January 7, 2015

Ok, I haven't done shit for MCAT the last week. I was supposed to actually start learning something. It is ok. Start now. Stay positive. Keep your head up.

Remember this is what you do to prepare for the career. This should include reflections from work, the application process, personal statements - just general ideas that aren't specifically medicine related.

eg:

•  java made a good move defending the nurse. everyone loves her. learn how to make friends like java. Make people laugh, joke and smile.
• As a physician, you have to consider all the possible situations, even if it is benign, you have to consider it. You have to be prepared for the worst possible situations. It takes experience and confidence as a physician to be able to just call bullshit and send some one packing. During your first year, don't lean on being a minimalist. Your goal is to ensure that you think about why you do everything that you do. Your job as a physician is to make the crucial decisions make decisions
• What has engineering preach? Take a monumental, a colossal problem. Break it down into smaller problems. Then further subdivide those problems in to manageable, narrower, limited problems. Then take one step and follow it by another until all the pieces are complete. This takes planning. This takes tremendous vision and patience.
• What have i learned this past semester? My writing sucks and it is hard to write. It will take me many revisions and I have to blow up the office of my teacher in order to ensure that I receive an A in organic 2 lab.

1. Notes follow this order: What is the chief complaint? When did it begin? What are associated sx? What is pertinent past medical history? What are pertinent negatives?
2. There should be a corresponding lab, image, physical exam finding, procedure, or consult that directly corresponds to each +/- ROS and chief complaint
3. In the MDM: state what the person was here for - what you did about it - why you did these things - and significant findings to support the decision making. 
4. What is going to happen with this patient and what do you want them to do after they leave? (as a rule of thumb, always recommend PCP followup if there is no full resolution of Sx, always state that return precautions are given (if you can, state specifically which ones) and always state that the patient understands and consents with the final plan, it is just formalities to keep the bases covered.

Just remember, your time is moving. You can move forward with it, or you cant stand and let it pass you by. Last 8 years... you have been moving very slowly.

94% in Honor Organic Chem 2

I'm just guessing way to much in my practice MCAT.