MCW Class of 2010, Part 3

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Gimlet said:
They're trying for Friday afternoon (either 2 or 4 pm, I think) like they originally scheduled, but aren't making any guarantees. As long as I don't have to take vacation, I'll be fine. I want my easy 4th year with 3 months off, dammit!
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if we both get vacations let's build a car together.
 
My electives:

1). Ortho during Asher's month.
2). Interventional Radiology
3). Diagnostic Radiology (yay for no patients!)
4). ENT
 
Agent Splat said:
if we both get vacations let's build a car together.
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I was thinking we could all get jobs at McDonald's or KFC spring of 4th year and work the closing shift.
 
DoctorFunk said:
I was thinking we could all get jobs at McDonald's or KFC spring of 4th year and work the closing shift.
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reminds me of the episode where Doogie Howser worked at "Burger Baby" for a day as a bet with Vinnie. good times.
 
by the way, speaking of KFC...did anyone else have a "drop" link next to their Neuro rotation on their schedule?

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[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_OB4K4_9_0[/YOUTUBE]



zlad!!!!!!!!!!
 
3:30 am and I haven't gone to bed yet because I can't friggin' sleep.

dangit.
 
Agent Splat said:
if we both get vacations let's build a car together.
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Some of my friends have been doing that, rebuilding a 1986 camaro. It's still not done. They bought it for like $200 their M2 year, and now they're M4s.

Agent Splat said:
by the way, speaking of KFC...did anyone else have a "drop" link next to their Neuro rotation on their schedule?

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I saw that, and I was so tempted to drop it.

Are we supposed to come up with 8 differential diagnoses? My person doesn't have that much wrong with them.
 
Ashers said:
Some of my friends have been doing that, rebuilding a 1986 camaro. It's still not done. They bought it for like $200 their M2 year, and now they're M4s.



I saw that, and I was so tempted to drop it.

Are we supposed to come up with 8 differential diagnoses? My person doesn't have that much wrong with them.
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add malignant acute diabetic disseminated encephalopathy
 
Ashers said:
I have dizziness/sycope, and I wanted to say that the 72 year old lady was lying about not twirling around in circles to see her skirt swoosh before she fell and hurt her hip. Yours sounds good too.
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i have an even better one.

paranoid hypochondriac. plan? slap upside head.
 
you know, when you don't actually go to Dr. Ho's lectures...the material is pretty cool. Except for the tumor lecture. That was a tad horrible.
 
Agent Splat said:
you know, when you don't actually go to Dr. Ho's lectures...the material is pretty cool. Except for the tumor lecture. That was a tad horrible.
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I'd be tempted to skip his lectures, so I wouldn't be forced to sit there for 10 minutes over every time. IF he weren't my path lab preceptor, that is.

OH YEAH! I was walking with some people from the computers to go to the gross section of lab, and Dr. Ho singled me out to go to his side, and he sent all the other people to the East lab side. Then he had me come sit in the front of the area during his section and answer a bunch of questions. He was like "Ashleigh, sit up here." "Ashleigh, what's this structure?" "Ashleigh, why is this a common site for hypertensive hemorrhage?"
 
Ashers said:
OH YEAH! I was walking with some people from the computers to go to the gross section of lab, and Dr. Ho singled me out to go to his side, and he sent all the other people to the East lab side. Then he had me come sit in the front of the area during his section and answer a bunch of questions. He was like "Ashleigh, sit up here." "Ashleigh, what's this structure?" "Ashleigh, why is this a common site for hypertensive hemorrhage?"
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You know, I was talking to my wife last night about how drained I am any time I have to come into school for some ridiculous small group CER or Psych thing. I couldn't really explain it beyond "MCW is a succubus that is slowly draining away my lifeforce." But this is a little more concrete. Ridiculous crap like that makes me want to quit school right now and get a job as a manager at Blockbuster.
 
DoctorFunk said:
You know, I was talking to my wife last night about how drained I am any time I have to come into school for some ridiculous small group CER or Psych thing. I couldn't really explain it beyond "MCW is a succubus that is slowly draining away my lifeforce." But this is a little more concrete. Ridiculous crap like that makes me want to quit school right now and get a job as a manager at Blockbuster.
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One of the path residents told our path group once that Dr. Ho wouldn't single us out in lecture and ask us questions. Today, he ask both me and Pratik questions in lecture. Craptacular.
 
Ashers said:
Are we supposed to come up with 8 differential diagnoses? My person doesn't have that much wrong with them.
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Lupus and Cushing. Those two pretty much account for any symptom other than a missing body part. Oh, and irritable bowel, restless leg, fibromyalgia.
 
Agent Splat said:
3:30 am and I haven't gone to bed yet because I can't friggin' sleep.

dangit.
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Seasonal affect Disorder!!!


Sounds like you need a visit from the neon green butterfly!
 
Agent Splat said:
you know, when you don't actually go to Dr. Ho's lectures...the material is pretty cool. Except for the tumor lecture. That was a tad horrible.
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Watch what you say about my brother from another asian motha. I saw him at the YMCA and for a dude that is 4'9 he can lift some serious weight. It almost makes me wanna call him McDreamy..almost
 
neon green butterfly = Lunesta commercial
 
If my ability to memorize med school facts was even a fraction of my ability to memorize things I see on TV I'd be an Honors student.
 
