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Don’t Fall off the Shelf: Balancing Shelf Exam Study with Third Year Rotations

What are shelf exams and how should you manage them? Here's our advice on balancing rotations with shelf exams to help you get through it.

When it comes to balancing third year and shelf prep, you’ve got a friend in us. 

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OBGYN Rotation

I started my first rotation with OBGYN and boy oh boy was I not prepared for that. Don’t get me wrong, I definitely got lucky in terms of having an awesome preceptor, but everything was so foreign to me. 

I made so many silly little mistakes because I didn't know how to do things the proper way the first time. There was a time I inserted the speculum with a detachable light into a patient and then forgot to take out the light before I threw out  the speculum  (yep, I had to go fishing in the trash, and then de-sanitize the whole thing), another time I was trying to be helpful and I knocked over the open vial that we put the swab in (my preceptor wasn’t too comfortable for a few days to hand over the swab to me after that). But I gained back her trust and was careful when it came to opening the vial and not spilling its contents. Not knowing how to properly gown up during delivery sucked too. I always felt like I was in everyone’s way. Thankfully i was blessed with some amazing nurses who took their time to teach me how to gown up and glove up properly. Towards the end of the rotation, I was ready to go, all gowned up, without any help (it is the little things that matters). But overall I enjoyed my rotation. Apart from the slight clumsiness and awkwardness, I scraped through my ob-gyn rotation. I don’t think it's my kind of field due to the unholy hours, but what they do is pretty cool :) 

I guess I am writing this for anyone out there who feel like they are clumsy or awkward during their rotations. Don’t let it get to you. it takes practices to get into the groove of things. I knew how everything worked by the end of my rotation and I was happy with my progress. Don’t think that its just you that can’t get a procedure right, or are knocking things over ..there are many more of us haha

If you guys went through any of these awkward or clumsy phases during your rotations, comment below 

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Friday is our comprehensive "miniboard" of ms1. We take all of our NBME shelf exams at the very end of the year in one sitting. I need to kick ass to pass biochem 😬 I feel like I'm readying myself for battle.

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How to Study for the Surgery Shelf

The surgery shelf exam is one most med students dread. But with these tips, you'll set yourself up for success early in the game.

These #surgery shelf study tips are a cut above. 

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4 Reasons Shelf Exams Matter

If you are in your third or fourth year of med school, you're deep into core rotations ... and shelf exams! Here are four great reasons why shelf exams will help you on journey to becoming a doctor.

Take matters into your own hands. 

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Clinicals: Written vs Spoken H&P - OnlineMedEd

Free lecture provided by OnlineMedEd @ www.onlinemeded.org. Designed for medical students and health professionals. Simplify your life by learning what's nee...

This video maybe helpful for those of you who is starting rotations or are doing one currently :)

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4 Reasons Shelf Exams Matter

If you are in your third or fourth year of med school, you're deep into core rotations ... and shelf exams! Here are four great reasons why shelf exams will help you on journey to becoming a doctor.

We thought this might come in handy. #TBT