I’ve talked before about my (bad) study habit of making tons and tons of flashcards. At one point, it seemed like a good idea–all along I had planned on making a bunch of flashcards during my first two years so that I would have a leg up in preparing for Step 1. Somewhere along the [...]
Entries Tagged as 'M2'
In which it is revealed that I’m more OCD than previously imagined
May 11th, 2010 3 Comments
Tags: flashcards · insanity · M2 · med school brain garbage · ocd · study te · study techniques
At first I was like…
May 10th, 2010 No Comments
So, the second year of med school was nothing like I expected it to be. If you refer back to a post I made at the beginning of the year, you’ll see that I had high hopes for this year being interesting and thought-provoking. While I will say that, to me, second year [...]
Tags: behavioral sciences · ethics · expectations · genetics · ICM · M2 · micro · microbiology · path · pathology · pharm · pharmacology · shattered expectations
The Firehose
May 2nd, 2010 1 Comment
So, right now I’m currently 2/5 of the way through finals. I still have 3 more to go, but my stamina has dropped precipitously. I studied really intensely for the first two finals, and now it’s getting harder to find the motivation. Today is Sunday, and I really want to just take some time off [...]
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 [...]
Tags: abortion · anxiety · diarrhea · dreams · Finals · first aid · NBME · preceptorship
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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In Which I Am Yelled At For No Apparent Reason
September 24th, 2009 4 Comments
So in the rush to prepare for my test last week, I failed to mention the awesome diversion that I had to suffer through a couple days before the test. My school has started doing this thing called “Professionalism Clinic” as part of the Introduction to Clinical Medicine class. Don’t get me wrong, I feel [...]
Tags: angry people yelling at me · ICM-2 · m-2
There’s Gotta Be a Better Way
September 16th, 2009 6 Comments
You’re looking at my ridiculous flashcard collection. Those aren’t my accumulated flashcards from throughout med school. No. Those are my flashcards FOR THIS TEST. WTF?
The cards in the box are what I feel relatively confident I know. The stack next to the box is the stuff I need to learn in [...]
Tags: flashcards · m-2 · really stupid ways to study · study techniques
A Day in the Life of a Med Student
September 11th, 2009 3 Comments
While every day in the life of a med student is unique with respect to what is learned, the days still tend to blur together with regards to the overall theme and tone. For instance, yesterday I learned about B cells, and today I learned about T cells, but aside from this remarkably small difference [...]
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Suture Lab
September 9th, 2009 No Comments
This afternoon was suture lab. I used to be a vegetarian, so I don’t have a ton of experience with mangled dead animal parts, and consequently, I had a slight worry that this might be difficult for me. But honestly, after gross lab, I’m glad to find that there’s really nothing relating to dead things [...]
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