And its 3 days to our last lecture, 14 days to our exams ... and a week and a half after that - preclinical years (oops, i mean, Early Learning in Medicine) will come to a close.
We said thank you and farewell to "our" cadaver today - whom we spent hours learning from (by taking it to bits, really...)
Of course - this preexam period is ... scary.
I don't think I know half of what I really need to know in half of the areas that we're covering.
(As for the other half, I know zilch.)
The semi-comforting line is "We want 90% of the students to know the essential 10% of the knowledge we're giving you, not vice versa" - but... as always, Which is the essential 10% (and then actually learning it) is the million dollar question.
I'm losing it - and i need to sit down and STUDY - but all i want to do sometimes is cry, really.
Year 4 will be a blast....... if i pass year3.
My 3rd year was the toughest year I had to go through. Everything was new; internal med, pharmaco, pat anat, pat phys, surgery.
ReplyDeleteAll new information, and all WAY too much...
I barely scraped through 3rd yr. But once you pass that hurdle, you're on the way to smooth sailing. Cuz yrs following that 3rd yr is a repetition mostly. So long as you've got SOME basics down, you'll be fine.
As for crying, 3rd yr was the most emotional yr for me. LOL. Welcome to clinical yr Eve!!!!
hahah u wont believe how many times i actually did cry!
ReplyDeletewoah time for med students to share their stress and thoughts. in preclinical years its crazy, with all the lecture notes piling up and its impossible to rmb every single thing u're suppose to rmb. whn u get to clinical years then u start thinking owh shoots why cant i rmb anything i've studied in the prev 2 years??! what happened to the 2 yrs of slaving away and cramming. eevee u'll be able to pull through. stress period we share. its ok to cry! i've had many of those crap i just wana give up and cry moments.
ReplyDeleteu can do it evee! clinical yrs after that wil be a blast for u. real patients! :D