Official MCW Class of 2009 Thread

[Xandie]

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Well, now they're M3s.

Well, not entirely. Because we can't both be M-3s, and I'm not an M-4, since I haven't finished my third year. However, they may be *rising* M-3s. They are also the junior medical students, because Don and I are the seniors, since we're the *oldest* class running around. But not M-4s until June 28th.

Yep. I'm studying coronary vessel anatomy for my 3V CABG tomorrow. Good times.

 

[45408]

Don't be a cat hater. Kitties are cute.

so is Alexis

:runs away:

 

[Ashers]

so is Alexis

:runs away:

That's right you'd better. I can always have my friends in London track you down too. I've got friends who are cops. hehehe

 

[45408]

I just spent over 40 minutes picking through the final phys exam, looking for everything I could argue. I found two that I think are pretty solid, in addition to the other two that people suggested, but I doubt it will be enough to give me what I need (Ashers, I wasn't quite one away 😉)

 

[indo]

I heard that Dr liard was at the post-phys bbq at the park. haha. He said he thought the exam was really difficult. What does it all mean?

 

[Xandie]

Hi ho, Hi ho, it's off to work we go... tra la la la la la la la Hi ho, Hi ho, Hi ho, Hi ho!

Last month for us... the countdown begins. 31 days.

 

[Gimlet]

For your anatomy-reviewing pleasure, M2's:

Learn the Brachial Plexus in 5 minutes

 

[Ashers]

For your anatomy-reviewing pleasure, M2's:

Learn the Brachial Plexus in 5 minutes

I've been using Krippy's powerpoint that was on anatomy's angel site from last year. I saved it figuring it might be helpful. This one's good too... has some more explanations.

 

[samenewme]

I heard that Dr liard was at the post-phys bbq at the park. haha. He said he thought the exam was really difficult. What does it all mean?

It means he's laughing inside. I *am* only one away, so I'm very hopeful that Question 143 will save my bacon, despite a certain person's dubious "help" posted at the end. "Oh, I agree that this is flawed despite this passage I'm quoting from the notes that supports the prescribed answer and completely undermines the point everyone is making."

 

[Ashers]

Everyone here NOT from the West Coast... were you guys NOT taught what the "Four Corners" states are? Or do you just not care? Or what?

If I can name the 5 Great Lakes, and I'm not from the area, you people should be able to name 4 states.

 

[DoctorFunk]

Everyone here NOT from the West Coast... were you guys NOT taught what the "Four Corners" states are? Or do you just not care? Or what?

If I can name the 5 Great Lakes, and I'm not from the area, you people should be able to name 4 states.

It begins.

 

[Gimlet]

It means he's laughing inside. I *am* only one away, so I'm very hopeful that Question 143 will save my bacon, despite a certain person's dubious "help" posted at the end. "Oh, I agree that this is flawed despite this passage I'm quoting from the notes that supports the prescribed answer and completely undermines the point everyone is making."

There's still someone doing that on the 4th block discussion board? How have these people not been beaten into a quivering, whimpering, submissive pulp yet?

 

[Gimlet]

Everyone here NOT from the West Coast... were you guys NOT taught what the "Four Corners" states are? Or do you just not care? Or what?

If I can name the 5 Great Lakes, and I'm not from the area, you people should be able to name 4 states.

I don't recall being specifically taught what the 4-corners states were, although I know them probably just from general knowledge accumulated through life. But why should we care about the 4-corners states? Yeah, it's cool, the only place where 4 states touch because of some random lines drawn by surveyors a bunch of years ago.

I guess I'm just not that impressed compared to THE LARGEST GROUP OF FRESHWATER LAKES ON THE ENTIRE EARTH!!! The great lakes are a testament to God's awesomeness and the miracle of Mother Nature...the 4 corners are a testament to a man's ability to look through a little scope and mark down a line on a piece of paper.

Sorry, I'm feeling a little argumentative after spending some time in the Everyone forum this morning.😀

 

[Ashers]

I guess I'm just not that impressed compared to THE LARGEST GROUP OF FRESHWATER LAKES ON THE ENTIRE EARTH!!! The great lakes are a testament to God's awesomeness and the miracle of Mother Nature...the 4 corners are a testament to a man's ability to look through a little scope and mark down a line on a piece of paper.

