Jared Rosbrugh's Blog for Tulane Pharmacolgy 2021

 December service hours: 0 Total service hours: 42 As the semester comes to a close, I cannot help but reminisce about how these past couple months have truly flown by. My experience since moving down here has been different from what I anticipated and has challenged me in more ways than one.  I have been challenged in the classroom with tough material. To meet this challenge I have had to modify and hone my study habits, spending time every day to review material in order to gain a better understanding. This resulted in significant growth in my time management and prioritization skills which has served me well during challenging tests. Similarly, I came into this semester with a goal of maintaining a healthy work/life balance. As we got deeper into the semester, it became harder to cut out time for myself, but I eventually found my groove.  Returning from Thanksgiving break, there was only about two weeks left of class and one more module to get through, which largely fo...

Volunteer hours November: 0 hours Fall Cumulative: 42 hours November flew by faster than I thought, and brings the surreal realization of the semester coming to a close. We started off the month finishing up the cardiac module and subsequently moving into the renal/pulmonology section. During the second week of the cardiac module, we had the opportunity to be a part of a simulation exercise that put what we had been learning into application. Splitting into two larger groups, we worked as a team to diagnose and treat a fictional patient experiencing a series of cardiac events. Throughout treating the "patient" we were able to interact and practice bedside skills, which I found to be a helpful and immersive experience. The following renal/pulmonology module brought with it a new set of information and challenges. I have noticed the topics building on each other, which provides help in a more through understanding of the concepts and their interconnectedness. Taking the exam on...

Service Hours: 2 October started off with our return to in person classes. After September's hectic schedule, I was glad to be returning to some normalcy again. Since then, it has been back in full swing, and we have covered a variety of challenging and engaging information as a part of lecture. Topics such as infectious disease pharmacology and cardiovascular pharmacology have proved to be challenging, yet enlightening topics, and have given me a new perspective to some of the complex innerworkings of pharmacology. For example, during our cholinergic pharmacology simulation video, I was able to watch the effects of different drugs on an animal's in vivo blood pressure. Being able to directly see the short and long term effects of different receptor agonists.  As New Orleans returned to some normalcy as well, it brought opportunities for more engagement with both the community, and my peers. After our first test when we got back, many members of the cohort decided to meet at ...

   Service Hours: 40 hrs   I distinctly remember sitting in my Elon Quantitative Analysis class slightly over three years ago, and watching the models of Hurricane Florence as it moved closer and closer to the mid-Atlantic. The forecast had it hitting landfall before the end of the week and the only dot of projected landfall read "Wilmington". My friends and I often referred to ourselves as "hurricane babies", and it was far from the first hurricane we had experienced in the area. With this being a normal part of our seasons, we often took the opportunity of hurricanes to surf the preceding swell, but as the reports projected it building to a cat 5 storm, this time felt different. I immediately drove home that evening, and I could feel the apprehension progressively grow as I neared my coastal hometown. Throughout the following couple days, my family and community prepared their homes for the worst with a solemn understanding that it would...

Blog Post 1.  Hello and welcome to my blog,      My name is Jared and I am a 23 year old from the small beach town of Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina. I have lived there essentially my entire life, and as with everyone, I am a product of my environment. To get to know me and my perspective, it is helpful to know my background and bit about me, as everyone presents a unique perspective based on their own experiences.      I have been fortunate enough to grow up only a five minute bike ride from the beach, and due to that, the ocean has been a big part of my life. I still recall fond memories of kayak trips and exploring the marsh in my backyard as a part of my elementary school experience. Over time, that environment became a larger and more profound part of my life. I found a love for almost anything to do with the water, and now enjoy passions such as surfing, free/SCUBA diving, spearfis...