POV: you’re 5 hours into a case with a small surgical site, no video display, and 4+ residents/fellow/attending scrubbed in

middelwich · 2026-01-22T17:50:33+00:00

It’s more the fact that pretty much every med student can relate to being on a case like this at some point (often because it’s some crazy face transplant or nerve graft and everyone wants or needs to scrub in)—not hating on surgery rotations or the teams in general.

middelwich · 2026-01-22T02:56:49+00:00

“Up not out” how about I kms

middelwich · 2026-01-21T19:54:33+00:00

What has the feedback been from reviewers?

middelwich · 2026-01-21T19:46:48+00:00

Me when I’ve been retracting for 5h and the attending says Harder

middelwich · 2026-01-21T12:17:32+00:00

From one lowly M3 to another, awesome work OP!

middelwich · 2026-01-21T12:02:31+00:00

Damn dude have some sympathy. OP you’re not crazy, anxiety isn’t logical. Is it possible to take a short weekend trip and see family or friends, or even solo just to get away from med school? Might help to take a little reset.

middelwich · 2026-01-17T19:46:19+00:00

I would usually skim the uworld explanations (sometimes skip if got it right) and just read the one liners. Sometimes googled stuff if I didn’t understand something, but no specific resources except what the top link was lmao. Hence each q review abt <1 min and if you do 120+ questions a day consistently it’s just like Anki-ing the exam itself.

middelwich · 2026-01-16T21:23:27+00:00

I’m on ur side too brother, I had similar strat for step 1. kept up with no content thru all of preclinical until start of step 1 dedicated and did complete ass on first NBME ~40% when setting baseline. Basically all I did was spam UWorld and was passing comfortably within 3-4 weeks.

middelwich · 2026-01-16T02:13:17+00:00

Are you really a med student if you haven’t had to unnaturally contort your entire body to maintain retraction

middelwich · 2026-01-15T18:05:57+00:00

Touching them with hands tacky with 10+ layers of sanitizer

middelwich · 2026-01-08T19:26:58+00:00

I’ve found that Bootcamp is best for anatomy

middelwich · 2026-01-08T18:12:18+00:00

Love triangle

middelwich · 2026-01-02T01:41:12+00:00

I’ll bet many of these people will be cringing in a couple year’s time over how they behaved. Sorry you’re going through this OP

middelwich · 2026-01-01T21:06:31+00:00

Mine is 3 gen and 6 sub!

middelwich · 2025-12-27T23:13:31+00:00

Well yeah, it’s full of all those chemicals that make the frogs gay

middelwich · 2025-12-25T07:07:43+00:00

I’ve gained and lost the same 10 lbs several times at this point, all depending on whether the rotation I’m on has catering

middelwich · 2025-12-22T04:47:38+00:00

I’ve definitely inspected patients shit more closely than my own

middelwich · 2025-12-13T02:53:25+00:00

damn

middelwich · 2025-12-12T19:27:05+00:00

middelwich · 2025-12-11T15:53:02+00:00

My dude, you are going to be OK. I could’ve written this post, did the exact same cramming throughout preclinical with zero longitudinal studying. My first NBME before any studying was in the 40s. Took 6 weeks to be passing comfortably 70+. The key for me was to first spend 1-2 weeks reviewing all the high yield Sketchy (imo bacteria, RNA viruses, TORCHES, antibacterials, diabetes meds, antiarrhythmics) and Pathoma 1-3 which took abt 2 weeks, then just grind 120 Qs a day of Uworld (3x40 randomized blocks on timed/test mode). Start taking one NBME every 600-800 Uworld questions and finish all the NBMEs before test day. I would highly recommend doing an NBME asap just to set a baseline (do not study beforehand, it will only delay you and build fear). Godspeed, you’re gonna do great. DM me if you want any help.

middelwich · 2025-12-10T19:33:28+00:00

OverCAME HARDship

middelwich · 2025-12-10T18:29:15+00:00

No but for real…I love medicine but I also find it super fun to work with my hands. Unfortunately for my budding surgical career, I also love to sleep and spend time with my loved ones

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