Sorry, I'm feeling a little argumentative after spending some time in the Everyone forum this morning.😀

Hmmmm....

Ok, so I've never been to NM even though I lived about 90miles away, so I don't know where's a cool place to get a pic from. The grand canyon pic is not mine, and the snow one isn't mine, that was my friend's from Thanksgiving in CO.

 

[DoctorFunk]

I'll raise ya...

Suck on that, Westy. 😉

 

[Gimlet]

No one is disputing the majesty and beauty of the west. I've taken many vacations out there and loved the scenery each and every time. I'm just saying that, specifically, the Four Corners are nothing to get your panties in a bunch over.

Funk, assuming the waterfall pictured in your post is Sioux Falls, I have been to all of those places you have pictured. On the same vacation.

 

[DoctorFunk]

Funk, assuming the waterfall pictured in your post is Sioux Falls, I have been to all of those places you have pictured. On the same vacation.

It is indeed the "Sioux Falls." I'm sorry you had to see all of those places while on vacation. I hope it was one of those parent-enforced trips.

 

[Ashers]

I'll take your cowboy, and raise you a T rex.

even though it has 3 fingers.

 

[Gimlet]

It is indeed the "Sioux Falls." I'm sorry you had to see all of those places while on vacation. I hope it was one of those parent-enforced trips.

Absolutely. It was a car trip, to boot. My little sister was going through a phase where she was terrified of the possibility of tornadoes (a recent tornado drill at school had freaked her out) so she would bawl hysterically every time it rained or got even a little windy. My little brother was in one of his moods, too, and complained about the heat incessantly throughout the entire vacation. Our visit to the Badlands consisted of my dad and I hiking around for 20 minutes while my mom stayed in the car with the A/C on with a pouting Steve and crying Emily. Overall, a classic family vacation worthy of a National Lampoon video.

 

[Ashers]

Absolutely. It was a car trip, to boot. My little sister was going through a phase where she was terrified of the possibility of tornadoes (a recent tornado drill at school had freaked her out) so she would bawl hysterically every time it rained or got even a little windy. My little brother was in one of his moods, too, and complained about the heat incessantly throughout the entire vacation. Our visit to the Badlands consisted of my dad and I hiking around for 20 minutes while my mom stayed in the car with the A/C on with a pouting Steve and crying Emily. Overall, a classic family vacation worthy of a National Lampoon video.

Ooooh... I've had a National Lampoon type vacation. It was when I went to Greece, and had my wallet stolen, and Santorini Airport almost wouldn't let us leave after our ferry to Athens was canceled.

 

[Gimlet]

I'll take your cowboy, and raise you a T rex.

even though it has 3 fingers.

I'll see your T-Rex and raise you the world's largest sculpture of a muskie. (Hayward, WI's Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame)

 

[hpycowsrfrmCA]

The Grand Canyon is one of the seven wonders of the world. I don't see the great lakes on that list.

 

[indo]

I loath Wall Drug...200 miles of billboards.

 

[Ashers]

I'll see your T-Rex and raise you the world's largest sculpture of a muskie. (Hayward, WI's Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame)

T rex eats muskie. I win.

 

[hpycowsrfrmCA]

The worlds largest thermometer in Baker, CA. Its on the way to Vegas.

 

[Gimlet]

Ooooh... I've had a National Lampoon type vacation. It was when I went to Greece, and had my wallet stolen, and Santorini Airport almost wouldn't let us leave after our ferry to Athens was canceled.

Sounds like the time my Dad forgot to grab the plane tickets off his dresser before we left for the airport. This was before the days when they could just look up your name and print off your boarding pass, so we had to have a neighbor get them and bring them to the airport. We had to run to make it to our gate on time (actually, that's more like a "Home Alone" movie, I guess.)

 

[Ashers]

Maui's got a life-size whale sculpture.

 

[45408]

It means he's laughing inside. I *am* only one away, so I'm very hopeful that Question 143 will save my bacon, despite a certain person's dubious "help" posted at the end. "Oh, I agree that this is flawed despite this passage I'm quoting from the notes that supports the prescribed answer and completely undermines the point everyone is making."

