14th Annual Pediatrics Conference

There was a pediatrics conference hosted by Driscoll at the Omni Marina this morning, so Elizabeth, Sharon, and I went. We met Ann there and stocked up on free goodies at the exhibition stands. The only lecture we attended was over GI radiology, which was very interesting, but when time came where we were presented with abdominal X-rays and asked to interpret what we saw, I couldn't do it. I later returned to Dr. E's clinic afterwards to see if I could do an ADHD screen (a requirement for the peds rotation), but the psychiatrist had already left the office. I stopped by Dedie's office to ask what I should do, and she said she'll have something for me next week. Hope so.

It was "required" for med students to attend lunch at the conference, so I drove back to the Omni and met everyone else except Elizabeth there. The food was pretty good: pasta, salad, tiramisu. Later we were joined by Dr. D, the residency coordinator at Driscoll, but we weren't intimidated by his presence since he's really laid back. Anita got bored and started making smiley faces with the butter balls, and jokingly asked one of the waiters for another plate of butter balls. To our surprise, he actually brought her another plate, so she started making a stick figure out of butter balls. Everyone thought it was funny, but the other doctors probably thought we were being stupid med students. After that we had the afternoon off. Elizabeth and I picked up dinner at Subways (after almost an hour of driving around trying to find a sandwich place) and then went to Oleander Park to study. It was very windy, but still peaceful. At least I can say I studied with an ocean view. The only problem: we brought our sandwiches to eat and it attracted tons of seagulls. They were circling above our head like freaking vultures, and even I, who rarely get scared by birds, was pretty unnerved. Talk about rats with wings, indeed.

And now, for your viewing pleasure, pictures from the conference:

Sharon and Ann (TCOM Class of 2007)

Elizabeth and I

Myriah, Arash, and Anita checking out what Merck has to offer

Arash, Sharon, me, Myriah, and Anita (with her butter ball man)

Anita, Myriah, and I