tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post2830832442135945607..comments2024-03-18T09:00:31.992-04:00Comments on Doctor Grumpy in the House: The lost monthGrumpy, M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09858110332436246760noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-22356012762509571382010-05-27T21:45:13.822-04:002010-05-27T21:45:13.822-04:00Wow, we share some similarities. I read John Keeg...Wow, we share some similarities. I read John Keegan's "The Face of Battle" during my medical school second year cram sessions. However, I was more laid back I have to say. I studied in two three-four increments, one in the AM and one in the PM with plenty of guitar playing and screwing around in between. I also went out for a beer every few nights. I stayed up til about 11 the night before and watched TV for the last hour or two to decompress. I crammed for about 30 min before the exam and passed with a "234" - which was pretty good at the time(I have no idea what the scale is these days).ERPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15973334581468131595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-34502965309524277782010-05-27T18:31:56.065-04:002010-05-27T18:31:56.065-04:00Over here in the Netherlands we don't have suc...Over here in the Netherlands we don't have such a licensing exam in medical school... They've started a national standarized test but not all universities participate in it (mine does) and it's certainly not as difficult as your exams... Should I be happy or not? Sometimes I'm quite jealous at the level of knowledge you US doctors seem to have - we'll never be able to achieve that, I think :(.ChingChuan Chiuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13227102037788014480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-39070679297554962812010-05-27T17:48:26.081-04:002010-05-27T17:48:26.081-04:00*runs away screaming*
I had just gotten myself to...*runs away screaming*<br /><br />I had just gotten myself to the point where I forgot that time in my life ever existed... thanks for bringing it ALL back! I'm feeling the residual stress, man!Gingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10423176435574456011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-59568924138067898502010-05-27T17:47:24.945-04:002010-05-27T17:47:24.945-04:00*runs away screaming*
I had just gotten myself to...*runs away screaming*<br /><br />I had just gotten myself to the point where I forgot that time in my life ever existed... thanks for bringing it ALL back! I'm feeling the residual stress, man!Gingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10423176435574456011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-22518505529988015282010-05-27T01:07:42.660-04:002010-05-27T01:07:42.660-04:00I'm a MS2 in Canada and our 2nd year comp is a...I'm a MS2 in Canada and our 2nd year comp is apparently 100 mcq total and will not cover any minutiae, only clinical problems... mine is on Friday. Either we have it really good or I've been lied to.wleungnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-55093235863523884312010-05-26T11:31:30.278-04:002010-05-26T11:31:30.278-04:00all i can say is thank you Doctors for studying so...all i can say is thank you Doctors for studying so hard and for wanting to save lives. Good Luck kids... now go study.Rachelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-24583249726206033572010-05-26T00:58:54.714-04:002010-05-26T00:58:54.714-04:00I have often heard med school compared to a V in t...I have often heard med school compared to a V in terms of how much you hate your life. Step 1 was definitely the bottom of the V for me. MS2's, it'll be ok, you will all pass and med school will get better from here. In 2 years, you'll be doctors and then the freaking out will really start. I know because I'm living that part now.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12953744327227183339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-32963204638407408922010-05-26T00:21:24.634-04:002010-05-26T00:21:24.634-04:00I can't wait till that time next year. It'...I can't wait till that time next year. It's going to be such a blast! God. At least I can look forward to keeping my sanity when I'm a doctor, like you have, Dr. Grumpy.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04619337208918703213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-26470044456287435012010-05-25T22:04:39.208-04:002010-05-25T22:04:39.208-04:00This is exactly how I study for most of my pharmac...This is exactly how I study for most of my pharmacy exams. Not many people understand how you can spend in excess of 12 hours a day studying!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-38153120251564971622010-05-25T19:44:52.871-04:002010-05-25T19:44:52.871-04:00what we do is important. and difficult. and requir...what we do is important. and difficult. and requires personal skills that make mastery of the cognitive essential. it helps to pay attention during the first two years, but i am still learning thirty years later, and still enjoy it. and every few weeks i draw upon a memory of something i learned thirty years ago that i may not have seen the use of and did not use in the intervening decades.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-21689609180212330372010-05-25T18:25:30.794-04:002010-05-25T18:25:30.794-04:00I am in this process now... good to know that othe...I am in this process now... good to know that other fellow med students are feeling the same way. wake up at 6:30, In the library by 7:15-noon - eat - 12:30-5 - Eat - 6-11. Repeat! life is such a blur right now!<br />21 days till the exam and counting. Its so serial because you want the exam to just be here already do you can take it and move on to rotations.. but you also want all the time in the world to study as much as you possibly can and cram every single little detail in your head that you can. But you are right, you will never know all of it, you aren't suppose to. That thought it somewhat reassuring during this whole process.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-42590016142900677862010-05-25T17:05:13.389-04:002010-05-25T17:05:13.389-04:00Like the other vets that have made comments on the...Like the other vets that have made comments on the NAVLE (our national exam), the hardest part was being able to study while on rotations in our 4th year, which are clinicals. I remember being on large animal overnight ICU duty where we had to do treatments every hour. Some nights we had so many ICU patients that when we got done with one hour treatments, it was time to start the next set. Some nights, I could fit in studying between the treatments. <br /><br />I think that the year I took the NAVLE was the first time it was on the computer. I liked it that way because you didn't have to wait on everyone else to finish a section, like I used to have to do in other standardized tests.<br /><br />Of course, the random questions on dolphins or emus or whatever were total BS because the likelihood of that having been covered in school was nil, but you were still expected to "know" the answer.