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Outpatient Medicine and Pulmonology by CCLCM Student .. Medical Student Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine For the next three weeks, I will be doing general outpatient medicine in the mornings, and then specialty clinics in the afternoons. The general medicine clinics are exactly l ... Read on »
Tips for Doing Well in the Family Medicine Rotation by CCLCM Student .. Medical Student Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Here are my tips for doing well in Family Medicine. 1) Be enthusiastic. This is good advice for every rotation actually, but especially in the outpatient clinic. You might fe ... Read on »
First Presentation by CCLCM Student .. Medical Student Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine I did my first presentation today, and it went well. We wound up discussing the patient's psychosocial issues and how they could be contributing to her problems with headache ... Read on »
First Rotation Done by CCLCM Student .. Medical Student Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Today was my last day of Family Medicine. I can't believe how fast these three weeks have gone by. I went around to thank all of the doctors and staff and to say good-bye, and ... Read on »
End of Second Week by CCLCM Student .. Medical Student Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine I'm done now with my second week of family med, and the time is really flying. I am still having a great time. You never know what you're going to see when you come into the c ... Read on »
Finally Got My Step 1 Score by CCLCM Student .. Medical Student Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine I didn't sleep very well at all last night. I kept waking up at least once every hour, and I was having these totally bizarre dreams. In one of them, I had gotten a 34 on the ... Read on »
Waiting on my Step 1 Score by CCLCM Student .. Medical Student Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Today is Tuesday, and the next batch of Step 1 scores should be coming out tonight at midnight. It has been exactly three weeks since I took the test, so it's possible that mi ... Read on »
Friday Didactics by CCLCM Student .. Medical Student Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine The last couple of days have been pretty crazy, but I'm really enjoying my family med rotation. The preceptors are really into teaching, the nurses are encouraging, and the pa ... Read on »
First Day of Family Medicine Rotation by CCLCM Student .. Medical Student Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine I had my first day of family medicine clinic today, and it was terrific. I'm at Beachwood Family Health Center, which is one of the CCF suburban family health centers. I did t ... Read on »
CCF Core I Orientation by CCLCM Student .. Medical Student Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Today was technically the first day of my Core I rotation, but it was another orientation day. For some reason, we had to be at the Clinic at 7 AM. First, the faculty who are ... Read on »
Bridge Week Day 4 by CCLCM Student .. Medical Student Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Today was the last day of Bridge Week. We had to come in at 7:30 AM to take a practice Step 2 test for five hours. Taking a practice Step 2 test a week and a half after I took ... Read on »
Bridge Week Day 3 by CCLCM Student .. Medical Student Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Today was a long day of hurry up and wait. We had to be at CCLCM by 7 AM, but it was mainly so that the UP students who are rotating at the Clinic could get their IDs, parking ... Read on »
Bridge Week Day 2 by CCLCM Student .. Medical Student Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine We had to go back to the Sim Center this morning for another four-hour session. Again, we were divided into four groups and we went to four different stations for an hour each ... Read on »
Bridge Week Day 1 by CCLCM Student .. Medical Student Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Today was the first day of the clinical part of my third year. This week is Bridge Week for Case UP and CCLCM students who are doing clinical rotations this year. We only had ... Read on »
CCLCM Step I Timeline by CCLCM Student .. Medical Student Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine This timeline will be most useful for CCLCM students, but some of it might be helpful for students from other schools too. Late October to Early November 2007: I registered fo ... Read on »
USMLE Step 1 Resources (Organized by Subject) by CCLCM Student .. Medical Student Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine General - First Aid for the USMLE Step 1 (had a love/hate relationship with this book (mostly hate), but it is good as an outline and for tips and mnemonics) AnatomyHigh Yield ... Read on »
My General Advice for Step 1 by CCLCM Student .. Medical Student Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine One thing I will warn you about ahead of time is that everyone you ask will tell you to do something different to ace the boards. I found this out for myself very quickly when ... Read on »
Done with Step 1! by CCLCM Student .. Medical Student Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine I took Step 1 today, and I honestly have no idea how I did. I feel like I passed, but I'm not sure if I just barely passed or I totally killed it. I know there is at least one ... Read on »
Feeling Good about Step 1 Next Week by CCLCM Student .. Medical Student Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine I have one more week to go until I take Step 1. Today I took the last practice NBME exam, and this is the best score that I have gotten yet. It's way higher than I needed or w ... Read on »
Core Rotations at Case by CCLCM Student .. Medical Student Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine I finally got my rotation schedule for next semester today. I'll be doing three weeks of family medicine, then three weeks of outpatient internal medicine, then five weeks of ... Read on »