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Monthly Archives: April 2006
medical student class attendance during the first two years of medical school
In this second study in our series of rather un-scientific studies on medical student habits, we examine medical student class attendance during the first two years of medical school. There has been anecdotal evidence of medical student attendance in class … Continue reading
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house vs god (season 2, episode 19)
I’m finally getting around to posting my favorite House-isms, starting with the latest episode, which was just full of juicy House-isms (so apologies if this post is super-long)! Check back for House-isms from previous and future episodes. Enjoy! Gotta go. … Continue reading
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med school = high school?
Do you think that you’ve put those awkward high school days behind you now that you’ve graduated from college and you’re starting med school, making high school but a distant unpleasant memory? WRONG! For some reason, when you put 100 … Continue reading
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on floundering
So we had our annual MD/PhD research conference-type thing recently where I presented a poster on all the nothingness I’ve achieved over the past year (thank goodness it wasn’t a talk!). Although the day was full of interesting talks and … Continue reading
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first- and second-year medical student hydration habits
Most future physicians are pretty health-conscious. However, with the stress and lack of sleep that comes with medical school, it is conceivable that even the most health-conscious person will ultimately give in to some not-so-healthy habits. In this first of … Continue reading
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ode to lab
oh, lab how i detest thee i come to you at 8 and don’t get to leave till 5 if i’m lucky it’s nothing personal, really it’s just that my major professor thinks he owns me and that i’m merely … Continue reading
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happily ever after?
Naïve little me thought that marriage was as simple as tying the knot and living happily ever after. There’s a reason why they simply leave it at “and they lived happily ever after” in all those childhood fairy tales I … Continue reading
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what i’ve learned in grad school…
Ah. Graduate school. Quite a different experience compared to medical school. Completely different. So much more laid-back. So much more relaxed. So much more boring. It’s not that it’s not challenging. It’s just so not stressful or demanding when compared … Continue reading
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of white coats and stethoscopes…
Some medical schools have moved away from the white coat ceremony tradition to embrace a new tradition of presenting students with stethoscopes to symbolize the beginning of their journey to becoming physicians. The white coat separates doctors from patients by … Continue reading
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when i grow up…
House is my hero. Well, maybe not quite. But when I become a doctor, I want to be just like House. I don’t care if that’s not what patients want. Well, maybe I don’t want to throw drugs at patients to … Continue reading
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