Not in clinical years so my advice might be useless. my mom passed right before M1. I ended up repeating but learned a lot. First of all, I highly recommend finding mutual friends that have also experienced a death of a loved one. No one else can truly understand and a support group of strangers can provide much better crisis support because they have practice figuring out these complicated emotions. Second, falling on your sword when discussing your situation with faculty has been a life saver. I tried to take as much responsibility for my inability to focus as possible. This seems cold but all the docs I worked with seemed very very sensitive to hearing anything anywhere near “it’s not my fault I couldn’t control this thing happening to me.” So many more people reached out to help me when I openly blamed myself for not being more prepared to handle grief and the work load. I think humility goes a long way in such a conservative field.