I spend my days at school, and what I'm learning.
In the last week in addition to surviving 'Basophil Bootcamp' I also:
- Gave an IM and a subcutaneous injection to a Beagle cadaver.
- Manually and automatically processed an x-ray
- Correctly identified round worm eggs in a fecal float
Cooooool.
No comments:
Post a Comment