skipping class to go to a lecture- bad, nerdy girl.

Today, after taking my last patho exam (excited bragging moment- 4th 95 in a row!!) i hopped on the FA (forty acres) bus that takes a big loop around campus to attend a lecture in the Pharmacy building. The lecture was entitled, "Connective Tissue, A Dynamic Mechanically Responsive Network: Implications for Acupuncture," presented by Helene Langevin, MD. Basically it was a presentation of her research showing how connective tissue is more interconnected than previously thought, and that acupuncture actually can change the shape of the connective tissue much in the same way that stretch can change it. It was really interesting, and makes me want to blow off my assigned research paper on restraints and start ravenously consuming information about acupuncture.

The other cool thing about this lecture was that it was actually the first of a series of lectures in Integrative Medicine being spearheaded by a professor in the Pharmacy school who is also a licensed acupuncturist. I'm on the email list now, so hopefully I'll have plenty of opportunities to learn more about this fascinating subject. It's part of the reason i applied to this program - the "holistic health" masters track, but it turns out i have to put in some extra effort if i want to really incorporate a multitude of alternative and complementary health practices in with traditional nursing.