savvymed

Hello! I'm a 3rd year medical student studying in Tasmania, Australia. I'm an avid cartoonist and graphic designer in my free time - this is a spot for me to share my med school musings, medical comics, tips and tricks with you all! Please feel free to drop in and say hi! :)

[savvymed]

twenty eighteen

2017 has been one of the best years of my life. I’ve grown a lot, moved into an apartment of my own, and successfully completed my second year of medical school. I want this year to be just as amazing. I want to hold myself accountable. I’m not going to make resolutions - those never stick. I’m making a list of intentions. A plan. So. What would I like to accomplish?

Academic

Complete 3rd year of medical school with at least a credit.

Get involved in medical research - take initiative and get involved!

Participate more in university events, committees and conferences

Keep on top of my studies, ensuring I keep organised, start assignments early, and minimise procrastination. Study smarter, not longer.

Remain disciplined with study habits. Don’t let an episode of Netflix turn into a wasted evening.

Personal

Be thankful of what I have. Complain less. Be grateful. Express appreciation more.

Pack lunches every day. Plus, I really don’t need to buy that hot drink.

Try new things - explore new places, try new recipes, and be open to new experiences.

Speak up and get involved. Stop being so self conscious and go for it.

Catch up with friends more often, and don’t let them fall out of touch.

Hobbies

Draw more regularly, for fun. Fill up a journal with sketches. Post more art online.

Read for leisure more often. Walk to a bookstore, buy a book, and read it at least once a month.

Exercise more - take the stairs more often, take breaks from studying to go for a walk, and go for longer walks with the dog.

Social media

Try to post 100 posts to SavvyMed in 2018

Continue using this blog and twitter to extend knowledge and connect with the medical community

Post art-based medical content regularly

With all this, don’t let social media become a distraction. Use it to enhance your learning and understanding of the medical world.

Ok, that’s it. Maybe I’ll add to these in the future. In any case, I look forward to seeing what is in store for 2018. Onwards and upwards!

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Available for IOS & Android devices - also available on the web

Figure 1 is a social-networking app for medical professionals and students to share medical cases for collaboration and education, whilst maintaining the anonymity of patients.

This app gives access to many medical cases from many different specialties, posted by medical professionals and students from around the world. These can be filtered by system or organ, as well as by specialty. Additionally, professionals often share cases for teaching purposes and ask students to comment with a differential diagnosis and reasoning, which is a great learning resource to test and expand your knowledge.

I used Figure 1 a lot when learning how to interpret ECGs and x-rays - it’s really great being able to apply and learn from real life cases, and greatly improved my skills in these areas!

It’s against the community guidelines to show screenshots of the app here, but as Figure 1 is free, I definitely recommend you should check it out for yourself!

For more apps I recommend for medical school, click here!

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04-12-17:// Hi everyone! This is an old photo as I am currently on holidays, but today I would like to share with you 3 Minute Histology, a fantastic resource created by one of my university lecturers. These are a free series of videos on YouTube explaining the main histological features of a single slide in 3 minutes - I found them extremely useful to review histology content in the days leading up to my exams. There’s currently almost 30 videos out, covering gastrointestinal and renal structures, and more to come - I would definitely recommend you checking them out! 

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Available for iPhone, iPad, Mac and Windows (unsure about android, sorry!)

Essential Anatomy 5 is a great study tool that gives you a 3D view of the human body in its 360 degree glory. This app allows you to turn on and off each body system (including layers of muscles) and isolate or hide individual structures.

EA5 is extremely helpful in allowing you visualise the content learned in anatomy lectures, as well as for preparing for upcoming dissections or exams.

Quiz mode allows you to test your recognition of structures by system in both multiple choice and drag-and-drop modes. As you can choose to be tested on structures in a certain limb, I found this very helpful in learning the anatomy of the upper and lower limbs when covering this in first year.

Clicking on a structure brings up its name and other information about it - you can also use this feature to test yourself.

Price: $30.99 AUD (but you can snag it for cheaper when it goes on sale)

The same company creates various versions of this app, both cheaper and more expensive - these might be worth checking out if you’re interested!

For more apps I recommend for medical school, click here!

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Hi everyone! I’m Simone and I’m a soon-to-be third year medical student from Tasmania, Australia. Since starting medicine, I’ve missed using technology on a day-to-day basis to explore new ways of learning, connecting, and sharing ideas. After exploring the benefits of social media use in medical school through an assignment in 2nd year, I’ve decided to try creating a blog! Here, I plan on sharing my reflections on my day-to-day doings, as well as tips, tricks, and any relevant cartoons with you all. I know that there’s quite a large medical community on Tumblr, so I look forward to meeting you all! :)