Boards Blow
Boards are done. Mexico is tomorrow.
In retrospect, I can say that studying for boards was actually worthwhile, but the actualy exam was extremely lame. It was really good to force me to review everything I’ve learned over the past two years and see it from different angles, integrate it, etc. But the test I took today had too much that reflected too little on practicing medicine. If I was studying to be a research scientist, test the hell out of me on biochemical pathways and cell signalling molecules, but I’m preparing to be a doctor, to take care of patients, not molecules. I couldn’t believe some of the questions that made it through the NBME’s screening process. Hey NBME-I don’t care about specific details about HLA types that some MD/PhD has written a question about.
Whatever, I’m done, hurrah. Expect a new redesign of the site in the coming weeks, as if anyone reads this anyway.
Yes, I’m cranky. Over and out.
I’m reading it, I don’t know about others, check the statistics…:-).
By the way, thanks for the link to that First Aid Q&A website, I like it.
congrats! i’m up in 2.5 wks. trying not to panic…but yet I can’t wait till the end of it…
Way to go Grant!.. I take my boards on monday. Thanks for the First Aid Link.
I’m reading. The biggest thing I learned in school was how to learn, not any one thing that I could regurgitate on command. Hopefully med school is a little more practical :) but nevertheless, I think you’ll realize the value of the time you spent studying.
Good going
You got to be smoked hard to become
a good dockie
holla
Keep up the good work.
Congrats on being done! I still have s few days left and am in full-on panic mode. good to see someone survived it intact.
A resource for those taking surgery boards.
People read your site.
Congrats on completing Step 1! May you perform better than you anticipate.
Enjoy your vacation before third year, and get ready to assimilate information in a way that is very different from that of your pre-clinical years.
clinical life is a whole lot more fun, interesting, practical, enjoyable, acheivable(?)
i guarantee you will like it better… unless ur scared from the patiet-dr relationship part