I only see one post about #143, and the only reply to that one was deleted several days ago. Feel free to say "I agree" to any of my posts. 😛

I don't feel too bad about not making this cut-off, because between neuro and CTB, a total of six questions brought me over the threshold in both classes. I didn't think I'd make CTB (especially after taking the exam), and neuro had kicked my ass earlier, so I was preparing for some serious pain.

 

[45408]

Sounds like the time my Dad forgot to grab the plane tickets off his dresser before we left for the airport. This was before the days when they could just look up your name and print off your boarding pass, so we had to have a neighbor get them and bring them to the airport. We had to run to make it to our gate on time (actually, that's more like a "Home Alone" movie, I guess.)

On that note, anybody got anything to add to the "must pack" list for two weeks in Europe? and what kind of food would be good to pack so I can forego buying a few meals over there? I'm talking more than a granola bar, but still non-perishable.

-PASSPORTS!!!!! that was great
-multiple credit cards and debit card
-not a whole lot of cash - it's play money compared to what they have now
-locks for luggage storage at hostels
-GPS
-maps
-train tickets (which will be arriving in the nick of time as well)
-hotel confirmation
-airplane itinerary
-iPod with headphone splitter and some Tylenol PM for the long flight

any other ideas?

 

[Ashers]

You don't want to eat while you're there? McD's has "cheap" food. 99p cheese burgers. 99p McFlurries. Their McFlurries are awesome -- Cadbury's chocolate. mmmm... They may even have their Strawberries and Dream (strawberry syrupy stuff and white chocolate). Wetherspoons has cheap curries on Thursday nights. If you go to grocery stores, Sainsbury's, Tesco, Marks and Spencer, even drug stores, Boots, they have cheap, pre-packaged meals.

That's England though. Not too sure what to do elsewhere. In France we bought crepes. Germany, brats with curry ketsup, and ice cream and chocolate, and Döners. Greece, gyros. Spain, churros y chocolate -- didn't really like spanish food. Sweden, moose, and this bread called "polarkaka." Slovakia ice cream. Czech Repulic and Poland McD's and some random local food. Ummm... just depends on where you're going. Never had a problem with the cheap food stands anywhere.

Forgot Italy... if you're going there, they have the best food ever, and gelato. Portugal wasn't bad either.

 

[donnyfire]

Well, now they're M3s.

Well, not entirely. Because we can't both be M-3s, and I'm not an M-4, since I haven't finished my third year. However, they may be *rising* M-3s. They are also the junior medical students, because Don and I are the seniors, since we're the *oldest* class running around. But not M-4s until June 28th.

Yep. I'm studying coronary vessel anatomy for my 3V CABG tomorrow. Good times.

HaHa, YEAH! Seniors rule! 🙄

Xandie, I know this is less than helpful at this point, but it wouldn't hurt to review cardiac physiology for your time with Almassi.

But there will also be the random pain questions, like "what is the definition of a Joule" 👍

 

[donnyfire]

I looked closely at my little white coat today. It has had some serious abuse this year.

Stains from pens, a pulled through middle button that can't be fixed (easily), a few random blood stains (Xandie, take off your white coat when you pull chest tubes), and some sort of dingy grunge that can't be removed from the wrists. The left sleeve was starting to fall off, but I just fixed that with 2-0 Vicryl.

Nonetheless, I think it will make it through the next year. I'm NOT buying another short coat.

 

[Gimlet]

-iPod with headphone splitter and some Tylenol PM for the long flight

I would pack something stronger to knock you out for the flight. On my way back from Germany in high school, one of my classmates gave me a sleeping pill to take. I didn't even know what it was, but it knocked me the f*ck out for the entire flight. The only thing I remember from the whole 14 hour plane ride was waking up briefly to hand off my meal to a friend so I could put my head down on the tray to sleep some more. Best flight ever!

Also, load some movies or TV shows on your iPod in case the in-flight movies suck.

Are you sure you're going to be okay without a lot of cash over there? Sometimes the touristy type things don't take credit cards, especially in Europe.

