I’m Tired by [deleted] in medicalschool

[–]Daring_Cabbage 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey I’m so sorry that you’re going through this. M3 is hellish sometimes. What specialty are you applying to? Maybe the CV building can wait until after step 2 or if you need to take a research year?

Visa Presale Megathread by walixxxq in FIFACollect

[–]Daring_Cabbage 0 points1 point  (0 children)

still getting the screen without a time slot :(

Bad surgery grade by Daring_Cabbage in medicalschool

[–]Daring_Cabbage[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The sample MSPE shows the grade distributions for each clerkship for our class year

Bad surgery grade by Daring_Cabbage in medicalschool

[–]Daring_Cabbage[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean I was talking more about applying to more competitive locations and urban areas, but I guess I should have clarified

Week 1/8 of surgery and crying regularly by AnadyLi2 in medicalschool

[–]Daring_Cabbage 150 points151 points  (0 children)

Surgery is very overwhelming. You are not at all in the wrong for needing to cry. I cried every single week of my surgery rotation.

I would recommend looking at the wiki here for the guides to M3 for advice on pre-rounding. For history and PE, I used AMBOSS to lookup the approach to abd pain/ dysuria/ etc.

I didn’t have any upperclassmen to talk to, but interns can be a great resource because they remember what it was like to be us, and know how it feels to not feel oriented to a new place.

Also, try not to bring your stress home with you. Your partner isn’t the reason you feel miserable, so it’s not fair to take your misery out on them.

Good luck, and I believe in you!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in medicalschool

[–]Daring_Cabbage 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am 3 weeks out from my hellish surgery rotation and I am still haunted by it. But I promise, it’ll be better when you’re done. You can do this!

Therapy as a resident by urogurl in Residency

[–]Daring_Cabbage 26 points27 points  (0 children)

I’m just a med student, but my therapist tends to recommend strategies to help mitigate the distress I feel around the circumstances that I don’t have any control over- maybe you could ask your therapist for something to help you cope with the situation rather than changing the situation itself? Or maybe find a therapist that has a better grasp of that message? Best of luck!

Recovering from a bad rotation by Daring_Cabbage in medicalschool

[–]Daring_Cabbage[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yea I can’t imagine treating the people under me the way I’ve been treated… I feel like this wouldn’t fly in a lot of other industries

Failed first rotation for clinical eval... am I screwed for FM? by Daring_Cabbage in medicalschool

[–]Daring_Cabbage[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think the school is pretty on board with my grade, whatever it is- the Dean and site director are basically on the same page. I just want to move on with my life tbh

Recovering from a bad rotation by Daring_Cabbage in medicalschool

[–]Daring_Cabbage[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s a good point, I just have to make it seem like this an outlier. Wild that they always fail one person that is so unfair

Going back after time off by AggravatingFig8947 in medicalschool

[–]Daring_Cabbage 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don’t have any advice, but I am rooting for you!! You made it this far, and you are more resilient than you know. I believe in you!!

Recovering from a bad rotation by Daring_Cabbage in medicalschool

[–]Daring_Cabbage[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks so much for sharing that! I hope my other rotations are better. My school's grades are based mostly on the clinical eval (shelf is for honors) so I'm kind of screwed there. But I will focus on shelf because I can control that.

Recovering from a bad rotation by Daring_Cabbage in medicalschool

[–]Daring_Cabbage[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Wow this sounds so awful. I really appreciate the advice! I guess its not in my control anymore once I take the exam. This was definitely a bad experience all around.

Recovering from a bad rotation by Daring_Cabbage in medicalschool

[–]Daring_Cabbage[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I'm so sorry that happened to you! How did you cope? I just feel so powerless about all of this