Cadavers and Being Knighted

Cześć,

Pretty cool week that just passed, a lot of stuff went down. The most salient of which was our university's day of inauguration. So for a background to this story; there are 5 programs at our university for the English program (4 year Medicine, 6 year medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy and Physiotherapy). For Inauguration two students from each program were selected to receive their grade books on stage from the president of the university. Of course, I was chosen as one of the students from Dentistry. I show up to the ceremony all dressed up but something was wrong, I looked around and all the guys had sport coats/ suit jackets on....Since I didn't bring one with me I was without a coat. It was all I could think about through the whole ceremony. I was afraid it might be some form of disrespect toward the Polish for not having a jacket or something like that. Anyway, I obviously exaggerated the issue and it was no big deal. Here is the video: (I know its kind of boring)

Here is a better picture of being "Knighted" by the president of the university: (the guy behind me didn't have a jacket either :))

 Secondly, we started studying anatomy on cadavers this past week. It was really cool and sort of creepy. The cadavers are always pre-cut for us so we can examine the area of interest. We are currently studying the back so our cadaver was face down with the back cut open so we can see all the muscles and their origins/ insertions. Usually, unless studying the head, the cadaver is beheaded but we were given an old man whose head was still attached. His white hair, ears, eye lids, nose were all visible on the table. Obviously these classroom sessions are confidential and out of respect no pictures would ever be taken so I am only able to paint the image for you. Anyway, its really cool to study this way as opposed to looking in a book and seeing this stuff.

We have started restoration (Fillings) simulations in our dental occlusion class. We have plaster models of the upper and lower teeth and we use a dental drill to take away half of select teeth and then build them up with wax. It is really cool and by far my favorite class. I will try to get a picture of my models for my next blog and show you guys my dental skills. So far we have only built up 3 teeth but more coming each week.

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone at home. I was so sad to miss our thanksgiving traditions this year and it really made me more homesick than I already was. Only 58 days till I get home! But not before more crazy Polish things go down I'm sure. Till next time.