My friend forwarded me this medical school nerd scale. I'm not sharing my score.
Just took (and passed) my lab medicine exam. It was listed as a single credit, which doesn't seem like much, especially since I'm currently taking 26 credits. I have one more week of classes, then pathology on Monday, pathophys on Wednesday (heme/onc + ID), and pharmacology (period 6 exam and a cumulative exam) on Friday. Then I'm done with classes!
Psychiatry became available in period 5 of 2006, so I dropped my sleep med rotation and I put psych in there (I'm still at HCMC). Into period 8, where I had psych, I put my neurology (also at the same location as before, North Memorial). Then I added back sleep med into period S2B of 2006 (still at HCMC). I lost a bit of vacation in year 3 and early year 4, but opened up 4 more weeks of elective time in September-October of year 4. I put in cardiology right before my medical ICU rotation, both of which I can drop if I want to do an away rotation. I also like having neurology before Med II
Here's my updated schedule.
My abstract submission was selected for a poster presentation at the Annual Session of the American College of Physicians in San Francisco (where I'm at now). Today I showed my poster, "Epidemiology of Sedation in the Intensive Care Unit," and it was judged as one of a couple of winners. So they're going to mail me a cash prize and a certificate. Yay!
My third journal publication has now been assigned to an issue - the May 1st issue of Biochemical Pharmacology. So look me up on page 1385 when you get yours delivered.
For those curious, here are my three, in chronological order. For fun, compare the publication dates and issue numbers of #1 and #2 (exact same issue of the exact same journal). These studies were done almost 4 years apart (I worked on #1 in the summer of 1998, and worked on #2 in March of 2002) and in different areas of research (different drug classes, different areas of the body, different model animals, different applications), and yet their ended up only 141 pages apart in the same issue of the same publication.
#2 Maternal Vaccination Against Nicotine Reduces Nicotine Distribution to Fetal Brain in Rats
Tonight open registration started. While it's likely some things will change, here's my schedule as of now:
May 30 - July 10 Pediatrics at St. Paul Children's
July 11 - July 24 Vacation
July 25 - August 21 Orthopedic Surgery in Duluth
August 22 - September 11 Sexual Problems in Clinical Medicine at FUMC
September 12 - October 2 Anesthesiology at FUMC
October 3-October 23 Radiology at HCMC
October 24-November 13 Ophthalmology at the VAMC
November 14-November 27 Vacation
November 28 - December 11 Sleep Disorders at HCMC
January 2 - February 12 Medicine I at ANW
February 13 - March 26 Surgery at Methodist
March 27 - May 7 Psychiatry at HCMC
May 8 - May 28 Dermatology at FUMC
May 29 - July 9 Medicine II at the VAMC
July 10 - July 23 Vacation
July 24 - August 20 Primary Care - Family Practice (location TBD)
August 21 - November 17 Primary Care - Internal Medicine (location TBD)
September 18 - October 15 Neurology at North Memorial
October 16 - November 12 Medical ICU at FUMC
November 12 - December 10 Emergency Medicine at HCMC
December 11 - December 31 Vacation
January 1 - February 11 OB/GYN at Mercy Coon Rapids
February 12 - March 11 Cardiovascular Medicine at FUMC
March 12 - April 8 Nephrology at HCMC
April 9 - April 30 Vacation
July 1, 2007 - ??? Internship and Residency (location TBD!)
Here's my graphical schedule.
Today I picked Sexual Problems in Clinical Practice. My schedule has been updated.
For my third pick I chose Radiology at HCMC in October of my third year. Here's my current schedule.
A few hours after drafting my radiology elective, an anesthesiology elective opened up in 3B (September) at FUMC that I grabbed. And then yesterday morning I drafted dermatology in period 9A (May) at FUMC. My schedule has been updated.
For my first elective draft, I picked a radiology rotation at the VA, disappointed that all of the anesthesiology slots were filled. Then later tonight I noticed a slot opened up, and I grabbed it. Here's my current schedule. Tomorrow I have first pick (8:00 am), and I'm torn between opthalmology and radiology. Stay tuned for late breaking news.
And for my final draft of required rotations, I picked Emergency Medicine at HCMC in period F4 of my fourth year. My schedule has been updated.
For my ninth pick I chose neurology at North Memorial in period F2 of my fourth year.