DO NOT VENTURE TO THE MED FORUMS AS A PREMED

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USERX said:
By all of the dim, harsh opinions given by ad com members who are sick and tired of looking at thousands of apps after a long day and take it out here.
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Sorry to hear that. Don't let it get to you. If they're being grumps, they're being equal-opportunity grumps. They can bellyache all they want, but they still have to fill their classes. 🙂
 
Dont get hooked on staring at WAMC, too much comparison there 🙁 hhahah
 
chlory said:
Link please! I wanna read this too. Sounds juicy.
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Sometimes. The thread that really caught my eye recently was the "dating a nurse" one. Quality stuff.

But honestly, the length of some of the responses in that thread and others are in essay territory and I'm starting to think that med students do have quite a bit of free time.
 
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Goro said:
The med forums lack the angst that you find here. Over there it's more "Nurses R taking R jobs!!" and other anti-mid-level riffs.
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See but I noticed the ones like, “Failed Step I, what now?” and “Not doing well, please help.” As premeds we work SO hard to get in that the thought of not doing well once actually in med school is terrifying!
 
dr.grenouille said:
See but I noticed the ones like, “Failed Step I, what now?” and “Not doing well, please help.” As premeds we work SO hard to get in that the thought of not doing well once actually in med school is terrifying!
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Rest peacefully in the fact that if they didn't think you could do it, they wouldn't let you in.
 
dr.grenouille said:
See but I noticed the ones like, “Failed Step I, what now?” and “Not doing well, please help.” As premeds we work SO hard to get in that the thought of not doing well once actually in med school is terrifying!
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Gotta get this out of your head, amiga. The learning curve only gets steeper as a med student, and even steeper as a resident.

You know what also increases, though? Your capacity to handle the complexity of the material and the quantity of work. As I sometimes do, I shall provide my own experience as an example.

-Premed: freaked out over grades that began with "B"

-Med student: got nervous when charged with developing a reasonable anesthetic plan for a single patient

-Resident: pulled aside a mentor about four months before graduation, expressed fears that I wouldn't be ready to function alone when the training wheels came off, and was reassured that I would be just fine

-Brand-new attending: just about crapped my pants the first time I took call and realized I was the last line of defense

-Recently (4.5 years out from residency): worked a week of night float as the only attending anesthesiologist in-house for an 800+-bed level 1 trauma center, had four emergency cases crash into rooms in a 45 minute period on the first night, finished the night and thought, "gee, we got busy for a bit there, I'm tired"

Your ability to master the material and handle the work increases as you go. That doesn't mean it's easy: my job challenges me daily. But is toughing it out worth it? Oh hell yes.
 
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It gets a lot better when you've chosen your specialty and are learning the things you want to learn. Still pretty tiring but the motivation is always there. Do you recall every single piece of info given to you throughout med school? Nah. Some information is definitely more useful than others in the clinical setting. You just got to learn to organize through it all and prioritize.
 
It isn't that bad. Also, yep, if you stay on top of the material, there is quite a bit of free time in med school.
 
xffan624 said:
I swear as I was approaching Step 1, I was still reviewing material in my dreams. I also got this crazy insomnia where I was waking up at 4:30 AM without an alarm.
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Great. My anxiety/insomnia is horrible as it is. I imagine this getting so much worse. When did you start studying? I won't be taking until June. I am not sure how other schools do it, but mine has a comprehensive final at the end of April and many stated they didnt really start studying for step until May. (However, I hear UW is very good to start early)

Anti-PD1 said:
It isn't that bad. Also, yep, if you stay on top of the material, there is quite a bit of free time in med school.
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THIS. Get behind and it is game over. Then you come crawling to the finish line for your exams. (Or, me, every module)
 
ciestar said:
THIS. Get behind and it is game over. Then you come crawling to the finish line for your exams. (Or, me, every module)
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Ok, not gonna lie, I procrastinated like crazy. Learned whole organ systems physio to path in 2 days. It's possible. Not fun. But it's my MO.
 
Goro said:
The med forums lack the angst that you find here. Over there it's more "Nurses R taking R jobs!!" and other anti-mid-level riffs.
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Nah, other than a few of the more neurotic members, none of us are really worried about mid-levels taking our jobs, just worried about them harming patients with a lack of medical knowledge and substandard levels of care. Now if we're talking about robots taking over medicine...
 
Stagg737 said:
Nah, other than a few of the more neurotic members, none of us are really worried about mid-levels taking our jobs, just worried about them harming patients with a lack of medical knowledge and substandard levels of care. Now if we're talking about robots taking over medicine...
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Those neurotics sure make up for their small numbers though. And their concerns have nothing to do with patient safety (which is a valid issue). To them, it's all about ego and who's the Big Chief.

I suppose to a medical student, the really scary posts are in the General Residency forum entitled "Dismissed from residency...now what to do?"
 
cj_cregg said:
During dedicated I had a dream that I got a 100 on Step 1. Not percent. Points. And CONSTANTLY having these dreams where I overslept for the exam.

But, to those yet to take Step 1: it sucks but we all survived. You'll make it through!
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I'm long done with the steps. Took Step 3 in August. Everyone is a little bit easier.
 
The quality of SDN posts improves as you get into the more “advanced” forums. The pre-also forum, while it serves its purpose, is pretty much a cesspool of anxiety, speculation, and Chicken Little posts with intermittent, diamond-in-the-rough helpful posts. The specialty-specific subfora, on the other hand, are quite helpful and less prone to pointless posting.
 
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