hubbellsdad

Too "Neuro", cut me to the quick that does....

curmudgeon

lol. I don't even know what it means. Came by text. Next text. "Will call . We need to talk about careers." Jeebus. I sure hope it involves being a doctor.

curmudgeon

Ooh. I forgot. It was the ear! The ear was too neuro.

Foodlover001

@curmudgeon: What med. school does your daughter go to? I'm in high school, but I'm still undecided, so I was wondering about how your daughter got interested in medical sciences.

somemom

Foodlover, which med school anyone attends is not really critical to your process. Your best chance will be your state school (unless you are in CA!), then you may apply to other schools, too, but the reasons for choosing them are quite personal.

Look at the main page of the pre-med topic forum and read the stickies, they will give you a great starting point to understand the process.

WayOutWestMom

somemom gives great advice!

Each person's motivation, interest and journey will be different. I have 2 children--one in med school and one who will <crosses fingers> be going in a year and a half. Although they lived in the same house with the same parents, grew up together, went to the same elementary/middle/high schools, even had some of the same teachers etc., their motivation to study medicine and the path each followed to medical school has been very different.

You can read about the process and educate yourself about the generalities, but the path to med school will be your own unique journey.

Foodlover001

Okay. Thanks. I'm just not sure because there are so many jobs out there!! Yes, I have heard that going to state med. schools are better!! Again, thanks!!

WayOutWestMom

Yay!

Just brought in the mail to find a check from the med school's bursar. Called D1 who said, "Oh yeah, I forgot to tell you I won a scholarship."

texaspg

nice wayoutwestmom!

entomom

Nice, I hope you're going to treat yourself to something fun and entirely impractical.

WayOutWestMom

Actually, when I talked to D1, she related that she landed "badly" when she jumped down from a climbing wall earlier today. There was a loud crack (loud enough the front desk staff came hurrying in to see what happened) and she is unable to put weight on her foot. Either a very severe sprain or a fracture. She's waiting on test results. So it appears likely that at least a not-insubstantial portion may go to pay for the orthopedist and/or PT.

OTOH, she got carried out of the gym by her firefighter BF ala An Officer and A Gentleman.....

And, oh yeah--she's supposed to go on L&D starting tonight. Can't imagine trying to work in a delivery room on crutches.

curmudgeon

Tonight's convo. Her friend J says anesthesia rotation is


intubate
Coffee break
Coffee break
Coffee break
Extubate
Go home

MiamiDAP

Buiding "yes" list: renal, derm, infectious deseases. However, the notion is that academic preferences might not result in residency preferences as there are other factors, and many will be discovered later. The most interesting block is still ahead - neuro, the last one and from what was heard is the most challenging. The most difficult part of the current block is anatomy, huge amount of memorization. Somebody has said that conceptually Med. School is easy. We just wish that there is more "conceptual" material, human beings are not computers, memorization is challenging and very time consuming and makes Med. School very very challenging academically. There are exception, I bet, but there are very few out there who have photographic memory, most very top students do not have this exceptional ability and have to work very hard, much harder than they ever did before. Not a complain, just another comment in regard to "easy" academics at Med. School. There is no single student in D's class who thinks so. Every time she mentions how hard it is, she would add, that it is very hard for everybody else. But applying all this knowledge and sometime receiving positive encouraging comments is very rewarding. Still, see what will happen during rotations, I bet experience is a huge eye openner.

mcat2

Is there some medical related software application that is a "must-have" for MS students in clinical (MS3, MS4) years?

I heard from DS (currently an MS2) that he may need to have access to some mobile software on the smart phone in his MS3 years. I do not know what it is. He only mentioned it is like encyclopedia on the smartphone. When I looked it up, there is a free one called MedScape from WebMD and there is another one that may cost money. Does this kind of mobile software need fast internet access like 4G LTE? He has had iPad but I think it might not be convenient to carry such a big piece of hardware while in hospital.

Also, how many GB bytes of data usage each month would be needed if you rarely see video on the smartphone? I am thinking of 2 GB. (It is then $100 a month on Verizon!)

I personally never like any smartphone. The screen size is well too small for my old eyes. I always think these new gadgets are designed for young people only. The displayed characters are well too small (I know there is a zoom-in feature but it is hassle to use it constantly.) and the touch screen takes too much effort to get used to.

i_wanna_be_Brown

probably talking about uptodate or epocrates