<br /><br />I don't remember what my score was, but it was not the highest or the minimum. One of my friends was very proud to have passed by a single point because that meant that he didn't over study...lol. He was not exactly type A.KateAhttp://charlesallison.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-27209910566164161682010-05-25T16:50:17.405-04:002010-05-25T16:50:17.405-04:00Ahh. Like Kobayashi Maru.Ahh. Like Kobayashi Maru.Grumpy, M.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09858110332436246760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-75664309584453558152010-05-25T16:45:01.039-04:002010-05-25T16:45:01.039-04:00"If there's one thing I came out of medic..."If there's one thing I came out of medical school with, it was this: The realization that there was absolutely, positively, no way you were EVER going to get everything read, studied, and reviewed that you needed to before the test."<br /><br />A med school professor once told me that one of the tasks of the med school curriculum was to show a class undoubtedly full of people who had never met a challenge they couldn't beat, that they did indeed have limits. Otherwise, they would kill someone.Satanam in computatrumnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-35045415237153577632010-05-25T16:09:23.154-04:002010-05-25T16:09:23.154-04:00My study technique was the last panel in Fizzy'...My study technique was the last panel in Fizzy's study tips post.<br /><br />doccartoon.blogspot.com/2010/05/study-tips.html<br /><br />I figured that if I didn't know enough to pass after nearly 2 years of study, 3 weeks more wouldn't help but sleep might.Hal Dall, MDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03853309002983404637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-66591157334150047912010-05-25T15:37:01.429-04:002010-05-25T15:37:01.429-04:00I'm in nursing school. Thankfully, in every cl...I'm in nursing school. Thankfully, in every class, the prof will say, "This is a very common question on the NCLEX." It's very helpful. They also give advice such as, if one of the answers is "grapefruit juice," just pick it. As a Ph.D. who obviously can't stay out of school, it's been a very different pedagogical experience. Every class involves a whole new set of material to memorize, and this is a BSN program. I can't even imagine all the hoops docs go through.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-4177052092746523332010-05-25T15:13:46.341-04:002010-05-25T15:13:46.341-04:00Omg. I don't even get a month; our school give...Omg. I don't even get a month; our school gives us barely 3 weeks and if you want any sort of break before 3rd year, it's basically 2 weeks. I'm freaking out right now, of course. And on top of that we're still in finals at the moment. June 14 is coming... Well regardless, it's good to know there have been many before me :pZiyanenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-56270652727025872432010-05-25T14:56:54.842-04:002010-05-25T14:56:54.842-04:00Hmm, you read my mind. I've already drawn a c...Hmm, you read my mind. I've already drawn a couple of cartoons dedicated to Step 1 that I was going to post this week :)Fizzyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11989684741783903947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-82547997417864979702010-05-25T13:57:44.770-04:002010-05-25T13:57:44.770-04:00Good god, you mean the test was actually *less* be...Good god, you mean the test was actually *less* benign in the past?! We had a "mere" 7 hour computer session for Step 1. June 21st was the longest day of the year in more than one way that year. <br />WV: [tor]turre, appropriately enoughArinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-81655218968880258292010-05-25T13:37:39.539-04:002010-05-25T13:37:39.539-04:00Hey! Everyone else was wearing them, too!Hey! Everyone else was wearing them, too!Grumpy, M.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09858110332436246760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-79084703227270182772010-05-25T13:35:21.365-04:002010-05-25T13:35:21.365-04:00While touched by your empathy for current students...While touched by your empathy for current students I was especially struck by the visual of 80's short shorts, and since my only picture of you is that handsome fellow in your profile pic I am now picturing him (quite against my will) in 80's short shorts and thank you very much for that, sir.sparkybarksdalenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-51475233433335217622010-05-25T13:19:54.736-04:002010-05-25T13:19:54.736-04:00Good luck to all the MS and vet students!!Good luck to all the MS and vet students!!bobbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14353836074794786357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-90493143124233365842010-05-25T12:37:30.185-04:002010-05-25T12:37:30.185-04:00Us nurses have something similiar called the NCLEX...Us nurses have something similiar called the NCLEX, I am sure that it is no where as hard but it tests everything we leaned in a 2 year period. The catch is that the questions run between 75 to 265 questions. It is a computer test and stops when it has figured out if you know your stuff or if you are complelty brain dead. After a month of attempting to relearn 2 years of things that I hardly use anymore, I took the test and it shut down at 75 questions. I spent 3 days freaked out till I had my passing results.MLeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02844329474927366269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-42609597963139024552010-05-25T11:54:39.827-04:002010-05-25T11:54:39.827-04:00This seems quite ironic. I just graduated pharmac...This seems quite ironic. I just graduated pharmacy school, and I take the NAPLEX (North American Pharmacist Licensure Examination) today at 3pm. This is our national boards we all must pass. Granted, this is MUCH easier than what you went through, (90% pass rate or so) it's still a stressful time. I have been using Dr Grumpy's blog as a break for the last 2 weeks! I know what it's like for 5 years of school to be condensed into 5 hours of exam.Toddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10175330233922632422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-65928832351317411552010-05-25T11:48:54.036-04:002010-05-25T11:48:54.036-04:00It does indeed sound worse than NAVLE, e.g. veteri...It does indeed sound worse than NAVLE, e.g. veterinary boards, although when you are a horrible standardized test taker who was voted "Least Likely To Work On A Cow" in your class, the questions starting off with "You are called out to a farm to see a cow ..." made me want to crap my pants. So did "You are asked to investigate a curious group of deaths of geese and ducks in a local pond." A miniscule percentile of that crap is relevant today...and I still have nightmares about swine diarrhea...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com