Island Med Student » Medscape http://www.islandmedstudent.com/home Tue, 11 May 2010 22:40:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 The Girl With the Pink Mohawkhttp://www.islandmedstudent.com/home/2010/05/04/the-girl-with-the-pink-mohawk/ http://www.islandmedstudent.com/home/2010/05/04/the-girl-with-the-pink-mohawk/#comments Tue, 04 May 2010 22:00:29 +0000 The Island Med Student http://www.islandmedstudent.com/home/?p=2849 My editor on Medscape just surprised me with the absolute COOLEST entry, ever. I was so excited by this post, that it caused me to have goosebumps, and it brought the hugest grin to my face. How. Very. Awesome!

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]]> http://www.islandmedstudent.com/home/2010/04/21/med-school-and-the-art-of-time-management/feed/ 0 Do I Have to Give Up My Life For Med School?http://www.islandmedstudent.com/home/2010/04/12/do-i-have-to-give-up-my-life-for-med-school/ http://www.islandmedstudent.com/home/2010/04/12/do-i-have-to-give-up-my-life-for-med-school/#comments Mon, 12 Apr 2010 14:20:47 +0000 The Island Med Student http://www.islandmedstudent.com/home/?p=2743 Check out my post on Medscape to find out the answer. This post was inspired by you, Cindy! And is for all you pre-meds and aspiring docs out there!

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]]> http://www.islandmedstudent.com/home/2010/04/05/see-you-at-the-laundromat/feed/ 1 Permanencehttp://www.islandmedstudent.com/home/2010/03/28/permanence/ http://www.islandmedstudent.com/home/2010/03/28/permanence/#comments Mon, 29 Mar 2010 01:10:20 +0000 The Island Med Student http://www.islandmedstudent.com/home/?p=2694 Check out my post on Medscape to read how happy I am to have a taste of permanence in my life.

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]]> http://www.islandmedstudent.com/home/2010/03/28/permanence/feed/ 0 You Get Out What You Put Inhttp://www.islandmedstudent.com/home/2010/03/11/you-get-out-what-you-put-in/ http://www.islandmedstudent.com/home/2010/03/11/you-get-out-what-you-put-in/#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:04:56 +0000 The Island Med Student http://www.islandmedstudent.com/home/?p=2637 Clinical medical students are always discussing which clerkships are “the best.” Which hospital has the best surgery clerkship? Which nephrology elective has attendings who teach well? For us fourth-year students, we’ve been focusing on which residency programs are “the best.” Where will I learn the most and be fully prepared to be a competent doctor upon graduation?

Now that I’m only four weeks away from graduation, I believe that I can say with some confidence that my knowledge and skill base is partially attributable to all the wonderful professors, attendings, and residents who have taught me over the past four years. My medical school has prepared me well, as have the hospitals at which I’ve rotated.

However, there is one important fact that I’ve gleaned from paying attention to all the other med students around me over the past four years:

Your medical education is what you make of it.

This simple fact is frequently ignored by many. It’s equally applicable to just about anything else in life: you get out what you put in.

To provide two extreme examples, a very motivated and hard-working student could become a very talented doctor, even in a less-than-perfect learning environment. Similarly, a very unmotivated student who attempts to get by with the least amount of effort in a “perfect” learning environment will likely turn out a mediocre doctor at best.

(Obviously, there are a million shades of gray in between these two examples.)

I believe that I’ve received a very good medical education, and I’m lucky to have learned from and worked with some amazing doctors, who have taught me well.

But I also believe that my motivation to learn has had a huge impact on the “almost-doctor” that I’ve become.

One example that stands out in my mind is my surgery core clerkship. It was an incredibly intense, unforgettable 12-week experience. I volunteered to stay late on many occasions. I volunteered to scrub in when no one else wanted to. And I tried to go out of my way to learn. Not surprisingly, I learned a lot.

There were other students who put in minimal effort, literally “hid” at times, and tried to just “get by.” Not surprisingly, they learned very little.

So, when I hear these same people complain that the clerkship was horrible and they learned nothing, it understandably makes me what to throw my hands into the air in exasperation!

Sir Wiliam Osler really summed it up for me when he said, “The best preparation for tomorrow is to do today’s work superbly well.”

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]]> http://www.islandmedstudent.com/home/2010/03/04/i-saw-an-angel/feed/ 0 Good Luck in the Match!http://www.islandmedstudent.com/home/2010/03/01/good-luck-in-the-match/ http://www.islandmedstudent.com/home/2010/03/01/good-luck-in-the-match/#comments Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:07:16 +0000 The Island Med Student http://www.islandmedstudent.com/home/?p=2502 Check out my post on Medscape to read my message to all you students who are matching this year!

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