From the chick who brought you "101 things I wish I had known before starting third year," (http://community.livejournal.com/med_school_hell/65997.html) here is my latest list, "60 things I wish I had known before I started interviewing ( Read more... )

Finished with senior year and started the year of internship clinical rotation (different medical system) with obstetrics and gynaecology for two months. Rotating into paeds after OBG. I've only been an intern for five days and it seems so much longer. Was in the hospital for 52 hrs with 6 hours of sleep in bits and pieces ( Read more... )

Hi guys! I'm a grad student studying to be a pathologist's assistant(we do the autopsies and grossing for you pathology peeps). As part of my program, we were required to take anatomy at the medical school(University of Maryland). So I came in with no MCATS, no pre-med, and the only thing close to pre-req courses I had were from mortuary school(I ( Read more... )

Happy Valentine's Day

Good luck to everyone going through the military match this week.

I feel like my brain is being sand papered. I wrote a surgery exam I on 23, surgery II on 24, then had one day off, then obstetrics and gynie I on 26th, obs and gynie II on 27th. I have an internal medicine exam coming up on monday ( Read more... )

Wow what a crock of $#!+. Step 2 CS is the biggest waste of my money I think I have ever seen. I was happier paying my $100 per day during OB working my @$$ off for an average score eval. This was worse. $1000 for 8 hours to be locked in a hallway treated like a piece of $#!+ by MOCK patients. My REAL patients who have been waiting HOURS just to ( Read more... )

It occurred to me that since I've graduated from residency and have no immediate plans to return, I can no longer rightfully use my hangman resident icon. I have to retire old Hangy after four years of faithful service ( Read more... )

Sitting up at 4 am worrying about a test you just took then deciding since you are up you should finish writing 2 case reports, 1 guideline paper, and your ERAS application for residency. Calgon take me away...

What is your hell?

So the other day I ran into one of my old residents in the gym...
Me: I'm going to be doing an away rotation in August. Any advice?
Resident: Yeah...don't forget to stay out of the way.
Me: Ummm...OK...is there anything else I should do?
Resident: Nah, as long as you stay the &*$% out of the way, you'll be fine. Just don't be annoying. I mean, ( Read more... )