{"id":491,"date":"2015-02-22T17:21:48","date_gmt":"2015-02-22T22:21:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/bi265-humananatomyatcolby\/?p=491"},"modified":"2015-02-25T10:47:18","modified_gmt":"2015-02-25T15:47:18","slug":"alexandria-lucas-grand-rounds-oligoastrocytoma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/bi265-humananatomyatcolby\/2015\/02\/22\/alexandria-lucas-grand-rounds-oligoastrocytoma\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexandria Lucas: Grand Rounds \/ Oligoastrocytoma"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Alexandria<\/a><\/p>\n

The grand rounds project, which consists of research on a particular topic and a final group presentation that is open to the public, I think was perhaps one of the most valuable parts of this class, for it really did require a lot of individual learning and the students really had to take things into their own hands, be independent, and put a final product together all outside of class, much like the way things will happen in medical school. I very much appreciate that Dr. K always pushed us to work hard in this way to prepare us for much harder tasks that are to come in the future in our post-Colby years, and the Grand Rounds project was easily one of those things.<\/p>\n

My group wanted to do a case study for our project, so we first began by looking through a list of different case study articles when one caught our attention titled: \u201c32 year old woman with episodes of unconsciousness.\u201d We were very curious what was causing these episodes, because it really could be a wide range of things, so we choose this as our topic because of its very intriguing symptoms.<\/p>\n

The next part of the project consisted of breaking up the material into sections, such as symptoms, differential diagnosis, diagnostics tests, and more, and then each group member doing research on their assigned sections. We then worked on putting together a PowerPoint presentation and a one-page synopsis on the topic. Some groups did a lot of this work together, but it is always hard to find a time that everyone can meet, so we ended up doing most of this work alone and communicating over email and Google docs which I think actually worked really well.<\/p>\n

On the second to last day of class, each group presented their PowerPoint on their topic for about 15 minutes. I found this to be one of my favorite class times throughout the whole semester. I really enjoyed hearing about medical cases that I know nothing about, as well as see the different groups be so intrigued and excited about the topic they choose to research, and in addition seeing how much knowledge we had all gained over the past few weeks.<\/p>\n

\"Alexandria<\/a><\/p>\n

It was, however, a little nerve-racking to be put in front of the class speaking about something that is often quite advanced and perhaps a little over a college students\u2019 head, but having the class there and Dr. K in front being very supportive, the presentation did not end up being as scary as I thought it was going to be. Our case<\/a>, of the 32 year old woman with episodes of unconsciousness, was mainly a result of an Oligoastrocytoma, which is a tumor consisting of mixed cells. It was located in the temporal part of her brain, which was causing her unconscious episodes. However, what makes this case even more interesting is that she had a genetic predisposition to neurocardiogenic syncope (fainting, loss of muscle both due to abnormal control of the brain over the heart), which led to her case being complicated by ictal asystole (stopping of the heart during her epileptic seizures, which is very rare). Not only during this Grand Rounds project did I have the opportunity to be an independent learner as well as a group member, but I also learned a significant amount about this woman\u2019s case and Oligoastrocytoma\u2019s, as well as recognizing the fact that although certain medical cases can easily explained by one disease, that does not mean that is always the only thing going on.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=bODWv-x-eDc<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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