These past several weeks have been nothing short of a nonstop whirlwind for me. It feels great to finally have enough free time to update you all on my life thus far. I literally had to plan ahead and carve this time out of my day in order to ensure that I was able to […]
I had to take a step back a few days ago to fully process the fact that it’s already been three years since I first created this blog. Three years! That’s crazy man. Three years of typing out weekly posts about my experiences as a medical student. I didn’t know how possible that would be […]
Well, this week was quite an adventure, to say the least. In fact, it was so much of an adventure that I’m actually typing this post on a plane back to North Carolina from Minnesota. Wait, why am I on a plane? Better yet, why was I in Minnesota? Aren’t I supposed to be at […]
Have you ever had one of those weeks where you actually need it to slow down for once, but the days ironically just keep flying by even faster? Like, I knew that I would be busy this past week, but man! I’ve barely been able to keep up with studying for the Shelf exam that I’ll […]
WELLLLLLP. The time has finally come. I’m officially stepping into my Step Study Block period. I took my final subject exam last Friday, which effectively ended the five-week long Endocrine/Reproductive block that actually happened to fly by pretty quickly. With the end of that block comes the end of my basic science curriculum. Well, I […]
It’s been about a week since we started the Renal block, and I believe it’s safe to say that the physiology of the kidneys is complex as hell. I’ve been hammering away at it all week and I still am far from comfortable with how the kidneys work…and we have an exam on the physiology […]