Today’s inane image of the day:
Don’t go into medicine for the money
Resources for 3rd year clerkship success [honors]
Today’s inane image of the day:
[Entry Last Updated: 4/17/2018] Spring/Summer marks a time of transitions in medical training. Premedical students prepare to begin their training; seasoned first year medical students disperse to conduct research, travel or volunteer; second year medical students emerge from their study caves to see the light of day following the grueling USMLE Step 1 and begin to infiltrate the wards; third year medical students apply to away rotations, compile their resumes, ask for letters and prepare for the best year of medical school; fourth year medical students participate in commencement festivities and bask in the final days of freedom before residency.
It’s quite an exciting time!
Anyway, this entry is meant to provide a list of the resources I used to study for my third year clerkships and shelf exams. I’ll also include other resources I’ve heard others using.
Time moves at a different pace
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Preparing for the USMLE Step 2 CK [includes a study plan + tips for success]
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After I found out my clerkship order for third year, I knew that I would be taking the USMLE Step 2 CK and CS before the start of 4th year. I scored above average on Step 1, but I knew that if I wanted a shot at top-tier residency programs, I needed to improve on Step 2 [I think it all worked out in the end].
The medical student Catch-22: preparedness for residency vs. patient satisfaction/safety
Now that I know I’m going to be a resident in July… I have some thoughts on preparedness of medical students for residency.
OUWB Match 2015 results are in!
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My match result still hasn’t settled in. Despite having an entire weekend to wrap my mind around the fact that I matched at my #1 Transitional Year and Anesthesiology Residency programs, I cannot help but wonder when someone will wake me up from this pleasant dream.
I Matched! [the wait begins…]
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…now I wait until Friday, March 20th at 1PM EST to find out where I will spend the next 4 years of my life!
How to upgrade your 2011 or 2012 Macbook Pro RAM (with Step-by-Step photos)
Today’s inane images of the day will be scattered throughout the entry.
Sometime in late 2014, I was complaining to a current 3rd year about how slow my Macbook Pro [13-inch, Early 2011 model] had become. I like running ten to twenty Chrome browser tabs along with the whole Microsoft Office suite and FaceTime [so I can chat with Mike, of course] all at once. It doesn’t take a degree in computer science to know that this will inevitably slow down the performance of my laptop. Anyway, that genius 3rd year suggested that I look into upgrading my RAM and even went as far as to send me a link to the memory he purchased to upgrade his own laptop. After some hesitation [I really didn’t want to screw anything up!], I decided one frustrated evening when my laptop was operating at snail’s pace to just do it.
Pre-Match Day anxiety
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It’s the weekend before Match Day… and I am freaking out.
