Category: School

A review series on various subjects/topics/lectures we've gone over in med school.

Day in the Life: Pediatrics II

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This was my last rotation in med school!!! The senioritis was strong, but thankfully, I had a super nice and very understanding preceptor! (He actually gave me a couple afternoons off!) Read on for my very last “Day in the Life” for medical school!

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Day in the Life: Sleep Medicine

This was my last elective in med school, and for some reason, it took a billion moons to find one.

I wanted to stay in California in the general vicinity of home for another 2 weeks. I looked for everything from Acupuncture to Occupational Medicine to Sports Medicine to Family Medicine to Nutrition to Physical Therapy …

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Day in the Life: Rural Under-served Family Medicine

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The next couple “Day in the Life” posts are gonna be kinda squished together because I lagged so far behind on the last one (Peds Neurosurgery)!

I got off to a really rough start on this rotation, due in part to:

  • Breaking my dominant hand the weekend before
  • Misplacing …

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    Day in the Life: Pediatric Neurosurgery

    It’s been a couple eons since I’ve written a “Day in the Life” post, and truth be told, I’m about…3 rotations behind? Oops. It’s mostly because I broke my hand right after my Neurosurgery rotation. It made life a tad difficult, but I learned to deal!

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    Day in the Life: Adult Neurosurgery

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    Braiiinnnnnnnsssss.

    Sorry, couldn’t resist!

    What does a vegetarian zombie eat?

    Grainnnnnnnnnnnssss.

    Okay, I’ll stop. You’ll have to excuse my sleep-deprived self.

    I’m actually splitting this rotation into 2 “day in the life’s” because I spent 3 weeks on the adult service rotating between Team A, B, and C, and my last week in pediatric neurosurgery!

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