I looked closely at my little white coat today. It has had some serious abuse this year.

How often did you wash your coat, Don?

Hmm, SDN seems to be doing that weird thing where it doesn't show any new posts on the forum pages.

 

[samenewme]

I can probably come up with a workable kludge for your middle button if all it did was rip a hole in its backing fabric during its attempted departure from your coat.

 

[Ashers]

Dude, I was totally rockin' Qbank until right now, when I just got this whacked out test. hehehe. Lowest score I've had for a while. I 😍 eponym questions... or not.

 

[Gimlet]

I just got my butt handed to me on a block of microbiology and immunology questions. 🙁

 

[Ashers]

Oh, regarding sleeping pills for planes.

The first time my family went to Europe, we flew from JFK to Stockholm, and my parents tried to give my brother some sort of sleeping med (don't remember what it was, this was like 92). So they put it in a brownie for my brother, and he started screaming, "Don't give me drugs! I know you have drugs in your brownie! I don't want drugs!"

It was great. I was kinda scared -- I thought my parents would get arrested. I took the meds and slept. Now I just take 2 benadryl, and I'm out.

PS: Brownies, in the library, no drugs.

 

[Gimlet]

Anyone else's back killing them after all this hunching over books for so long? I need to figure out a way to avoid the strain as the day wears on.

 

[Ashers]

I stretch out on 2 chairs and study, or take a nap... whatever. You can walk over and get a brownie. Amie looks comfortable in her sofa/chair thing pulled up to her desk.

 

[Gimlet]

I stretch out on 2 chairs and study, or take a nap... whatever. You can walk over and get a brownie. Amie looks comfortable in her sofa/chair thing pulled up to her desk.

Dammit! I forgot to get a brownie before I left...🙁

 

[Ashers]

Dammit! I forgot to get a brownie before I left...🙁

I was trying (not very hard) to get rid of them -- I had a migraine (I'd say it was brownie induced, but I know this time, it wasn't), so I fell asleep at my desk, and left the brownies up for people to come take. I have like 6 left.

I just assumed you didn't want one, which is why you never came.

 

[45408]

You don't want to eat while you're there? McD's has "cheap" food. 99p cheese burgers. 99p McFlurries. Their McFlurries are awesome -- Cadbury's chocolate. mmmm... They may even have their Strawberries and Dream (strawberry syrupy stuff and white chocolate). Wetherspoons has cheap curries on Thursday nights. If you go to grocery stores, Sainsbury's, Tesco, Marks and Spencer, even drug stores, Boots, they have cheap, pre-packaged meals.

No, we'll get food while we're there, but I've got roughly a budget (above and beyond the lodging) of about $100 a day, and I'd rather not blow half of it on food every day. Plus, finding somewhere for three meals a day is kind of a waste of time too.

That's England though. Not too sure what to do elsewhere. In France we bought crepes. Germany, brats with curry ketsup, and ice cream and chocolate, and Döners. Greece, gyros. Spain, churros y chocolate -- didn't really like spanish food. Sweden, moose, and this bread called "polarkaka." Slovakia ice cream. Czech Repulic and Poland McD's and some random local food. Ummm... just depends on where you're going. Never had a problem with the cheap food stands anywhere.

Forgot Italy... if you're going there, they have the best food ever, and gelato. Portugal wasn't bad either.

Wow, you get around! I'm going to London for a week and Paris for five days.

 

[45408]

I would pack something stronger to knock you out for the flight. On my way back from Germany in high school, one of my classmates gave me a sleeping pill to take. I didn't even know what it was, but it knocked me the f*ck out for the entire flight. The only thing I remember from the whole 14 hour plane ride was waking up briefly to hand off my meal to a friend so I could put my head down on the tray to sleep some more. Best flight ever!

Also, load some movies or TV shows on your iPod in case the in-flight movies suck.

Are you sure you're going to be okay without a lot of cash over there? Sometimes the touristy type things don't take credit cards, especially in Europe.

My bank (M&I) confirmed that I can get money at ATMs over there, so I'll do that, rather than convert the currency here. I already figured out how to burn DVDs onto my iPod, so I've got a bunch on there (which just reminded me to convert Fargo, Crank and Half Baked over to iPod format). They're only like 700 megs in iPod format, so you can fit a lot in 30gb.

