Vacations

What happens in Vegas, ends up here.

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After all my USMLE and COMLEX Step 1/Level 1 exams, I had a few days off to chill before training for third year began, so we decided to take a quick trip to Las Vegas for 3 nights to relax! We planned a mix of everything from sight seeing during the day and night, going up the Stratosphere tower, hitting a few casinos, touring the Hoover Dam, seeing the city (downtown and the world-famous strip), and visiting Red Rock Canyon, a National Conservation area, just to the west of the city.

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Guest Post: Welcome to Third Year from a Fourth Year (Books and Advice)

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This post is a guest post from Daniel F. who as you know is his fourth year. Like my posts that I’ve done for previous years, outlining study materials, this is a broad overview of each rotation and his recommended books for each shelf exam. I will be doing my own rotation-specific posts as the year goes on detailing what I used, but for now good luck and enjoy! – Ryan
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Welcome to third year. By now you’ve probably figured out how much better it is than first and second year. That’s good. Take advantage of every opportunity that is presented to you. Enjoy every patient (as much as possible). Every day should teach you something new. A few days aside, third year was a great experience. My single greatest regret is that I wish I had learned more each day so that I didn’t have to cram so much for Step 2. That brings me to the bulk of this post—what books to buy and how to study.

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Dropbox for Medical School

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Starting my first year of medical school, I began using Dropbox to sync my files across my laptops, desktop, and smartphone. Previously, I had used Microsoft’s Mesh service which provided 5GB of synced storage, but it was only limited to Windows and OSX. At the time Dropbox was taking off and only gave (and still only gives) 2 GB of storage. Today it’s probably the most versatile solution for storing numerous files and having them seamlessly synced across many users and devices. Google Cloud is a top competitor but does not allow desktop syncing, only allowing individual files to be loaded on to the cloud for retrieval. Continue reading Dropbox for Medical School →

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Gunning Med School: Books for Second Year

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Yes, most of these pictured at first year books.Ok gunner. so you’ve made to be an MS2, congrats! Now the real med school starts! Second year is far more interesting than the first year because it’s easier to comprehend and apply. BUT (you knew it was coming right?), it’s much harder than first year because the amount of information they want you to know can be overwhelming. Remember to cover the big picture first, and then fill in the details. Pace yourself throughout each course and don’t let other gunners get you down. Everyone learns differently.

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