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I think it's hilarious for you newbies to post your thoughts after the first few weeks of med school, many of which were my very own thoughts years ago. I thought we as 4th years should start a thread ourselves about general thoughts on med school... here are some of mine:
1. Do you ever need Kreb cycle for Step I, but I have not used Kreb cycle ONCE during my clinical years. Glycolysis, yes. Electron transport chain, yes. Kreb cycle, NO. Urea cycle, yes. Kreb cycle, shall I repeat myself, NO. (Oddly, in almost all mitochondria and some non-mitochondria disorders, blindly giving ColQ seems to help patients... expensive placebo effects? I don't really care as long as my patients are happy)
2. When 3rd and 4th years tell you something doesn't matter, many of them are lying but some of them are telling the truth.
3. Fourth year: can it get easier. I have not been on call since the end of third year in July. I will have one month of call between now and December and one more in the first few months of 2004.
4. It's always nice to see people who did so well in the pre-clinical years do only so so in clinical years and match way under their own expectations. The joy of justice.
5. I still haven't mastered the art of hitting on younger students. I only have a year left to perfect that art.
6. Make some true friends and keep them. You'll need them when you make your first giant mistake in clinical years or residency.
7. People will show you that they are employees and you are medical students and give you a hard time. You wonder why doctors treat some staff/secretaries poorly? You'll find out how I treat you poorly in a few months.
8. Nurses are getting hotter by the day.
9. When you youngies hear clinical students or residents say "evidence shows blah blah blah...", chances are they just heard someone else say that and they haven't read the papers themselves. If you want to impress the attendings, try reading one of these papers. Attendings often don't read these things themselves either.
10. Cherish those regrets in med school. The girls you wish you had asked out, the relationships you wish had worked out, the clerkship you wish you had honored, the times you wish you had dropped out. They'll be all nice memories as you sit around pondering your future as a 4th year, especially on pre-interview nights.
11. Medical school is a giant chess game. You'll lose some pawns, and you may even lose a rook at times. You could choose to save the rook, or you could look at the big picture. It's important to remember that it is a game and you should learn the rules and learn how to play within the rules. Try to win, and if you can't, at least go for draw. They can't beat you if you don't let them.
1. Do you ever need Kreb cycle for Step I, but I have not used Kreb cycle ONCE during my clinical years. Glycolysis, yes. Electron transport chain, yes. Kreb cycle, NO. Urea cycle, yes. Kreb cycle, shall I repeat myself, NO. (Oddly, in almost all mitochondria and some non-mitochondria disorders, blindly giving ColQ seems to help patients... expensive placebo effects? I don't really care as long as my patients are happy)
2. When 3rd and 4th years tell you something doesn't matter, many of them are lying but some of them are telling the truth.
3. Fourth year: can it get easier. I have not been on call since the end of third year in July. I will have one month of call between now and December and one more in the first few months of 2004.
4. It's always nice to see people who did so well in the pre-clinical years do only so so in clinical years and match way under their own expectations. The joy of justice.
5. I still haven't mastered the art of hitting on younger students. I only have a year left to perfect that art.
6. Make some true friends and keep them. You'll need them when you make your first giant mistake in clinical years or residency.
7. People will show you that they are employees and you are medical students and give you a hard time. You wonder why doctors treat some staff/secretaries poorly? You'll find out how I treat you poorly in a few months.
8. Nurses are getting hotter by the day.
9. When you youngies hear clinical students or residents say "evidence shows blah blah blah...", chances are they just heard someone else say that and they haven't read the papers themselves. If you want to impress the attendings, try reading one of these papers. Attendings often don't read these things themselves either.
10. Cherish those regrets in med school. The girls you wish you had asked out, the relationships you wish had worked out, the clerkship you wish you had honored, the times you wish you had dropped out. They'll be all nice memories as you sit around pondering your future as a 4th year, especially on pre-interview nights.
11. Medical school is a giant chess game. You'll lose some pawns, and you may even lose a rook at times. You could choose to save the rook, or you could look at the big picture. It's important to remember that it is a game and you should learn the rules and learn how to play within the rules. Try to win, and if you can't, at least go for draw. They can't beat you if you don't let them.
