I can do this med thing

Jess, 24, and finally in the clinical Part of Med School in Germany! I´d love to share my time with you, and if you have any questions, feel free to ask!

[skunkbear]

I’ll say it again: Scientists have created a synthetic stingray that’s propelled by living muscle cells and controlled by light.

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But the ultimate goal isn’t a cyborg sea monster - it’s a human heart.

“I want to build an artificial heart, but you’re not going to go from zero to a whole heart overnight,” says Kit Parker, a bioengineer and physicist at Harvard University’s Wyss Institute. “This is a training exercise.”

Full, fascinating story here.

[throughtheeyesofamedstudent]

This is awesome. Think of the possibilities!

[justdoitdaily-fitblr]

girl power 🎉

[throughtheeyesofamedstudent]

Hi there! I was wondering about how to put my slides into onenote with the slides having the correct landscape position, because everytime I place it in, it always turns its way to potrait. And can you also put in pdf materials? Thanks!

Hey there @mutia23mp,

when you´re opening the slides or pdfs in Safari or the browser of your choice, and then get transferred to OneNote after choosing opening there, you should get asked whether you´d like to add it as attachment or open it as `printed` version. Mine normally opens slides horizontally, if that´s the way they are shown in the preview online.

I hope I could help you :)

Xo

[throughtheeyesofamedstudent]

July 7th 2016 06:53 pm // --and another coming up 📚

This summer, the exams really do seem to be never-ending! Tomorrow another one wants to be passed, and I am on fire trying to memorize all the important hemic diseases and treatments and pharmaceuticals...

And even then, I still have another 7!! to go, and I don´t even know how I´ll cram all the knowledge into my brain....😭

Anyway, I am doing my best and I am positive, it will all be fine in the end. It´s just exams, and if I fail, I´ll just take them again, it´s no big deal! 

How are you guys keeping up? 

[throughtheeyesofamedstudent]

July 5th 2016 09:41 am // 2 exams done, another 8 to go!

✔︎ morning workout

✔︎ cleaned up my desk

✔︎ fresh black coffee for starters 

☞ Let´s get started!

[cofene]

vix @cofene​’s daily planner printables 

brand new baby studyblr here! after finally deciding to start up this blog i suddenly got really excited and made daily planners… it is full of all of the things i personally find useful but i’ve attached download links in case you like it! i was especially inspired (both to create this blog and to design these printables) by @cmpsbls, @studeying, and @gryfhindor. thank you!

download: [color] [b&w]

[throughtheeyesofamedstudent]

Perfect <3

[throughtheeyesofamedstudent]

Hello! I actually have a few questions on med in germany. Do they teach the course in english or german? About how much are your expenses for 1 month?

Hey anon,

in Germany the courses are generally taught in English, as the state examinations after the 2nd, 5th and 6th year are in German, too. But don´t worry, each uni usually offers language courses and tutorials for foreign students so they don´t get “discriminated”. 

However, there now are “med schools” in Germany offering a bachelor degree course, instead of the traditional German “Staatsexamen”. These universities however, like the Kassel School of Medicine (in cooperation with the University of Southhampton), require yearly fees of about 12,000€ -- compared to the “free” German universities, whose semi-annual fees are between 100-300€, depending on the uni.

Which brings me to general costs. Per half-year, you have to calculate the university fee, in my case about 190€. Per month, I spend about this much:

University fee ~32€

Rent+electricity+internet+phone plan ~350€

Food ~100€ (this depends on your shopping and eating manners, of course; I go to the food market every weekend and manage to save a lot that way!)

This adds up to about 480€ fixed costs each month, not calculating any further expenses like personal travel, books and other material, or leisure time activities.

Here some sources for further reading:

Homepage of the DAAD, the German Academic Exchange Service

Comparison of cost of living for different countries and cities

Homepage for the application to German universities offering study courses in medicine

I hope I could help you a little bit!

Xo, Jess

[throughtheeyesofamedstudent]

Best reward after a day of studying and an exam in the end 😍🍌 Nana nicecream with a lot of toppings ❤️ #nana #nicecream #banana #summerfruit #chocolate #caramel #coconut #muesli #yummy #delicious #sweet

[throughtheeyesofamedstudent]

oh my god jess i could't beileve that you have really replied! i wasn't even sure that you will read the message ! please give me your facebook lik there are a lot of things that i want to tell you ! thank you from the deep of my heart ! you're the best <3

Hey there, thanks for the exuberant message! I don´t really know who you are, though :D

Xo, Jess

[throughtheeyesofamedstudent]

July 1st 2016 11:02 am // I am back on track!

After being on a tumblr-hiatus for quite some time now, I am finally back! 

It´s already end of the semester again, and all I´ve gotta do for the next four weeks is study, study, study. 1 of 10 exams is passed already, and today the next one will be conquered!

At 4 pm I´ll have to be at the hospital  and pull every little bit of information about lungs and everything medically connected to our breathing organ out of my brain (which already feels shriveled to walnut-size). 

After that, I am free for the weekend, glorious two days! In which I will be studying, of course! And maybe enjoy the nice weather, before it´s winter again (I am scared of missing out on summer again this year, sitting indoors covered in books and papers...).

So, wish me luck,  guys!

[studydiaryofamedstudent]

Hi! Can you recommend me some med student studyblrs similar to yours? Also, do you have any tips on memorizing? I'm a med student but I have poor memory, so it takes me such a long time just to be able to remember important terms. :(

Hi :) I’m don’t know that many studyblrs,but I was thinking I could ask people here to reblog this post if they have a similar studyblr :D So all medblrs and studyblrs, help this anon out and reblog if you are a similar tumblr! And then maybe I can find someone new to follow as well :D Need new inspiration :Dand when it comes to remembering, i really suck at names, terms and so on, so I have to use flashcards to remember things, or make drawings to make things stick. But I dont have any specific tips :S 

[girlinwhitecoat-deactivated2017]

One morning with arrhythmias and my heart starts missing a beat. 🎶 

Non-native speaker comment : Arrhythmia is a word with awful spelling.

[throughtheeyesofamedstudent]

April 8th 2016 3:34 p.m. // Finally spring! I've been freezing my behind off for quite some time now, and as an absolute summer-person I am so happy to see the sun out again! I spent last summer inside studying for my state exam, so I didn't get much outside-time -- I'm making it all up this summer! Happy studying, guys!

[mdintraining]

Coagulation cascade made simple.

Someone shared this with me on my surgery clerkship and I wanted to pass it forward. 

1) Everything centers around the perfect 10

2) 7 is a lucky number so I keep it to myself

3) 8 and 5 are cofactors

4) 3, 4, 6 do not exist

5) When you draw it out, it looks like a gun, and your trigger finger (TF) would go by the 7. so TF (tissue factor) goes by 7

6) You use guns and trigger fingers in war, so that’s the part effected by warfarin. The other one is heparin

7) The shorter path has the test with fewer letters (PT). The longer path has the test with more letters (PTT).

The last “rule” was told to me by someone else, but it helps me every time, so I’ll include it here:

8) PET is WET (PT, extrinsic, warfarin) and [Brad] PITT is a HIT (PTT, intrinsic, heparin)

[twenty1-grams]

[phdstudents]

things never to ask a student

[flyonthewallmedstudent]

And yet it’s one of the most commonly asked things.. 

[throughtheeyesofamedstudent]

me: *is reading in another language*

also me: *reads numbers in native language*