No motivation to study 3rd year

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celkon

celkon

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Anyone else suffering from no motivation to study third year? I worked my ass off the 1st and 2nd years and did really really well on my step 1. Im on psych rotation right now and its so slow... I can't find any motivation to study... When i get home I just wanna sit around all day and chat on forums, workout, eat, sleep, hang out with friends. Hoping this will pass because we have our first shelf exam in a month.
 
celkon said:
Anyone else suffering from no motivation to study third year? I worked my ass off the 1st and 2nd years and did really really well on my step 1. Im on psych rotation right now and its so slow... I can't find any motivation to study... When i get home I just wanna sit around all day and chat on forums, workout, eat, sleep, hang out with friends. Hoping this will pass because we have our first shelf exam in a month.
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Welcome to the rest of medical school.

I'm kidding (mostly). I was pretty burnt out right after second year finished. Starting with an easy rotation will help you relax a bit and catch your breath.
 
Mace1370 said:
Welcome to the rest of medical school.

I'm kidding (mostly). I was pretty burnt out right after second year finished. Starting with an easy rotation will help you relax a bit and catch your breath.
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Thanks for the advice, its nice to know I am not alone in this. Anyone else have any opinions?
 
Third year is the only time you may ever see a certain specialty and you never know when you may need to use it, even if it's to get a referral to the correct person. 3rd year you study for the patient, the one you never met, the one you became friends with and don't want to let down, the families you never want to see cry, and the smiles you can give to people that desperately need a second chance. At most study because everyone around you is struggling and your attendings and interns have been busting their ass for years, anything that makes you an asset and not a burden, helps them and ultimately your patients.

Haha did that work? I think that was from a scrubs episode.
 
Started my 3rd year on Medicine (3 months here), and studied pretty regularly. Didn't really pickup a book the rest of the year. Only studying I did was QBank a few days before shelf.
 
atkinsje said:
Started my 3rd year on Medicine (3 months here), and studied pretty regularly. Didn't really pickup a book the rest of the year. Only studying I did was QBank a few days before shelf.
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You're saying you learned enough in IM to cover you for the rest of the year? I'm intrigued. Go on...
 
Alvarez13 said:
You're saying you learned enough in IM to cover you for the rest of the year? I'm intrigued. Go on...
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That helped immensely. For psych and OB I felt that the subject matter was so narrow that it was easy between the wards and QBank to do well on shelf. Then Peds, Fam, and Surg, are all variations on a theme from medicine (for shelf purposes anyways).
 
atkinsje said:
That helped immensely. For psych and OB I felt that the subject matter was so narrow that it was easy between the wards and QBank to do well on shelf. Then Peds, Fam, and Surg, are all variations on a theme from medicine (for shelf purposes anyways).
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If you don't mind me asking, did you follow along with everyone's favorite review book Step Up to Medicine?
 
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