Mundane Life Of A Med Student

a мedιcal ѕтυdenт wнo ѕтrυggleѕ тo ғυlғιll нer dreaмѕ. geттιng тнaт wнιтe coaт тo prove тнoѕe people wнo doυвтed нer—тнaт ѕнe ιѕ capaвle and wonderғυlly woven тнroυgн god’ѕ grace. evenтнoυgн нer perѕonalιтy doeѕn’т ғιт oғ wнaт a docтor ѕнoυld вe, ѕнe conтιnυed тo do ѕo ғor тнιѕ ιѕ wιтнoυт a doυвт, нer dreaм—𝖙𝖔 𝖍𝖊𝖑𝖕 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖎𝖒𝖕𝖔𝖙𝖊𝖓𝖙

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Short Story Recommendations

These all fuck me up to a varying degree of emotions

Crime

Philomel Cottage - Agatha Christie

Lamb to the Slaughter - Roald Dahl

Death and the Compass - Jorge Luis Borges

Horror

The Landlady - Roald Dahl

A Walk in the Dark - Arthur C Clarke

The Wife’s Story - Ursula K Le Guin

The Veldt - Ray Bradbury

The Hanging Stranger - Philip K Dick

The Colour out of Space - H P Lovecraft

The Spider - Hanns Heinz Ewers

Sad

The Life You Save May Be Your Own - Flannery O’Connor

A Small, Good Thing - Raymond Carver

Cathedral - Raymond Carver

The Haunted Boy - Carson McCullers

The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas - Ursula K. Le Guin

The Chef - Andy Weir

The Martyr - Ngugi Wa Thiong’o

Jambula Tree - Monica Arak de Nyeko

The Rats Do Sleep At Night - Wolfgang Borchert

Sci-Fi

Love is the Plan the Plan is Death - James Tiptree Jr

The Last Question - Isaac Asimov

The Nine Billion Names of God - Arthur C Clarke

The Star - Arthur C Clarke

Reunion - Arthur C Clarke

The Commuter - Philip K Dick

Exhibit Piece - Philip K Dick

To Serve Man - Damon Knight

Brothers Beyond the Void - Paul W Fairman

What the Fuck?! 

The Lottery - Shirley Jackson

A Collapse of Horses - Brian Evenson

Some of Us Had Been Threatening Our Friend Colby - Donald Barthelme

Hopeful Monsters - Hiromi Goto

The Box Social - James Reaney

He-y come on ou-t - shinichi hoshi

The Garden of Forking Paths - Jorge Luis Borges

Stories of Your Life and Others - Ted Chiang (just the entire collection bro)

Other

Broken Routine - Jeffrey Archer

A Man Who Had No Eyes - Mackinlay Kantor

Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been - Joyce Carol Oates

The Lady, or the Tiger - Frank R Stockton

The Continuity of Parks - Julio Cortázar

The Dinner Party - Mona Gardner

A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings - Gabriel García Márquez

On Exactitude in Science - Jorge Luis Borges

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Exam’s now fast approaching and I have so many backlogs. I’ll try to catch up!

Schedules pretty tight up and I don’t know what to do.

Since it’s quarantine and hence we’re in our own respective homes, they double up our load

From 8 am sometimes 6 am until 7 pm

CSF is all dried up

I cannot concentrate but still fighting

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Remember also to unwind, not just be engulfed to studying.

I know, I’am too late when I discover this awesome book of poems by Lang Leav, it speaks to the depths of my soul. I guess because I, somehow can relate to what is written by the author.

Love truly can be a double edged sword. It can be a blessing or a nightmare. Wherein my keys are lost and would not bother finding it. A truly mistrustful person who wouldn’t let anyone in my heart.

Kiddin aside, it’s because of brownout I can’t study because my gadgets are all lowbat and I’m bored hence grateful for it because I got to have my me time in a most wholesome way.

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Hi, I’am Mon a junior clerk from a certain medical school. We are having online classes today using the zoom application as platform to supplement our inadequacy of knowledge because we cannot do face to face class due to this pandemic. This is quiet hard because schedules are all squeezed up, so I need to catch up every now and then. But experiencing this once in a lifetime opportunity of this so called new normal, I guess I could say this is a blessing in disguise. I’ am not saying that this is a good thing, however dwelling to it’s bad side won’t do anything, so we just need to accept and adjust to this “new normal”

Follow me as I journey through my experiences in this COVID times school stuff!

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Clinical rotations 101 - A survival guide

Starting clinical rotations can be overwhelming. If you’re like me, you may spend the first days stressing about where you should go, what questions are legit to ask and how you should behave. Most of the time you may have no idea of what your superiors are talking about and you just fake a smile and pretend you know exactly what you’re doing.  Meanwhile it’s totally normal to feel lost during the first days of your arrival in a new care unit, it shouldn’t last and you should be able to get more comfortable with the team you’re working with and become more autonomous. Here’s how to get the most of your clinical rotations:

ALWAYS introduce yourself when meeting with a new team : it will always be appreciated and people should be able to reach out to you if they need it

TAKE NOTES and always keep a little notebook in your pocket! I actually own 3 (yes it may be a bit excessive) : one for patient’s history, one for personal notes and another one for definitions and scores

Ask for feedback. The resident you’re shadowing may not necessarily think about giving you a feedback, or maybe he won’t pay enough attention to what you’re doing, and that’s why it’s better if you ask specifically for a feedback, especially when completing a task that you’ve been asked to do.

If there’s a « down » moment when you don’t have anything to do, ask if there’s something you can do for help, even to other members of your team. Don’t hesitate to reach to the nurses or the other medical staff and ask for some teaching! I once spend an entire day with the nurses of my unit so I could learn how to properly draw blood.

If there’s really nothing to do, use this spare time to study a specific subject, and ask your resident if you can present it to him : not only it forces you to study a subject, but you’ll also be able to actively recall it better

Before seeing any patient alone, make sure you went through his medical history so you already know if there’s a specific topic you have to investigate more : be prepared for questions from your assigned residents/physicians!

MAKE THE CALLS. I know, I know, making phone calls is SUPER SCARY (especially when you have to call chiefs and professors). However, I like to say that it’s like running : the more difficult it is, the more you should do it. Prepare what you have to say so you don’t loose yourself during the call, and force yourself to make the phone calls as often as possible. You’ll gain more and more confidence and you won’t be so scared anymore.

NEVER be late.

If you feel there’s something wrong (with you of with a situation) : talk to your assigned resident/physician. They know how overwhelming it can get, so don’t hesitate to reach out for help

Bring snacks. And a big water bottle. Avoid drinking too much coffee.

Being a medical student has many good sides : you can get a first hand-on experience with patients without huge responsibilities, it is the BEST time to make mistakes and ask « silly » questions ! If you don’t do this during this time, you won’t be able to do it later.

Most of the time, you’ll feel like you know nothing, and you’ll forget about things you learned the day before. It’s normal. Don’t be too hard on yourself.

Be patient. And LISTEN.

ENJOY YOUR TIME ! Be curious about everything, make new friends, talk with your patients, see as many things as you can, because this is the only time where you can get all these possibilities!!  

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