So yesterday I graduated from LECOM. I have been up in Erie for the past week for board review, which was horribly boring and long. However, I was able to go to a compounding review, which made me a bit more confident after the fiasco in Buffalo. I hung out with my friend Maggie for most of the week, and ended up having quite a bit of fun with her on the last day of school, going out to eat and walking around Presque Isle. Then my parents came up with my best friend since elementary school, Emily, and we all spent saturday enjoying the sites of erie (and when I say sites, I mean presque Isle). Then my close friend from LECOM Bradenton came up as well and we all hung out that night. Sunday was graduation and it was slight chaos with all my friends and the fam trying to get together to get tickets, plus me trying to meet up with Maggie so I would know where I was going. But it all worked out and we all got to sit through a 4 hour graduation ceremony. It was crazy long, even without a commencement speaker, but in the end, I got to walk across that stage when they called "Dr. Jennifer Lynn Rabbin" and recieve my diploma holder and my hood. Then I recited my oath and headed outside for pictures. Of course, after all this ceremony procedure with the hooding and all, I had to hand all the cap and gown and hooding materials back in so I could recieve my diploma. But I got it and I'm loving it. Now I probably won't write in my blog for about a month, as tomorrow I take my compounding exam and then I'm spending quite a while studying for my boards. Wish me luck!
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Did they have you swear the Hippocratic Oath? I'm always curious about that! For one thing it's an ancient, pagan oath! For another it strictly forbids abortions yet many doctors are either choosing or being ordered to go against the oath they swore! For yet another, it requires you to treat your teachers as equal to your parents and share your house and possessions with them! It's a fascinating cultural relic!
Well, the swearing of the Hippocratic Oath is a ceremonial one. Like most countries with modern plumbing systems, electricity and concrete systems of law, oath taking is about as relevant as...nobility and knighthood. That is to say, not very.
Oh, many parts of modern Western civilization still rely on oaths. EG: the military or the judicial systems. And HIPPA forms are just a modern form of oath. All very relevant.
I just think it's funny that they still have many people promise to adhere to something which, were they to actually examine it, most of them would probably find shocking. I also think it's fascinating that the pagan language has persisted despite centuries having passed since the demise of the cults of the referenced deities.
Well, my oath was slightly different, and so is the DO's. I think they updated the Hippocratic oath to include OB/GYNs who perform abortions in order to be PC instead of adhereing to antiquated traditions. Besides, pharmacists weren't even considered part of the health care system for centuries, as we were called chemists and did not diagnose or cure anyone.
Well, in antiquity the precursors to pharmacists were well-respected professionals and seen as an integral part of ancient society. Especially in the Mediterranean. Hence the word "pharmacist" from the Greek "pharmaka", a word found in countless medical and magical texts. I'll give you a lecture on it some day. ;)
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