Hectic schedule? Actually, not at all! Compared to my previous semesters, this one actually has gaps between classes. The subjects are interesting. There are standard texts so there is no running around looking for materiel. Medical school is very unlike graduate school. In graduate school you want the latest paper and you are constantly having to peruse the research literature because texts become outdated almost as soon as they are published and a graduate student is going into the field and hence needs to know what is the current state of affairs. In medical school, one is more interested in learning standard and conservative treatment approaches to diseases. The basic workings of the various systems in the body is quite well known and only details - often at a molecular level are in a state of flux as far knowledge about them is concerned. So our texts tend to have much the same things they have for the last 10 years with certain sections revised to include new findings.
Being still in the basic sciences of the MD degree program, we do not go the hospital or see patients. This will not happen until the middle of next year. It is frustrating since that is why most of us came here to be doctors and work with people. However, I am happy to know what I am doing before I am in the hot seat. We shall not have much lab work this semester except a couple of sessions in the anatomy lab dissecting the brain, which should be fun.
So far, things are still picking up. I can feel the feeling of panic at the volume of materiel to digest creeping up on my slowly from the inside. However, I shall still find time to write papers. I have decided to devote my weekends to that job and do the hard studying for my medical subjects during the week. Hope the plan works on both fronts.
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