What I Really Learned in Med School

Travelled to Newark, New Jersey for 2 consecutive weekends to try and write an exam because that is exactly what I want to be doing with my life. The first trip, we were met with Winter Storm Jonas - the second biggest storm that NYC has ever seen (or at least since they started measuring in the 1880's). We got about 70cm in under 24 hours over in Newark. Public transit was down. There was a travel ban. We WALKED to our exam just for them to tell us it was cancelled. And then we got stuck for 5 days. The second trip, we were able to complete (and pass!)  the Kaplan Step 2 CS which is basically a practice test and a course to prepare for the “real” USMLE Step 2 CS. It was a 12 hour day interviewing and examining and counselling 12 standardized patients and then reviewing how you did. The test itself was challenging but getting the feedback was honestly even harder.  “As lovely as your smile is, it was inappropriate for this situation.” “You didn’t place th...

Delayed post with some pictures from our time in Houma, Louisiana... Drive down the bayou Look at what the ground is made up of (hint: it's not rocks) Ready for the (next) flood All the houses are like this Potlucks! Not posed AT ALL Last day of Internal Med with my group Dive bars and music festivals Pumpkin cupcakes with cream cheese pumpkin frosting & Girls night wouldn't be girls night without chocolate Walk Ons - our fav sports bar & Sara's birthday cheesecakes Frog legs at Dad's new favourite restaurant - Boudreau and Thibodeau's! Learning about the Acadians/Cajuns at the cultural centre and speaking Cajun French with the locals Ann's 30th birthday! When your backyard floods and your landlords just tell you not to go into the yard in case of alligators... The crew together for American Thanksgiving Shooting range with Rich and Sherri My favour...