Neurology At It's Finest

Wonderful experience with two neurology residents from UIHC in anatomy & physiology. They talked about their careers, medical school, health care reform, and decision making. The most interesting part was actually after school. It was good to see a student had cornered one of them and was asking questions. But also, somehow, things fell unexpectedly into place. The psychology class had dissected sheep brains today first and third blocks. There happened to be a left over brain and the remaining parts still out in the room. This provided an opportunity for the two residents to sit down and prepare for dissecting sheep brains as scheduled for Thursday. Neither had seen sheep brains before. The two of them tinkered around with the brain and its parts, comparing to the human and thinking through ideas for what to focus on and what would make it fun and interesting. I dropped in occasionally, but it was really the two of them working out balancing their knowledge and experiences with what high school students will understand and be engaged in. It was like getting a peek into a whole other world. I am so grateful they took the time to talk with the kids and then to sit for an hour after to work out a plan for the next time. Very cool!