Feb

28

Procrastination to productivity

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first off, let me state for the record that the act of writing this post is complete and total procrastination from current organic chemistry cue cards and mechanisms. i have a midterm on friday and my usual (although sometimes plodding) motivation has completely flown out the window.
i would rather write the exam RIGHT NOW […]

Feb

27

Currently re-reading: “House of God”

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Samuel Shem’s book was one of the first “medical novels” i read nearly four years ago when i decided i wanted to go back to school. i had heard it was a good book to read if you wanted to be talked out of a career in medicine… definitely true, but it didn’t […]

Feb

27

Study tips for med school

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“Med school is like taking a drink of water from a fire hose.”
~ Miller & Bissell: “Med School Confidential”
kendra over at island med student has compiled a great list of study tips for med school. it’s neat to see that such a simple set of tools would work equally well for pre-med courses or […]

Feb

26

Purging and packing

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i should hear about the MUA may ‘07 waitlist within the next few weeks… but even if i don’t get in until september, i will be leaving prince george in april - for good! :)
which means all the crap i’m not taking with me has to go into storage. and why wouldn’t i rather rather […]

Feb

26

Petition: “People before Patents” (Novartis)

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i’m not sure how much i’ve talked about it on previous blog incarnations, but part of my plans for a medical career have always included an interest Médecins Sans Frontières. an MSF petition was recently brought to my attention by a fellow student and - while i normally don’t feel petitions have much leverage […]

Feb

23

Vancouver, we love you

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it’s been an amazing week (as usual) here in vancouver. very near the top of my list of fave things about this city - and it’s a pretty looong list - is spanish banks (above photo). maddy’s review is as follows: “there’s an ocean for swimming, seagulls for chasing, and a large part […]

Feb

20

Certificate of immunization

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today was the first of many (okay, at least four) appointments to get my immunizations and blood tests up-to-date so i can safely leave the country for med school. MUA requires a certificate of the following:
- tetanus (within 10 years)
- measles
- mumps (proof of immunity)
- rubella (proof of immunity)
- PPD (proof of immunity)
- HIV […]

Feb

19

I love Canada

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i know i won’t be posting photos like this next february…
a lot of people i’ve talked to think going to med school in the caribbean will be like a vacation. i’ll admit it’s tough to imagine getting stressed out when you’re only minutes away from beautiful beaches, but i certainly have no delusions about […]

Feb

17

Leaving on an airplane (again)

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i’m nervous about maddy flying for the first time. i think she might bark her head off the whole way… right now she smells like wet dog. but that is a million zillion times better than wet goose.
i will likely update from the big city. i have an immunization appointment […]

Feb

16

Grey’s Anatomy: CPR

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when “Grey’s Anatomy” first aired a couple of years ago, i didn’t have a TV. i would download the episodes on my computer and (apart from that ridiculous initial opening sequence with the red shoes) loved it for what it was: a soap opera that happened to revolve around quirky surgical interns with quirky […]

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