Interactions between M1 and M2

[JohnnyQ]

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How often do M1 students get to interact with M2 students? What about M2 and M3 students?

Are most med students stuck with mostly spending time with people in their own classes or are there lots of interactions between freshman, sophomores, and juniors?

If there are lots of interactions, where and when so do younger students (M1) meet up with older students (M2 or M3)?

Thanks for your help!

 

[Law2Doc]

How often do M1 students get to interact with M2 students? What about M2 and M3 students?

Are most med students stuck with mostly spending time with people in their own classes or are there lots of interactions between freshman, sophomores, and juniors?

If there are lots of interactions, where and when so do younger students (M1) meet up with older students (M2 or M3)?

Thanks for your help!

I don't know if there is school by school variation on this but generally you have no academic related interaction, but will meet people outside of your class at various social events, student organizations and the like.

 

[QofQuimica]

How often do M1 students get to interact with M2 students? What about M2 and M3 students?

Are most med students stuck with mostly spending time with people in their own classes or are there lots of interactions between freshman, sophomores, and juniors?

If there are lots of interactions, where and when so do younger students (M1) meet up with older students (M2 or M3)?

Thanks for your help!

I think there's more M1-M2 interaction than M1-M3 interaction, just because the M3s are so busy in the wards. That being said, one of my best friends at med school is an M3, so it depends. I got her email at my interview day last year when she was an M2, and we just really hit it off and stayed in touch the whole time until I came to school here.

 

[indo]

As far as I know the M3's don't even exist.

 

[Doctor Bagel]

As far as I know the M3's don't even exist.

Yeah, I've never seen one. 🙂 Ours don't even post on their message board, and it's typical for them to have the lowest attendance at every social event. We also have a split campus for the last two years, so about 40 people in the class move to another city (Tulsa) after second year.

 

[MartianOddity]

As far as I know the M3's don't even exist.

Dito. I never see them, ever. I've seen one or two wander around early this year, but then they dissapeared to only show up for a very short time. They're mystic creatures that aren't to find in normal circumstances.

 

[Wizard of Oz]

Yeah, I've never seen one. 🙂 Ours don't even post on their message board, and it's typical for them to have the lowest attendance at every social event. We also have a split campus for the last two years, so about 40 people in the class move to another city (Tulsa) after second year.

They don't return their emails either. 🙁

I wonder what it be like if the nature of the USMLE changed and schools allowed students to learn clinical skills and physiological/pathological knowledge at the same time. If every administrator and his dog is sold on PBL, why not make the whole damn thing hands-on PBL? Naw we might accidentally understand something then.

M1 and M2 classes are in lecture halls on opposite sides of our main building across the street from the primary teaching hospitals, and we're in propinquity with them most the time (common socials and so forth). Too bad that they have a class member who can't coexist with me in the same room or I'd be able to describe one of the events to you.

 

[chocolate-e]

As an M1, I interacted with mostly other M1s and a few M2s.

As an M2, I know lots of M1s & M2s and a few M4s. (The M3s, as everyone has said, simply disappear.)

Where you get to know people in other classes: ones who live nearby (same apt building or dorm), in student groups, outside activities (church, sports, etc.), inter-class/schoolwide socials, etc.

 

[Church]

For us, the M1 and M2 lecture halls are right next to each other, and we take breaks at the same time, so we talk a fair bit.

I've not seen any M3's, but I've seen M4's in my ER elective.

 

[bjackrian]

For us, the M1s and M2s interact quite a bit--we share two lecture halls right above/below each other and often switch back and forth during the day (one is larger and is used for classes we share with PA/NP/PhD students and one has lots of fancy computer equipment for digital labs). As everyone has said, we don't see the M3s much except for their half day every two weeks of lecture in our main med school building. M4s very based on what they choose to do--some help out with teaching physical diagnosis to M1 and M2s, so we see them. Others are out doing whatever it is fourth years do when they're out of classes they have to take.

 

[MD Wiggy]

As far as interaction with M3s goes, same story as other have said. But interaction between M1-M2 is different for my school. The M2s are small group leader in two of the M1 courses and conducted virtually all of the tutoring for M1s. Additionally there are many lunch meetings where M1-4 attend with the majority being 1 and 2.

 

[Jack Daniel]

At my school, the MS2s and MS1s interact quite regularly. The MS2s consistently organize review sessions (usually through the clubs) for the MS1s. Also, the two classes participate in each other's social events.

But, hey, we're in Maine and we crave interaction with people.

 

[78222]

I've never seen an M3 so I don't believe they exist.

 

[Biscuit799]

At FSU, 3rd and 4th years go to regional campuses all over the state, so there is literally NO interaction btw 2nd and 3rd years (except for one girl who's dating a 3rd year long distance). First and Second years have a ton of interaction, esp over the summer and fall. Summer bc the 1st years are starting Anatomy and the TA's are 2nd years. Fall bc of football season.

 

[SwineLake98]

I get along quite well with the MS2s at my school. We invite each other to social events, hang out in the lounge together, have 1st vs 2nd year volleyball, football, and other such games...also, all of the organizations are 1st and 2nd years. We also have a few free clinics that many of us volunteer at. I didn;t realize this was the exception rather than the rule! (Or maybe we're just a fun bunch of first years 😛 ) Granted, I don't really know many 3rd or 4th years... the ones I have met have been through someone else for the most part.
Now who we need to hang out with more are the dental students...

 

[DoctorFunk]

I've never seen an M3 so I don't believe they exist.

Once you apply this line of reasoning to microbiology the class gets much easier.

 

[45408]

one of my friends from undergrad is an M3 at my school, and I didn't see her until a social event in January. I saw an M4 that taught my Kaplan course during the first month of school, but not since. I see the M2s all the time, and I'm friends with a few of them.

 

[pagemmapants]

Since our curriculum is a little different, we don't see lots of the M3s b/c they're distributed all over the country. The M2s, despite being in their clinical year, though, tend to go pretty hardcore when they're not on call. M4s are pretty absent, though.

 

[Jack Daniel]

Once you apply this line of reasoning to microbiology the class gets much easier.

Funny.

 

[MadameLULU]

This is pretty school dependent. At my school there is a lot of interaction b/t MS1s and MS2s. MS2 start rotations during the spring and may rotate with MS3s, but rarely and MS4 (unless they are a mudphud). In the spring, M4s hold give residency advice to MS3s so there's a bit of interaction there.