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Maduramycosis
The infection has reached the bone. Patient will probably need an amputation
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Making the perfect study plan
Exams are getting closer and now is the perfect time to create a solid study plan to get motivated and be productive. Here are some tips to help you making your study plan!
- You don’t need a fancy planner. You can just use Excel to create it as you like and it will be more than enough!
- Make a list of all the topics you have to study and gather similar subjects in the same category. Then, classify them by priority order.
- Estimate the amount of time you’ll need to study each topic. Don’t underestimate it : you have to take all the time you need to understand and memorize, otherwise you’ll end up rushing things up and not being productive enough. I remember adding 1 hour more than I thought I would need so I could have plenty of time to go deeper in the subject without stressing myself out.
- Know when you’re the most effective and do the hardest tasks in that moment. Keep the lighter subjects for the rest of the day. When I was doing my first med school year I would always study chemistry and physics in the mornings and the rest in the afternoon and evening !
- Plan your breaks and meals. If you want to watch an episode from your favorite TV show, plan it. Your free time is important too! Make to create time for daily activities that fulfill you :)
- Plan your delay! Set a day in your planner where you just catch up on everything you’re late on so you don’t get super stressed if your study day didn’t go as planned ! I always use my Sundays as « delay days » haha
- If you have enough time, try to plan review sessions of the topics you’ve already seen. When I was studying anatomy I would make review sessions one day a week so I could memorize in the best way possible.
- Also, plan a day or half a day to test yourself. Do it early enough to re-adjust your study plan if you feel like you have to spend more time reviewing a certain topic!
And you, what are your “planning habits”? Do you use a planner ?
Please reblog and like this post if you want more tips like this one!
I wish I could learn to apreciate more things I have. I remember loving to study medicine, but at the same time complaining so much that I couldn’t just enjoy the journey. Now that I have time to rethink everything I hope just to not make the same mistake twice.
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College started and my bank account is not happy about it.
56 y/o F h/o CHF (EF 20-25%), rheumatic heart dz w/ severe mitral stenosis and regurg presents with acute onset SOB and light headedness.
Top EKG– before.
Bottom EKG after metoprolol and cardizem.
Diagnosis?
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Pager painting party on night float. Intern med pager, senior med pager, and peds pagers all getting glammed up in different glittery colors.
Behold: the blue diamond. Sometimes it does feel cursed just like the infamous Hope diamond.
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When you get to your new clinical rotation too early and are forced to sit beside the lake drinking your coffee.
Intern year really sucks.
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This is great, because I’m sucking at everything lately!!!
I’m gonna be sort of good at a loooooooot of stuff.
I’m going to make this my mantra every day for intern year.
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So I have a giant Herpes plush from Giant Microbes…. And for years I have given the smaller plush version of it to people I love as a funny gift.
Today my best friend posts this on Facebook.
I’ve never laughed so hard.
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Advanced Trauma Life Support certification class skill section.
I’m a beast at chest tubes these days.
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The hospital gave us these lanyards today. Told us that each bead was hand made by rolling paper over and over again and dipping it in varnish. The organization provides a home for victims of sexual assault or war crimes in Uganda that is funded by donations and the sale of these lanyards.
… we were told to imagine each bead as a celebration of the outstanding diversity within the patient population we will serve. And to remember that each bead represents a life made more safe by our wearing it.
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I’m officially a Family Medicine resident. Saw my first patients in clinic…. and this was on my hospital doors.
Welcome to the frontier!
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