Experiences with Remediation 4th Block

[Dating_a_DO]

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Hi,

Concerned MedSpouse here. My M1 Boyfriend is afraid he may not pass a class depending on how his final exam tomorrow goes. Many of his classmates are in the same boat. We have a vacation planned for next week (had to do it then based on my work schedule - and he didn't anticipate being in this situation with his class). I'm scared he is going to have to remediate. Does anyone have experience with remediation in 4th block? Apparently his professors are going to try to make the exams so that the students don't have to remediate, but still...

 

[BorntobeDO?]

Hi,

Concerned MedSpouse here. My M1 Boyfriend is afraid he may not pass a class depending on how his final exam tomorrow goes. Many of his classmates are in the same boat. We have a vacation planned for next week (had to do it then based on my work schedule - and he didn't anticipate being in this situation with his class). I'm scared he is going to have to remediate. Does anyone have experience with remediation in 4th block? Apparently his professors are going to try to make the exams so that the students don't have to remediate, but still...

Interesting, we've been upgraded haven't we? Guess that talk went well, so congrats to you. I feel like I answered this question before, but isn't this at least the second time your boyfriend has been on the wrong side of a remediation topic?

I suggest:
A. Your boyfriend/fiance stay up all night and do what he needs to too pass.

B. Stop scheduling vacations the week after finals like a dingle dwarf. Seriously you had this same convo 3 months ago with this: Remediation - HELP! Why are we having it again?

C. Make him study over the summer break. I suggest reading all of FA/going through all of Boards and Beyond. Anyone who comes this close to failing twice in the 1st year needs to do some soul searching or they will end up on the wrong side of expelled. I also recommend the Long Beach Community College study skills videos, this might just be a basic lack of study skills due to being able to 'smart' his way through stuff before. Pick the videos that are relevant to him:


Good luck, don't fail out. Its alot easier to follow advice now than when you are before the Committee being told you aren't cut out for med school.

 

[sunshinefl]

At our school remediation is a self study period and then a do or die exam on a specified date. So in that case people don’t have to show up for anything until the exam and can technically study from anywhere although they can’t slack off. Not sure how it’s handled at his school.

 

[hallowmann]

Hi,

Concerned MedSpouse here. My M1 Boyfriend is afraid he may not pass a class depending on how his final exam tomorrow goes. Many of his classmates are in the same boat. We have a vacation planned for next week (had to do it then based on my work schedule - and he didn't anticipate being in this situation with his class). I'm scared he is going to have to remediate. Does anyone have experience with remediation in 4th block? Apparently his professors are going to try to make the exams so that the students don't have to remediate, but still...

Cross that bridge when you get there. If he has to remediate or take an exam instead of going on your vacation, that's what he has to do. Let it be the first in many times when some unexpected work comes up in a relationship with a doctor, it likely will not be the last.

 

[ortnakas]

At our school remediation is a self study period and then a do or die exam on a specified date. So in that case people don’t have to show up for anything until the exam and can technically study from anywhere although they can’t slack off. Not sure how it’s handled at his school.

My school was the same. It’s variable by school, but I wouldn’t expect the policy to be flexible or sympathetic.

Didn’t we have this conversation a few months ago? Sorry to hear school has not gotten easier for him. But best of luck to him on the exam and, truly sincerely, congrats to both of you on the nuptials (assuming that’s what you meant by calling him your spouse this time). Marriage during medical school is hard but worth it.

 

[Dating_a_DO]

Interesting, we've been upgraded haven't we? Guess that talk went well, so congrats to you. I feel like I answered this question before, but isn't this at least the second time your boyfriend has been on the wrong side of a remediation topic?

I suggest:
A. Your boyfriend/fiance stay up all night and do what he needs to too pass.

B. Stop scheduling vacations the week after finals like a dingle dwarf. Seriously you had this same convo 3 months ago with this: Remediation - HELP! Why are we having it again?

C. Make him study over the summer break. I suggest reading all of FA/going through all of Boards and Beyond. Anyone who comes this close to failing twice in the 1st year needs to do some soul searching or they will end up on the wrong side of expelled. I also recommend the Long Beach Community College study skills videos, this might just be a basic lack of study skills due to being able to 'smart' his way through stuff before. Pick the videos that are relevant to him:


Good luck, don't fail out. Its alot easier to follow advice now than when you are before the Committee being told you aren't cut out for med school.

My school was the same. It’s variable by school, but I wouldn’t expect the policy to be flexible or sympathetic.

