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, […]
TR’s Top 3 Posts
Have you seen them yet? Check out TR’s 3 most popular posts on the Merck Manuals Med Student Stories blog: Hear Hoofbeats? Don’t Think Zebras. Depression is a medical illness. Treat it that way. How to Stay Fit in Med School
Hear Hoofbeats? Don’t Think Zebras
In our preclinical education, they teach us the rarest and most interesting cases. Multiple endocrine neoplasias, pheochromocytoma, pilocystic astrocystoma. The more syllables, likely the higher yield it is for Step 1. I’m only partially kidding, but it’s interesting to see just how little of these you will see. One of my attending general providers on […]