 

[Gimlet]

I already figured out how to burn DVDs onto my iPod, so I've got a bunch on there (which just reminded me to convert Fargo, Crank and Half Baked over to iPod format). They're only like 700 megs in iPod format, so you can fit a lot in 30gb.

Ahem...instructions, please?

 

[45408]

Ahem...instructions, please?

haha, I taught a girl in my class this not too long ago.

Here's all you need to get started:
http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/articles/comments/video-to-ipod-conversion-for-windows-pcs-part-1/

Download DVD DeCrypter and Videora (both are totally free), and that tutorial will lead the way. It's pretty easy. Then you just sync them up in iTunes.

 

[indo]

Hmmmm....

[/IMG]

I clicked on this picture to see if it was titled "in utah" and I got all this info:

Orientation of image: 1
File change date and time: 2004:08:25 09:55:23
Image description: OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA
Image input equipment manufacturer: OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO.,LTD
Image input equipment model: C300Z,D550Z
Software used: v574u-77
Exposure time: 0.001
F number: 5.6
Exposure program: 2
ISO speed rating: 60
Exposure bias: 0
Maximum lens aperture: 3.1
Metering mode: 5
Light source: 0
Flash: 0
Lens focal length: 6

 

[Ashers]

Wow, you get around! I'm going to London for a week and Paris for five days.

36 countries... Out of my sibs, I'm the least traveled. I think one of my brothers has been to over 40.

London's the best place ever -- when I've been there recently, it's just to visit friends, so we do no tourist stuff. Tower of London is probably the best tour day thing we've found there. Paris is ok. The people are a lot nicer to Americans, that I found, than they were in Bruge, Belgium.

I clicked on this picture to see if it was titled "in utah" and I got all this info:

Orientation of image: 1
File change date and time: 2004:08:25 09:55:23
Image description: OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA
Image input equipment manufacturer: OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO.,LTD
Image input equipment model: C300Z,D550Z
Software used: v574u-77
Exposure time: 0.001
F number: 5.6
Exposure program: 2
ISO speed rating: 60
Exposure bias: 0
Maximum lens aperture: 3.1
Metering mode: 5
Light source: 0
Flash: 0
Lens focal length: 6

Wow, weird. I don't even know what half that means. I know I took it with my crappy old Olympus camera.

 

[45408]

36 countries... Out of my sibs, I'm the least traveled. I think one of my brothers has been to over 40.

Wow, weird. I don't even know what half that means. I know I took it with my crappy old Olympus camera.

Wow, were most of these vacations or were some of them missions/medically-related trips?

indo just pulled up the EXIF data from your camera, which logs all those settings every time you take a digital picture, and it includes them with the file.

 

[DoctorFunk]

36 countries... Out of my sibs, I'm the least traveled. I think one of my brothers has been to over 40.

I went to Canada for 5 hours once. Thunder Bay, Ontario, to be precise. The city had a plethora of Chinese buffets and a very clean Lake Superior port. That's about all I remember, and constitutes all of my foreign travel.

Oh, and am I the only one here without a passport? I have a feeling I should probably get one before the gubment decides to require one to cross state borders pretty soon.

 

[Ashers]

Wow, were most of these vacations or were some of them missions/medically-related trips?

indo just pulled up the EXIF data from your camera, which logs all those settings every time you take a digital picture, and it includes them with the file.

2 were mission trips (11 countries one time -- camping across Europe; 2 countries another -- "summer" in Australia with layovers 15 hour in NZ -- got to tour Auckland). I use the Century club guidelines for most countries -- though I have been in most countries I've visited for >1hr. I don't completely follow their rules. I'm not counting Hawaii as a separate country, but after living in England -- I know Scotland and Wales don't like to be considered a part of England, so they're separate countries. etc.

My family really likes to travel though, and I did a fair amount of traveling to places I had never been when I lived in England.

Funk, my excursion into Canada consists of driving over the border north of Idaho (not a part of the 4 Corners), looking for food, and stopping at a tourist store and buying Cadbury's and stuff.