The Medical Thread

[SoEnchanting]

Originally Posted by BigRedBeta

Sooooo....update from the other med students?

SoEnchanting, hope your score for that IM shelf worked out okay. I did really well (for me anyways).

Hey there! I am proud to say that I just completed the first week of my 4th year of medical school! I would say I did decent on the IM shelf in Feb., but not as well as I would have liked. I just don't think 8 weeks is enough time to get everything solid. I had 6 weeks of Pediatrics after that, which was much crazier than I had anticipated. And then I finished the year with Ob/gyn - by far the busiest rotation I've had this year. I dunno if it was bad luck (or good depending on how you looked at it), or whatever, but my call nights were insane. It was a lot of fun though, and I agree the mix of clinic and surgery time was nice.

I'm on another 4 week rotation now, with all inpatient medicine. There is just something about 4th year rotations that make them better! I took the CS a few weeks ago in Atlanta - it seemed too easy to be true, so I'll hold my comments on that until I get my score back. Taking the CK in July, so that's pretty much my focus of the next few weeks. That and figuring out LORs, personal statement, ERAS stuff - man, can you believe graduation is just over the horizon!

Originally Posted by BigRedBeta

Also, I want the moment when my fingers are in a vagina to be the high point of my day...

LMAO!

Originally Posted by BigRedBeta

Expected to be in at 5am every day for pre-rounds, and have a q3 call schedule...sweet.

Sounds about right.. All I can say is hang in there. The good news it's so busy that it flies by really, really fast.