A journal of my quest to become a physician … and my experiences in medical school starting at day 1, age 30. Also thoughts on specialties, advice for pre-meds, medical ethics and issues, interviewing help, and inspiration for anyone who wants to start over in life.
I’m a medical student, of course. This blog would be significantly less interesting if I wasn’t. I used to be a high school teacher, a researcher, an epidemiologist, and a million other lousy things until I finally decided to do what I really loved. I just blog to release stress, vent, and document my journey through medical school.
I have, say, a rocky academic background… and I was a very unlikely candidate for medical school. I just wanted to prove that you could make it to medical school on sheer tenacity alone… and then I wanted to inspire others who were in the same boat.
I started it just before medical school began in July 2009.
Several hundred usually.
Nope. Never tried. I have just been doing this for fun.
Pre-meds, medical professionals, nurses, patients, people who like sagas and drama, bored people.
Probably more than I should… it’s very easy to get distracted while studying. But I usually just write when I have something to say. My guess is somedays NONE. Most days 10 min. Occasionally… an hour.
I write frequently so there is always something new to read… and it’s kind of a mix of a soap opera, med school, and self-help. HIGHLY entertaining!
Write passionately, and don’t censor yourself our of fear someone you know will find you. They will anyway… and this way, when they do find you you at least won’t be boring.
This blog can be visited at http://journeysinmedicine.blogspot.com
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Zune and iPod: Most people compare the Zune to the Touch, but after seeing how slim and surprisingly small and light it is, I consider it to be a rather unique hybrid that combines qualities of both the Touch and the Nano. It’s very colorful and lovely OLED screen is slightly smaller than the touch screen, but the player itself feels quite a bit smaller and lighter. It weighs about 2/3 as much, and is noticeably smaller in width and height, while being just a hair thicker.
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Between me and my husband we’ve owned more MP3 players over the years than I can count, including Sansas, iRivers, iPods (classic & touch), the Ibiza Rhapsody, etc. But, the last few years I’ve settled down to one line of players. Why? Because I was happy to discover how well-designed and fun to use the underappreciated (and widely mocked) Zunes are.