http://www.subaquasternalrubs.com A Third-Year Medical Student who wishes he was Scuba Diving Fri, 06 Oct 2006 00:34:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en an actual post on this blog! To catch everyone up, yes, I passed Step I, and now am doing my first clinical clerkship in Pediatrics in Brooklyn. After a long time of being without, I finally got internet in my apartment today, so you are all being graced ... http://www.subaquasternalrubs.com/archives/2006/10/05/i-dont-believe-it/ My hands are shaking so much it's hard to type. Just on a whim, I checked OASIS to see if there was any news on my Step I score. Turns out it was mailed yesterday (so I should have it in plenty of time to start rotations). ... http://www.subaquasternalrubs.com/archives/2006/08/10/its-semi-official/ It's official, I no longer have to submit myself to radioactive toxic waste in Dirty Jersey: Hi Carsten! We have been able to accomodate you at NY Methodist Hospital for cores. You will receive confirmed placement shortly. Clinical Placement Coordinator Now that I have my confirmed placement, I have to start looking for apartments ... http://www.subaquasternalrubs.com/archives/2006/08/06/no-more-dirty-jersey/ That's all I can say about my USMLE Step I exam experience: It's Over. I knew some without looking at the question, I knew I should have known some, and I had no idea what they were talking about on some of them. Of the latter, I just ... http://www.subaquasternalrubs.com/archives/2006/07/27/its-over/ Today I got a nice letter from the ECFMG (Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates), who are the fine folks who handle all the paperwork and register me to take my USMLE Step I exam. The letter starts off: Dear Dr. Stracke: Well that's nice of them - they gave me ... http://www.subaquasternalrubs.com/archives/2006/06/14/the-cart-before-the-horse/ Sorry I kind of zoned out there for a bit. If you haven't guessed, I have safely made it home. I spent a week "relaxing" (working at the hospital and riding ambulance), but now I am in the midst of my US Medical Licensing Exam (USMLE) Step I ... http://www.subaquasternalrubs.com/archives/2006/05/24/zoned-out/ It's official -- I am finally done with the Caribbean forever. Though it wasn't with the usual German efficiency (8.5 hours vs. normal 3), grades for yesterday's Pathophys exam were up, and I officially passed. I am really to exhausted to write much, and hot (since I am ... http://www.subaquasternalrubs.com/archives/2006/05/12/its-official/ to being done with Basic Sciences. :-) Passed my Pharmacology final today, just one more exam (Pathophysiology) on Thursday which I really can't fail, and I will finally be DONE! Finally moving on to clinicals. I can't tell you how excited I am. :-) And then I ... http://www.subaquasternalrubs.com/archives/2006/05/08/one-step-closer/ You know you are mentally ready to go home when: -you start running out of bismuth subsalicylate (Pepto-Bismol ®) from eating your own cooking. -you start driving on the wrong (or the right, depending on how you look at it) side of the road. :roll: For some reason, the Business Office here at ... http://www.subaquasternalrubs.com/archives/2006/05/04/random-news/ Remember my doubtfulness about the replacement for my lost ATM card ever making it to St. Vincent? Well, it turns out that the people in the Customer Service department at my bank didn't believe me when I said that no one in SVG has a physical street mailing address, ... http://www.subaquasternalrubs.com/archives/2006/05/01/i-thought-it-was-called-customer-service/