Didn’t we have this conversation a few months ago? Sorry to hear school has not gotten easier for him. But best of luck to him on the exam and, truly sincerely, congrats to both of you on the nuptials (assuming that’s what you meant by calling him your spouse this time). Marriage during medical school is hard but worth it.

Sorry - I wrote this late when I was really panicked, not thinking clearly. He struggles with test anxiety.

 

[Dating_a_DO]

My school was the same. It’s variable by school, but I wouldn’t expect the policy to be flexible or sympathetic.

Didn’t we have this conversation a few months ago? Sorry to hear school has not gotten easier for him. But best of luck to him on the exam and, truly sincerely, congrats to both of you on the nuptials (assuming that’s what you meant by calling him your spouse this time). Marriage during medical school is hard but worth it.

I meant SO, not sure why I put medspouse - I guess that is all my tired and panicked brain could think of. Yes, it’s the same conversation because he is struggling with a different class this block.

 

[Goro]

Sorry - I wrote this late when I was really panicked, not thinking clearly. He struggles with test anxiety.

He needs to get that fixed ASAP! Otherwise his medical career will be over soon. How will he make it past Boards? Get him to a counselor, STAT.

 

[Dating_a_DO]

Verdict: he ended up not passing. Met with some faculty, who seem willing to accommodate since a bunch of other students are in the same boat. He will probably end up remediating in a few weeks (before the next academic year starts) since a lot of faculty are going on vacation next week, too.

 

[ortnakas]

He needs to get that fixed ASAP! Otherwise his medical career will be over soon. How will he make it past Boards? Get him to a counselor, STAT.

Ditto- and saying that with empathy for him as a PGY1 who struggled greatly with test anxiety as an M1. The exams only get harder, so he needs to find a way to make the act of taking them easier.

 

[BorntobeDO?]

Verdict: he ended up not passing. Met with some faculty, who seem willing to accommodate since a bunch of other students are in the same boat. He will probably end up remediating in a few weeks (before the next academic year starts) since a lot of faculty are going on vacation next week, too.

If it were me, the vacation would be cancelled, and I would fix what needed to be fixed. I don't understand how people put their careers at jeopardy during crunch time, especially a career as significant and expensive to get into as medicine.

This is gonna be harsh, but if you are a good 'medspouse' you need to cancel that vacation and make him study. Nothing cures test anxiety better than knowing the material. And nothing helps you know the material better than studying. How could he even enjoy vacation with the cloud of remediation over his head? Especially if it is a high stakes one exam or you repeat first year type of thing.

Medical school doesn't care about excuses, it doesn't care about reasons, at the end of the day its results. You may get a extra shot or two thru sympathy, but the axe comes down on everyone eventually who fails. There was a girl in my class who successfully remediated two classes, but was still kicked out in the third semester cause she failed a third (three strikes and out is common at many schools). This is the kind of path your fiancee/boyfriend is on right now.

Your boyfriend should have anxiety, he is pissing away his shot. And I have to wonder how it would look to a committee to see that he wanted extra time for remediation so he could 'go on vacation.' If I am on that committee I see that as a clear sign that he isn't committed to medicine, and as a struggling med student, I want to see someone who is fighting, not 'quitting due to burnout/excuse.' He would be gone with no grace on a 3 strikes and out policy.

The other question is how are you going to react if he fails or is kicked out? Are you gonna stick by him when he is no longer a medical student? When hes a failure? Are you okay with this? How will you feel as his fiancee girlfriend if he ends up failing out, and that vacation ended up being part of it? What will you say to your parents friends family etc?

If you don't like the questions, then I suggest you become the enforcer that your boyfriend needs right now. Cancel that vacation and make him study; or just acknowledge that he doesn't want to be a doctor that much.

 

[austintr]

How could he even enjoy vacation with the cloud of remediation over his head?

I also never understood this. One of my close friends and study partners had to remediate an "all or nothing" kind of test and it completely ruined the first half of his summer. It was just looming over him for a whole month, even though he was studying for one class 4 hours a day and knew that he had the material down. It was just a real bummer.

 

[Spectreman]

Make him study over the summer break. I suggest reading all of FA/going through all of Boards and Beyond

Does anyone really “READ” FA? It’s almost entirely little summaries, mnemonics, and charts. I have it open while I study and find the related sections to see their summaries, but just reading it seems ludicrous.

 

[TheaterOfTheme]

Does anyone really “READ” FA? It’s almost entirely little summaries, mnemonics, and charts. I have it open while I study and find the related sections to see their summaries, but just reading it seems ludicrous.

I wonder this too...like how does reading that help unless it's a review? Maybe some of y'all can memorize little charts by reading them only? I plan to just do Zanki with FA out


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