Ophthalmology Rotation Review

I did an elective in Ophthalmology a while back.

Looking back, I know that I did it for a lot of the wrong reasons.  Fresh off my fantastic surgery rotation, I was essentially looking around for specialties that would allow me to be a surgeon without suffering through a miserable surgery residency.

Med School Stress and Survival Skills

WE HAVE MOVED TO: A Theory of Living  

Today I thought I'd write about stress in medical school.  We've all seen it.  We've all had it.  Even the rosiest and happiest people in school can still feel it from time to time. 

This article may come across dark, and that's okay.  It's not supposed to be an indictment of hospital life or anything like that.  I just want to recognize the stress, take a look at some sources, and reach out.  There are a lot of medical students and healthcare professionals that let it get to them, let it get them down.  This article is for them more than anyone else, to say that yes it's there.  And in future articles we'll explore some coping mechanisms.

Where Am I Now?

WE HAVE MOVED TO: A Theory of Living  

It's been a couple years since I've updated the blog with my current status.  I think it's time to remedy that.

For an update on me...

The Hiatus

I would like to issue a short apology to my readers, or at least the people who used to be my readers.  Looking back at the data, it appears that the blog was just starting to take off right around the time when I stopped writing it.  I wish I had kept it up, because I really wanted to produce something that would touch and affect like minded pre-meds or medical students or even healthcare practitioners.

I think writing is one of those things that I have to make a point to do every day, or I fall off the wagon hard.  If I skip one day because of life or whatever, then it's really easy for me to convince myself to skip the next day.  Because of life.  Or whatever.  Then the day after it's just whatever.

Well, I'm back into writing now.  I've written every day for a couple of months now.  I can't promise that'll turn into an article even every other day, but I can say that'll it will definitely turn into an article from time to time.

Also, as a related side note, if any of my older readers find their way back, I would love to post guest posts from you here.  One of the themes that will become apparent in the future of this blog is how my thoughts and feelings on medicine and being a medical student have evolved and matured since the time when I first started this blog as a pre-med.  I know many of you were pre-meds around the time I was, and I would love to include your perspectives.

Surgery Clerkship Review

I'm not going to lie.  I was dreading the Surgery Clerkship.

I don't particularly like being miserable - that sounds like an obvious statement for anyone to make, but I can assure you as you get to know medical students, you will find that some people not only love it but thrive on it.  Anyway, I don't particularly like being miserable, and I don't mean to be a drama queen, but I hate being tired.

Exam Week Thoughts

We have an exam coming up.  A big one.  I have been good and stressed out and overworked and in a generally foul mood.  I'm not sleeping well.

It happens.

But I was walking home from a review session today, and I went by the main hospital.  I looked in the window and saw this poor little girl who was about 5 or 6 years old sitting in a wheelchair.  She looked pretty sick.  I couldn't begin to guess what was wrong with her, but it looked bad.

Med School

Sorry I never post anymore.  Unfortunately, medical school really sucks.  To all the future medical students reading this, you have been warned!

Best,
The Med Student