Welcome Lunkaryas!

Cuy! Cuy! Cuy!  Stay cute, cuddly, curious....and try not to get consumed!

- Norm Y, 1990

Welcome to our great profession. The friends you make in medical school will be with you for many years to provide support for medical and personal challenges.

- Carla A, '85

Congratulations and welcome to the family!

- Caroline C, 2012

Welcome Lunks! (or Cavia Porcellus) May you enjoy your experiences! Learn something unique about every patient you encounter..a way to keep that compassion in all those busy times...
A retired mink!

- Martina S, 1978

Welcome to the world of Medicine!  Work hard and look out for each other.  Perfection is an illusion so be kind to yourselves!  Stay grateful for your families and those who were big reasons for you to be here today!
It will be a great (and busy!) journey!  And you are in it together!
All my best! :) 

Hanan B, 1998

Congratulations and welcome!  Some things you learn now will no longer be how you treat patients in ten years but as long as you keep learning, adapting, and staying connected to your medical community, you will keep current on the latest medical knowledge. I highly recommend using UpToDate.com (subscription often paid for by UofC). Also, don't let charting/documenting become your life. Check out how to practice sustainable (not burning out) medicine at the ChartingCoach.ca. I wish someone taught me this from the very beginning. Good luck!!

- Laura M, 2009

Welcome Lunkaryas from a 2003 Geoduck! I hope you build some great memories and amazing friendships during your time here. You've got this!

- Lori M, 2003

Good luck, Lunkaryas.  I hope that you enjoy your medical school experience as much as I did.  Aside from the learning that will come now, and even more later, relish the friendships that you will make during your undergraduate medical experience.  Three years goes by very quickly and at the end, you may never see some of your classmates again.  Use your time wisely and you will benefit from a lifetime of great memories.

- Doug D, 1986

Welcome and congratulations! Try to enjoy these first few weeks as you embark on this journey. It's quite the ride to say the least, but it's the start  of a new and amazing chapter in your life. Being a doctor is amazing, you are going to love it.

- Candice K, 2015

Take time to chew a few twigs.

Larry S, 1976 (Beavers!)
 

Welcome Lunkaryas to the medical menagerie!
Enjoy the ride,

Melanie M, 1998
Bandi-Skink (Bandicoot/Skink)

You are only as good as the good that you are. No wait, wait a second - you are only as good as the good who wait for you.  No, it is those who wait for the second best who waited for the waiters.
Have no fear.  Waiting will not get you there.   Count on memorizing and a high weight. That is how the 'the Class of '75 made it through. Bunch of Turkees.  

Russ S, MD 1975

Enjoy the ups and downs of such a unique experience! Sounds cliche, but it'll be over before you know it and if you're like me, you'll end up wishing that you could do it again, later.

- Samuel dW, 2011

Welcome and Congratulations!  Gong through Medical school may feel like having to eat a huge elephant, but if you eat it one mouthfull at a time, eventually things will start to make sense!!!!  Please always remember the privelege you are now entering into. please remember that people are coming to you in a very open and vulnerable way, please remember the trust that people have in us and please LISTEN to the people that come to you!  If we listen, we have the privelege of perhaps gaining some wisdoms along the way, and we can learn so much from our patients too!

Barb F, 1993

Congratulations and welcome to U of C Med! 

- Joshua G, 2003

Welcome Lunkaryas from a proud Poodle!  I've had the pleasure of meeting some of you and hope to meet many more.  This journey is sometimes overwhelming - I want you to remember that we all want you to succeed, so never hesitate to ask for help.  Also remember to eat, sleep, play, exercise, and spend time with people you love - that's as important as the studying!  I look forward to welcoming you as colleagues in 2026!

- Elisabeth W, 1988

Welcome to the menagerie and to medicine! Work hard and be kind (including to yourself), and don't forget to breathe! Medical school will go by quickly, so cherish your fellow classmates and support each other on this wild journey called medicine. Best of luck to you all! 

Wesley C, 2015