Comments on: On Time Commitments, or, Why I Haven’t Updated in So Damn Long… http://medschoolmemoir.com/on-time-commitments-or-why-i-havent-updated-in-so-damn-long/ remembering med school in real time Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:00:19 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Sean http://medschoolmemoir.com/on-time-commitments-or-why-i-havent-updated-in-so-damn-long/comment-page-1/#comment-65 Sean Thu, 21 Aug 2008 01:44:59 +0000 http://medschoolmemoir.com/?p=38#comment-65 The workload never gets any easier. In between the lectures, PBL, studying and the compulsory alcohol abuse there is little time for a real social life. My only advice is to use your classmates. Not in a sponge answers off them and suck them dry until they can't bear the sight of you way, though. Make friends, do study groups, share resources, discuss cases, warn them of hard-ass consultants. Don't be one of the super-competitive, know-it-alls, you'll only hurt yourself in the end. Reliable friends you can call at 2am in the morning to check the guidelines for admitting a patient are a godsend. I'd be interested to know the differences in dynamics between American and Australian med students... The workload never gets any easier. In between the lectures, PBL, studying and the compulsory alcohol abuse there is little time for a real social life.

My only advice is to use your classmates. Not in a sponge answers off them and suck them dry until they can’t bear the sight of you way, though. Make friends, do study groups, share resources, discuss cases, warn them of hard-ass consultants. Don’t be one of the super-competitive, know-it-alls, you’ll only hurt yourself in the end.

Reliable friends you can call at 2am in the morning to check the guidelines for admitting a patient are a godsend. I’d be interested to know the differences in dynamics between American and Australian med students…

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