2012

Cardio exam is finito! Yay!! Career in cardiology for Stuff?? Uh, not so yay. Not unless you’d be comfortable with having a cardiologist who failed her cardio exam.

Future Patient of Stuff
“Dr. Stuff I have this pain in my chest, I think it might be a problem with my heart?"
Stuff

[serious look on face]
"What’s a heart?"

Anywho…tomorrow is interview weekend for next year’s batch of newbies, aka 1st year med students. Good luck guys! I know it’s nerve-wracking but it’ll be over soon. Things seem much worse than they actually are. Well unless you’re me, and you start rambling on and on for 10 minutes about how math is SOOOO important in medicine, and how much you LOOOOOVE it even though you have not actually taken math since first year undergrad. Oh memories. How young and naïve we were Truffles (FYI: above took place 12 months ago…yes, 1 year of medical school ages you THAT much…or not, I may have regressed to my 10 year old self during my time here. Case in point, I go to school with a small juice box in the morning and giggle inappropriately). Which brings up a good point, don’t ramble on and on when you don’t know the answer. It’s hard, I know because I’m a rambler but less is more sometimes, seriously.

So, don’t worry, it’ll be fine. If I could, I’d give you a pat on the shoulder as expertly demonstrated by Truffle’s observership doc. And as cheesy as it sounds, but take it from me (person who waited a LONG time to get in), things will work out the way they’re supposed to. See you all tomorrow!

[Note: above picture does not reflect abilities of 1st year med student. I did not look so confident, nor was I so well-versed in the usage of a stethoscope. Psst...Truffles had hers on backwards too. Sorry, Truffles, your secret is out.]