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• One more board exam

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  Tomorrow I am taking the Step II COMLEX. Then, I am done with board exams until I am a doctor. I would feel some relief, but that just means I need to get my applications to residency in, and then … Continue reading → [...]
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• All board review and no play…

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  I have my USMLE Step II CK on Saturday, and my COMLEX Step II CK August 1st. So, sorry I haven’t had time or mental functionality to blog much. I have tons of stuff I have wanted to share. Let’s … Continue reading → [...]
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• Sorta studying

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  I am doing daily board review. Today I did most of it in front of a Mystery Diagnosis marathon. That counts as review, right? I got a few of the diagnoses correct. And, I will remember the signs, symptoms and … Continue reading → [...]
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• You gotta know when to hold ‘em

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  I have been thinking lately about practice patterns and interventions lately. I went for my annual female exam recently, and was chastised by the family medicine resident because I haven’t had a mammogram yet. Gizabeth wrote about a similar discussion … Continue reading → [...]
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• Night of the fourth year medical student

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  Yes, I am rising from the great beyond of rural rotations. I am, as of July first, a fourth year medical student. Hello, senioritis! I am doing a board review month. I am taking the MD and the DO boards. … Continue reading → [...]
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• Hands on in the boondocks

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  Howdy. I have been busy, as usual. Not only working at a new rotation site, which has been wonderful, but driving more than three hours a day to get to and from this site. Our medical school requires that we … Continue reading → [...]
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• Lamentations

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  Please, run, don’t walk, to the series called Lamenting the System at the Unnecesarean. It is a series of responses from practicing ob/gyns to an article called “An Obstetrician’s Lament” by Annette E. Fineberg, MD, which was published in the … Continue reading → [...]
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• Happy Mother’s Day, and a post up

  Happy Mother’s Day to everyone! I am going to be spending it with my kids and extended family. And, I have a post up at KevinMD. [...]
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• Back from ACOG

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  I am back from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Annual Clinical Meeting in Washington DC. It was wonderful. I mostly stuck to the medical student track again. Some highlights – I thought the lecture on Misogyny and Women’s … Continue reading → [...]
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• When routine care is not evidence based care

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  I am studying for my shelf exam (my end of rotation exam, for those of you not well versed in the jargon) on ob/gyn. I am using one of a popular series of board review books. Every single question in … Continue reading → [...]
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