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Planting seeds: get what you want by asking more
Being in medical school has opened up many doors and presented a vast number of opportunities. As a medical student, it is very easy to say get an opportunity to shadow any type of physician in an affiliated teaching hospital – something much harder to do as an undergrad or high school student. The same [...]
First post and first impressions
Hello World! Since this is my first ever post, I figured that I’ll keep it light, telling you guys a bit more about myself (stuff that wasn’t already covered in About), along with a tangent, and some of my plans with MedHopeful. Being ‘serious’ Josh and I recently had a discussion about first impressions, and [...]
So I think I know why my marks have dropped…
So I’m happy to say that I passed my Brain and Behaviour midterm – barely, with a 70.96 (a 70 is a clear pass). It was a pretty difficult midterm, with a bell ringer for neuroanatomy in the morning and then a written exam in the afternoon. It’s funny how easily I went from not [...]
… And then there were two
Along with the revival of MedHopeful, there’s going to be some fresh blood posting here. I’d like you to give a nice warm welcome to a good friend of mine from class, Shelly Luu. Having skipped two grades growing up, Shelly studied biochemistry for three years at the University of Ottawa before being accepted into [...]
I’m Back
After discussions with a friend and some personal reflection, I’ve decided to sort of revive MedHopeful, and at the very least, cross-post my entries between here and MedChatter.com. The main reason being that I don’t think the target audiences for both websites necessarily completely overlap, and this is a nice personal space for me to [...]
Lunch with Alex
On Monday I had lunch with Alex Shipillo, a good friend of mine who is very smart, driven, and talented, and whom I always have good discussions with and learn a lot from. The funny thing about my friendship with Alex is that I had talked with him and formed a friendship before we had [...]
End of the 1st Semester of Medical School
I sit here typing this relaxed and in a pretty darn good mood. Although my first semester of medical school actually finished last Thursday, I’ve been too busy/lazy to actually sit down and write anything. I think this is the first Christmas break in a while where I haven’t really felt any stress or guilt [...]
So I had my clinical skills exam today…
As I mentioned previously, one of the courses I take in medical school is the Arts and Science of Clinical Medicine (ASCM I) where we learn basic clinical skills. So far this year we learned to take patient history, vital signs (heart/respiratory rate and blood pressure), and some physical exams (precordial, peripheral vascular). Next semester [...]
Roller Coaster of a Day
Okay not really much of a roller coaster, but definitely some ups and downs – sort of. This morning I did my last anatomy dissection ever. We looked at the posterior part of the forearm and dorsal part of the hand (i.e. the back of the arm from the forearm to the fingers). Being able [...]
Clarification of My Last Post
So I got this nice email today… Liu, Joshua Paul You achieved the following scores on the STF exams: Blood & Gross Anatomy average: 84.3%, Your mark: 74.7 Histology average: 85.0%, Your mark: 67.5 Embryology average: 76.49%, Your mark: 70 Boy, that Histology mark looks ugly. I will be super sad if I’m asked to [...]
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