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Entries from April 29th, 2010

Finals Update

April 29th, 2010 1 Comment

I made about 300 flash cards yesterday. I don’t know how I’m going to keep up this pace for another 8 days. There was a moment when I was studying last night when I started to feel really strange. It’s like my brain said “enough!” and was refusing to accept any new [...]

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Come again?

April 28th, 2010 No Comments

So I was in the hospital seeing patients with my preceptor the other day. One patient in particular was interesting. It was a seemingly uncomplicated case–the woman had been having some gastrointestinal issues and I had been asked to perform a focused history and physical. As part of my work-up, I asked [...]

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IT’S THE FINAL COUNTDOWN!

April 27th, 2010 2 Comments

Finals are upon us.  The library hums with constant activity.  Med students, pharm students, nursing students, grad students, allied health professionals in training, all pack into the library, armed with coffee, cokes, red bulls, rock star energy drinks, whatever they require to keep them buzzing and hone their attention.  But around 7 pm, the nursing students clear out, around [...]

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Preclinical clinical experiences

April 14th, 2010 2 Comments

So, when I was a pre-med, I thought that the best med school for me would be one where I got lots of clinical experience in the first two years. See, in the US, the traditional medical school curriculum has very few chances for clinical exposure during the first two years. Typically, the first two [...]

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Lulz

April 14th, 2010 No Comments

I just noticed my “Pre-Med Douchebag” post from a couple years back has been linked by Encyclopedia Dramatica.  Thanks for the recognition, internet.  I love you.

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Hyper hypo

April 6th, 2010 2 Comments

I realize I haven’t had much to say this semester. That’s because the second year of med school is not very interesting. A blog full of posts that say “today I studied” would be no fun to read.  At least during the first semester we did a couple novel things like phlebotomy lab [...]

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