Post Block 3 Slump!

Block 3 was a week ago yesterday and I still cannot get my brain back in gear to study for finals. I am not sure if it is that I have the Christmas spirit like Santa's Elves or maybe even Santa himself, or if it is my inner desire to be home with my children, but something has me preoccupied. I...

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Seasons of Change

        I am not sure what has happened to my blogging lately. I have a lot on my mind and have I guess taken a short hiatus from thinking about blogging. There are a few things that I sometimes think about at random moments. I guess, and perhaps I have blogged about this before, during this season I really begin to miss the seasons.          I love the...

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Professionalism in Social Networking

This blog is hard one to write, but I think it is necessary. I read a few blogs in my spare time . . ok well not really my "spare" time, but you get the point. One that I particularly like is Mothers in Medicine  for the most obvious reason--I am a mother and I am going to be in medicine. But I also like it because they write about issues that women face in the workforce as mothers. Topics...

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My Advice: an oxymoron

So as this semester comes to a close I have been thinking about how I could have studied harder, better, more, and made better grades. I think about what I have learned and worry a little about how close I am to taking Step 1. In my examination of myself I have realized that I rely too heavily on others advice and opinions of certain classes with respect to their level of difficulty and what books...

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Contest at Janaes Blog

So there were some great ladies that had husbands here at UMHS. They have moved on back to the US but I just found out that one of them is having a contest and the other has decided to start writing her blog again. There is yet another great woman who still lives on the island and her husband is currently in my class at UMHS. So this my attempt to WIN. I know it really isn't about winning it is more...

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Study Break

So when it is block time, I get so tired of studying. But, I am on an island and I can't really run to taco bell or the ice cream shop so I have to get creative. Today's study breaks. . .           Facebook (ahh. . how many times can you say that life is grand or sucks or you're in the USA and have everything at the tip of your fingers? Rub it in a little.) I think next...

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New Study Room

Hey check out the new room in the library. Please do not leave your stuff if you are not coming back for hours. We all want to use the space equally so if you are going to eat off campus then do the right thing and leave your stuff in a cubby and let others use your space. Thanks to President Ross and all others who were involved in getting this put together. http://iuonlibrary.blogspot.com/2011/07/library-addition-is-now-open.html Until...

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Congratulations! Board Scores are IN.

     One of the first terms you will hear in class, Cell Biology probably, is "high-yield". What the heck does high-yield mean? It means that it is usually tested on the Boards. Another term that is tossed out about two hundred times a day on campus. The Boards are the USMLE Step 1, 2, 3. First priority for medical students is to score very well on the USMLE (United States Medical Licensing...

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new design,

comment on the design, than...

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Books: To Buy or not to buy. . .

I had a great question on one of posts and felt that the answer needed a post all of its own. The commenter asked, "Do you use all of the books on the booklist and are older version ok for some of them?". The answer is never black and white, yes or no. So my advice is it depends. Do you really like to have a paper version of the book ? Do you need to read a textbook to understand the material? For...

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A generator??

       Electricity on the island is better than it was when I first arrived last year. It is rarely out and when it is they get it back on in a few hours. Last year they had experienced damage to one of there power generators and they had rolling blackouts every few days for different...

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They dress like that in med school???

I haven't posted in a while and I hope to post more often. Medical School is a fulltime job and I love to skype my children when I have a spare moment (read in the morning before classes and at night when I am having a study break). But yesterday I decided that I needed to post more often because hopefully...

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