Where's the literature on how to know when what you've done is good enough?

And, since there's an audience and to keep this from being completely emo-I'm-gonna-hide-in-a-corner... What metrics do you use in day-to-day living to decide when you've done well vs. poorly in day to day life?

Minus: Just managed to (semi-accidentally) call out one of my instructors for potential breach of patient privacy. In a large group of people ( Read more... )

The day is beautiful, perfectly fitting for a wedding... or a funeral. All medical students in their first and second years are to attend a mandatory event: the memorial service for our cadavers.

Before we get to the event itself, however, you might want a bit of background on the anatomy lab and what we do there.

( The Anatomy Lab: A kind cut for those who are bothered by images of death or gory bodily processes. )

Below is a list of entries I've got queued up in my head. Which do you want most to read? I'll survey results by about this time tomorrow, and start working on the one that's most in-demand ( Read more... )

Just in case you folks were wondering where I'd gone/why I haven't been posting often like I said I would.

This list ignores travel times, breakfast, and general self-maintenance.

( My schedule in ridiculous detail... )

I suppose writing software is one of the more productive ones.

You guys might prefer I wrote LJ posts, though ;).

Plagued by drosophila, as is properly befitting one who studies genetics ( Read more... )

Uncle Sam will be happy to pay my medical fees, if only I'm willing to sign up for 4 years of military duty post-school (and pre-residency, I believe).

I've been told so at least half a dozen times by now. Something tells me doctors don't often join the military without heavy recruiting and incentives... :)

A few days into med school. Geeky medical details are found in footnotes so as not to detract from the story ( Read more... )

(possibly not work-safe due to general (fake) grossness and music)...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8y8G4s1yxi0