Too much studying!

I haven't been updating much, because there isn't much worth blogging about going on.  I'm in the middle of studying for the boards, which I take on June 14.  The boards are a huge exam that covers the entire first two years of med school.  The full name for the exam is USMLE (US Medical Licensing Exam) Step 1.  There are three steps to the USMLE.  The first step is taken between the second and third years of medical school, the second step is taken during the fourth year of medical school and the third step is taken at the end of the first year of residency.

The first step is the hardest and the most important.  This exam is the single most important factor in determining what your options are for residency.  Other things matter, but the board score is the number that programs look at first to see if they even want to interview you.

Because this exam is so important, we are given several weeks off of classes to study full time for the exam.  I'm in the middle of that time now and basically study as many hours each day as I possibly can.

July 5th will be when I start rotations and will hopefully have some more blog-worthy things happening!

34 days until the boards!

Med 3 Schedule Switch

Turns out, I was able to trade rotations with someone and now I have the exact schedule I wanted!

1. Internal Medicine (July - Aug)
2. Surgery (Sept-Oct)
3. Pediatrics (Nov-Dec)
4. OB/Gyn (Jan-Feb)
5. Psych/Neuro (Mar-Apr)
6. Family Medicine (June-July)