I'll be starting housemanship/internship in July, and I still don't know which rotation I'll be in. The problem is, I think I've forgotten 3/4 of what I've learned in medical school! I don't know if I can set the branula straight! :(

any suggestions to what I need to prepare before starting housemanship? Here, the main rotation is either general medicine, surgery, OnG and paeds. Or should I just enjoy this 2 months holiday by sleeping and doing things other than what I'm going to face endlessly? :rolleyes:

...should I just enjoy this 2 months holiday by sleeping and doing things other than what I'm going to face endlessly? :rolleyes:

Absolutely!!! Enjoy the few remaining weeks of freedom! Internship is supposed to be tough and no amount of preparation will make it much easier. It will be hard, but you will remember more than you realize, and learn so much more, but being resested and ready to start is important. The learning curve is steep, but you can and will get through it.

just enjoy this 2 months holiday

I second this. When you are working hard, at least you can look back on fond memories ... :D

Maybe I just HAD to post this to resolve my guilt. But since you all agree, I shall continue my journey on playing computer games! hehehe No better time to catch up with the latest.

I'll officially be a PGY-I E.M. resident in about a month and will prolly get flamed for saying this, but I don't see anything wrong with doing some reading to get the ol' noggin primed for residency. In my case, there's only so much "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas" (one hell of a game (although I liked the "Vice City" soundtrack way better)) and "Need for Speed: Underground" I can tolerate and I'm not big on travelling. I'm easily fitting in an hour or two of reading almost every day and like the fact that I'll be hitting the ground running come mid-June. Granted, don't kill yourself but if the spirit moves you, go ahead and read.

I'll officially be a PGY-I E.M. resident in about a month and will prolly get flamed for saying this, but I don't see anything wrong with doing some reading to get the ol' noggin primed for residency. In my case, there's only so much "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas" (one hell of a game (although I liked the "Vice City" soundtrack way better)) and "Need for Speed: Underground" I can tolerate and I'm not big on travelling. I'm easily fitting in an hour or two of reading almost every day and like the fact that I'll be hitting the ground running come mid-June. Granted, don't kill yourself but if the spirit moves you, go ahead and read.


Nerd :D

Nerd :D


I know, I know...I have no life

I'll officially be a PGY-I E.M. resident in about a month and will prolly get flamed for saying this, but I don't see anything wrong with doing some reading to get the ol' noggin primed for residency. In my case, there's only so much "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas" (one hell of a game (although I liked the "Vice City" soundtrack way better)) and "Need for Speed: Underground" I can tolerate and I'm not big on travelling. I'm easily fitting in an hour or two of reading almost every day and like the fact that I'll be hitting the ground running come mid-June. Granted, don't kill yourself but if the spirit moves you, go ahead and read.

OK. I confess. I've been reading my "Manual of Emergency Medicine" ever since Match day. What can I say? I'm thrilled to have matched into EM and I am interested in the field in a way I am not interested in Family Practice, my current specialty.

Didn't realize you were in FP this year...ER seems much more your "fit." :)

Granted, don't kill yourself but if the spirit moves you, go ahead and read.

Alas, the spirit is strong yet the flesh is weak.

Sleeping in feels soooo good.

Didn't realize you were in FP this year...ER seems much more your "fit." :)


You have no idea what a poor fit I am for FP. On the other hand my patients seem to really like me and everybody says I have excellent bedside manner...which is not to say that EM physicians don't, just that the stereotype is that surgeons are rude, EM physicans are abrupt, and FPs are kind and caring and wouldn't say **** if they had a mouthful.

Oh, and OB/Gyns smell like fish.

I'm just saying.

That's what I thought. From your posts, you seem much more suited for ER.

In fact, early in the year my program gave all of interns the Meyers-Brigg personality inventory (or whatever the one with the NSTJP foolishness is called) and I was embarrassed to discover that only 0.06 percent of Family Practice residents had the same type and I was about as far away from the ideal of FP, as determined by the dominant personality type, as one could possibly be.

Now, it was no big deal because I had already decided to blow the joint but as my program puts a lot of credence in those kind of things, at least to the extent that they bother to do them at all, it made for some akward conversation.

Oh, and OB/Gyns smell like fish.



Let's just say my Black Lab is very interested in me when I get home.

You have no idea what a poor fit I am for FP. On the other hand my patients seem to really like me and everybody says I have excellent bedside manner...which is not to say that EM physicians don't, just that the stereotype is that surgeons are rude, EM physicans are abrupt, and FPs are kind and caring and wouldn't say **** if they had a mouthful.

Oh, and OB/Gyns smell like fish.

I'm just saying.


What do they say about psychiatrists?

Let's just say my Black Lab is very interested in me when I get home.

Yikes. :eek:

During my month of ER, I knew that anytime I was seeing a female patient with abdominal pain, a pelvic exam was necessary. Man...