Hello Everyone, I just submitted my Rank Order List! I’m extremely excited, this means I am really close to finishing off my 4th year of medical school and moving into the next adventure…residency. The process to get here has been long, and the year was full of many challenges. It started off with picking the…
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Psychiatry
Welcome to the last clerkship review of third year! I finished off the year with my Psychiatry rotation. I have never felt the need to pursue a career in Psychiatry, but I believe it’s a very important aspect of medicine. One of my undergraduate degrees is in Psychology, and then I followed that up with…
Pediatrics
Hello everyone! I’m sorry it has been so long. I finished my third year and things got a bit crazy with board exams. I want to finish off my clerkship review then move on to all the exciting things I have been doing since third year finished! Here I am going to review my pediatric…
Surgery
Welcome to my surgery clerkship review. This rotation was definitely a love hate relationship for me. On the up side I did get to see a lot of really cool surgeries, participate in traumas, procedures and high stress patient care. On the downside this rotation almost physically killed me , the longest I stayed awake…
Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Ooooh Obstetrics and Gynaecology….. The main goal of third year medical school is to gather the basic skills to become a physician and show you what you might like to pursue post grad. For me this will not be OBGYN haha. Even though I didn’t enjoy this area of medicine, doesn’t mean I didn’t learn…
Internal Medicine
Hi everyone, since I am almost through my third year of medical school in NYC, I thought it would be a good idea to update everyone on what, exactly I have been doing all year! I thought blogging about each core rotation may help my fellow medical students approach this difficult transition year. I hope…
Crush the USMLE Step 1
Hey guys, this post is for my medical school followers! I just finished my USMLE step 1 exam and promised some lower term students I would write about my experience and how to do well on this massive and stressful exam. If you have just finished second year, there is probably only one thing you…
Big Life Changes
Welcome to a new era of the Snowbird Diaries. So much has been changing in my life lately, I thought the blog needed an update as well. I hope you like the new look as much as I do :). The last time I talked to you all was right after coming home from Maui, while…
1/2 A Doctor
Hello everyone and happy holidays! I just finished my 5th term in medical school, 2 full years of classes, meaning that I am officially 1/2 a doctor :D. I can’t believe how fast time has gone, I will be writing my first USMLE board exam come march then moving into clinical rotations in the states…
The Last Semester
Hello everyone! If you have been wondering where I was, and speculating that I must be back at school by now you are right haha. I flew back to Grenada in Aug to finish off the last semester of my basic sciences in medical school. I can’t believe how fast time has gone, both this…
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