I've never had absynthe but I've heard that it turns your throat into hamburger. yikes
 
indo said:
If my ability to memorize med school facts was even a fraction of my ability to memorize things I see on TV I'd be an Honors student.
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👍
 
In my OSCE interviewing test thing yesterday I was interviewing a girl who just found out she was pregnant. I meant to ask her if she or the father had any STDs but I said, "between you and your father are there any STDs?" Heehee. This "distrought" young lady ended up laughing all the way through my abortion, adoption, have the baby talk. My medical career is off to a blazing start.
 
indo said:
In my OSCE interviewing test thing yesterday I was interviewing a girl who just found out she was pregnant. I meant to ask her if she or the father had any STDs but I said, "between you and your father are there any STDs?" Heehee. This "distrought" young lady ended up laughing all the way through my abortion, adoption, have the baby talk. My medical career is off to a blazing start.
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make sure you report her behavior so she doesn't get paid.

patients are not supposed to laugh at us EVER because we are better than they are.
 
...but she was hot.
 
Agent Splat said:
then I hope you gave her your number.
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Although you wouldn't be able to date her for five years. And don't even think about skimping a day... because then you'll get in trouble. And that would be unprofessional.
 
Xandie said:
Although you wouldn't be able to date her for five years. And don't even think about skimping a day... because then you'll get in trouble. And that would be unprofessional.
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well, our class is using old exams, so we have a future in unprofessionalism. Heck, I used old exams back in micro a few times and lately I've been stealing old ladies' purses out of the waiting room.
 
Marc, shouldn't you be studying or in class or something? I mean, yeah, I'm at home eating a hot fudge sundae, but still.
 
So, what is the official run-down and that unprofessionalism debacle? The instructors are upset because people are using old tests to study?
 
Jennifer Anniston's boobs are on the internet.


When do you crazy M2s have your next exams?
 
indo said:
Jennifer Anniston's boobs are on the internet.


When do you crazy M2s have your next exams?
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That would have excited me a lot more 10 years ago. Path exam next Monday, followed by a Psych exam on Tuesday, then a Pharm exam the following Monday. 2 fun-filled weeks of studying lay ahead for the Class o'2009!

Oh, and following the last exam you usually have to spend a few days catching up in the new path lectures you totally neglected while studying for Pharm. Enjoy 2nd year, suckers.
 
DoctorFunk said:
That would have excited me a lot more 10 years ago. Path exam next Monday, followed by a Psych exam on Tuesday, then a Pharm exam the following Monday. 2 fun-filled weeks of studying lay ahead for the Class o'2009!

Oh, and following the last exam you usually have to spend a few days catching up in the new path lectures you totally neglected while studying for Pharm. Enjoy 2nd year, suckers.
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It might actually only be 1 boob. haha. Whatever.


I thought one of the highlights for MCW was grouping exams together so that studying for one class didn't make you behind in the others.

How is Pharm structured? It seems like you could spend the rest of your life memorizing the name brands of drugs.
 
indo said:
I thought one of the highlights for MCW was grouping exams together so that studying for one class didn't make you behind in the others.

How is Pharm structured? It seems like you could spend the rest of your life memorizing the name brands of drugs.
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Try telling that to the 2nd year/1st semester course directors. That was hell, because every test block takes 2 weekends up. At least 2nd semester they've only ruined two weekends in a row once.

You have to memorize the generic names of the drugs, not the brand names (kind of weird, actually, because most doctors and ALL patients will refer to the brand name), and they only pick a few representative drugs from each category for us to memorize. Most of the pharm lectures are 90% review of relevant physiology with the pharmacology added on as a footnote.

If you figure out a good way to remember the drugs, let me know because I haven't stumbled across a method that works well for me yet besides trying to pull the names out of my ass during the exam.
 
Gimlet said:
If you figure out a good way to remember the drugs, let me know because I haven't stumbled across a method that works well for me yet besides trying to pull the names out of my ass during the exam.
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I've been trying to make my own mnemonics for categories of drugs that have only a handful of drugs to memorize. For example, the corticosteroids that we need to know start with C-D-P-F-A. So I remember it by: "Corey donkey punched Funtime Annie."

Good times.
 
DoctorFunk said:
I've been trying to make my own mnemonics for categories of drugs that have only a handful of drugs to memorize. For example, the corticosteroids that we need to know start with C-D-P-F-A. So I remember it by: "Corey donkey punched Funtime Annie."

Good times.
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yeah, I made up some dirty acronyms for memorizing all the veins in an insect wing....

and I'll never forget that thymine and adenosine h-bond, since T&A go very well together.
 
The problem with memorizing drugs (and yes, the generic name complaint is a valid one) is that you won't have any idea what to do next year because they will all fall out of your head rather quickly. Sad story, really.

Speaking of pharmacology, does anyone watch CSI:NY? Because last week they discussed "pro-pra-NO-lol"... it was funny.
 
Xandie said:
The problem with memorizing drugs (and yes, the generic name complaint is a valid one) is that you won't have any idea what to do next year because they will all fall out of your head rather quickly. Sad story, really.

Speaking of pharmacology, does anyone watch CSI:NY? Because last week they discussed "pro-pra-NO-lol"... it was funny.
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I thought I heard them say "pro-pa-NO-lol" a couple of times, too. I was going to chuckle, but then I looked at the score on my block 1 pharm exam and cried a little instead.
 
Don't they have pharm flash cards?
 
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