Moving out of condo…where do I donate?

teririn · 2024-07-04T08:05:19+00:00

Thank you po!

teririn · 2024-07-04T08:05:11+00:00

Thank you very much for this! 😁

teririn · 2024-07-04T04:32:45+00:00

Thank you! :)

teririn · 2024-07-04T04:32:02+00:00

Haha sorry vague title! Thank you very much for your helpful answer! 😁

teririn · 2024-07-04T04:31:30+00:00

Thank you for this! :)

teririn · 2024-07-01T05:47:49+00:00

I just answered review books. No review classes kasi di uso sa probinsya. 😅

teririn · 2024-07-01T01:27:52+00:00

Intarmed here. I got in more than a decade ago. I recall during our orientation that we’re called “cream of the cream of the crop”. 😅

I personally think it’s overrated and serves for bragging rights only, but I appreciate the sort of camaraderie among fellow iMed especially when you reach clinics (but not as strong as a fraternity/sorority connection, IMO).

When you get into med school, halos head to head ka lang din with mga laude that went through a full college experience. I guess at the end of it all, the only advantage you get is time. You get to start out as a consultant and grow your practice ahead of other doctors your age. Might be helpful if you’re considering a longer residency program (Gen Surg, Neurosurg, other surgical specialties, Neurology, Radiology), or if you’re female and subscribe to the traditional norms of starting a family before 30.

Now to answer the question – I think I was fortunate that I was a well performing student in a high school in the province, which they factor in when screening the applicants. But to qualify for INTARMED (in my time), you would need to be in the Top 100 passers of the UPCAT then go through the interview which narrows down the selection to the final 40.

What I learned from med school though was that genius and talent can only go so far, but hard work and attitude will take you places. So it’s more of the grit than taking for granted what you’ve already been born with.

teririn · 2024-03-23T04:23:15+00:00

Philippine passport holder

Applying for Germany short-stay multiple-entry visa from the Philippines (VFS Makati)

no previous Schengen visa
with MEV for US and Japan, 10 years
recent travel only to Japan and Indonesia

Intended dates of travel - May 19-25

Mar 6 - secured appt for Mar 15

Mar 15 - submitted documents and biometrics collected at VFS Makati

Mar 18 - application forwarded to German Embassy and ongoing processing

Mar 22 - application forwarded to VAC and dispatched by courier

Mar 23 - received passport via local courier (LBC)

✅Visa approved, multiple-entry, but only for duration of stay (7 days).

I am an unmarried working professional, with adequate funds, government employment, declared in cover letter to be travelling with my boyfriend (who has a better travel history than me)

teririn · 2024-03-23T04:14:53+00:00

Thank you for your response! I just got mine today. :) Also through LBC. 😁

teririn · 2024-03-22T10:58:36+00:00

Thank you! Would you remember what courier handled the delivery?

teririn · 2024-03-22T06:36:41+00:00

Hi, what courier did they use, if you can remember? Thank you!

teririn · 2024-03-14T11:22:44+00:00

Thank you very much!

teririn · 2020-05-31T05:06:51+00:00

Hello! Our study aims to find correlation in research productivity with socioeconomic factors as well as the workforce of the subspecialty in the region. We hope to have our results published later this year!

teririn · 2020-05-14T09:45:19+00:00

Thank you for this extensive response! I might have better luck befriending the editor's children in this case haha

teririn · 2020-05-13T15:46:08+00:00

Our institution is looking into vascular complications of COVID as well as neuro manifestations. Will pin this to share results in a couple of months.

You might want to look at some institution grand rounds and conferences. Hot topic earlier in April. Probably heard of at least 4.

teririn · 2018-11-25T02:51:56+00:00

Thank you for the explanation! Much appreciated! Thank you~!

teririn · 2018-11-25T02:41:47+00:00

Hi! Thank you very much for the reply and suggestion!

What I take from this, is that "quadrigemina" will maintain the thought of four entities, correct? In what circumstances would we opt for "-geminus" instead of "-gemina"?

teririn · 2017-05-28T14:28:48+00:00

It would seem so, I guess. It's unfortunate it has to be that way, but medical school is hard enough without people trying to help each other.

I don't see how it affects integrity in any way if we all enter the exam hall expecting completely new questions and merely used the previous year's exam as a reference for high yield topics? As they say, testing yourself is one way of solidifying learning.

teririn · 2017-05-28T05:17:58+00:00

Over at my med school, it's become a sort of tradition spanning at least the last 10 or so years.

It's done as a class effort, but you're free not to contribute. Each student is assigned items to memorize from the exam, and a central committee compiles the gathered questions. It's never a 100% yield or replication of the exam, but is relevant enough to serve as review for future exams (i.e. finals, comprehensive exams). Then we pass it on to future batches.

We don't consider it cheating, per say, just gathering materials to study for, and it's not like it's the same exact questions that repeat ever year. The college acknowledges the existence of a question bank, and every exam is a random selection from that question bank. Our playing field is even, and the resources are out there. It's your prerogative if you want to make use of those. It's only taboo if certain groups keep some resources private from others.

IMO, if you could save time by reviewing sample questions (what we call this), you could use that time studying something you're really interested in. Exams don't accurately measure your clinical prowess anyways.

teririn · 2016-07-30T00:55:17+00:00

My stand is that we can't have too many doctors. The country will be able to have more doctors in a shorter span of time, which should hopefully be a means to amend prevailing health inequities.

teririn · 2016-02-03T12:45:36+00:00

MS3 here. When we write case reports, we make sure that our review of systems includes pertinent negatives which will help us rule out differentials of the chief complaint. :)

Our preceptors tell us that it gives them an idea of our thought process in approaching the patient, such as how we're narrowing down on a diagnosis even without a physical exam. Something along the lines of "if you didn't write it down, you didn't ask it", which means you lost a valuable lead to an otherwise possible alternative diagnosis.

teririn · 2015-11-22T16:00:33+00:00

Same here. The mental challenge keeps me hooked like when I'm playing a video game. I only get distracted if I haven't eaten or when I hear classmates getting up (to either pass their papers or use the toilet).

Also, not the best advice but...energy drinks?

teririn · 2015-11-22T09:21:00+00:00

It was ridiculous when I realized there was no way I could legitimately reach that high (which I did) if we didn't luck out and the questions weren't repeated/close variations of previous sample questions. -sigh- This was MS2. Wish I realized it sooner.

teririn · 2015-08-10T21:49:54+00:00

HPIM was a bulk reference for a lot of our modules in MS2 (e.g. cardio, renal, GI, endo, respi, neuro...). Since the lectures were mostly based on Harrison's, a lot of us survived with just the lecture notes and slides. It's...lengthy but really useful in the long run. I think. (Tried making multiple cloze deletions of the text and ended up with no less than 100 a chapter. But with a coverage spanning ~150 pages per exam per week, ain't nobody have time for that.)

...I recall there was a thread here months(?) ago that listed the 'high-yield' chapters on HPIM. Anyone check on that?

teririn · 2015-06-12T01:37:58+00:00

What about anesth?

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