Third-year is great because you are out in the hospital, seeing real patients, and you technically aren’t ‘studying’ as much as you did first and second-year. In reality, you probably are studying more. And retaining more. But it definitely is a whole lot less book time. All day long you are seeing patients and seeing […]
From the Clinic to the Wards: A Hospitalist Perspective
I’ve shifted from the clinic to the wards. For the next 5 months, I’m on multiple inpatient services–internal medicine, surgery, inpatient peds. I’m only a few weeks in and it’s already a very different world I’m living in. The 3-hour-long rounds, the pace of patient interactions, and the intensity of medical management. As an internist, […]
Starting the Third Year of Medical School
“Hi, my name is Meghan Yi, and I’m a second…I mean, third-year medical student.” I awkwardly introduced myself to standardized patients like this all last week during orientation. BUT, yes, folks, you heard that right–I’m a third-year medical student! We officially begin our rotations on Tuesday, a day marking the beginning of talking to and […]
