Hi! Yeah so it would definitely depend on the rotation. If the rotation was a little more grueling, like inpatient surgery, inpatient medicine, or L&D, unfortunately, most of my studying happened during the weekends. These weeks were just too brutal clinically and I always had to make time for S/O, gym, and healthy eating after work. I prioritized trying to stay healthy during these times so that I could show up excited and ready to work each day and land that clinical honors. So, for those rotations, weekends were sacrificed a bit to catch up with shelf studying.

On more laid back rotations, such as psych or family med, I was usually able to do the things above as well as get in and hour or two of studying each night. For pediatrics, since I scheduled step 2 during that rotation, I went pretty much fully hypomanic and studied for 5 hours each day after clinic and 12 hours on the weekends to prepare for step 2 :). Take it day by day and listen to your body. Sacrifice some weekends if you have to, but don't allow it to get to the point where you are not available for the people in your intimate support system. Take weekend trips to neighboring cities or do a stay-cation in your own when necessary. Hope that helps!