No Updates for Some Time

Sorry about being a little slow (alright, extremely slow) with the updates and all. I'm in Toronto at the moment and there's just no time to really sit down and check out blogs. Lots of work and things to do. Come September I'll get the ball going. Hope everyone is having a great summer so far!

Monash Medical Student

Monash Medical Student is a blog by Jeffrey, located in, you guessed it, Monash...Australia. Jeffrey used to be a tank platoon commander in an active Armour Battalion with the Singapore Armed Forces. Life could have been very different for him :) He's in a 5-year Bachelor of Medicine / Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) course.

Monash Medical Student wrote a quick post about being inspired where he mentions a few small, but key points to life in general which I think people sometimes forget. Jeffrey also shares his opinions on HIV, Sex, et al and shows some interesting pictures to go with them. I at least had a laugh.

Lastely, it's not all about hardcore medicine and philosophy, find out the Science behind Music and Running.

Med Studentz

I'm such a bad Medical Student/Webmaster. I haven't been updating this...in a long time. My apologies for that. But the links on the right have grown a tiny bit :) I've received some contributions and I though I might give an update or two.

Med Studentz Medical Forum is just that, a Forum where you can register. The very steep price of FREE may be of interest to the general Med Student and Professional population out there.

You can join hundreds of other medical students from all over the world and discuss everything related to foreign medical school, studying for the USMLE, and the medical profession in general.

I encourage people to join and help this community grow. You might just get something out of it!

Fantastic Letters of Professor Scrub

I've neglected this blog a little. I have to apologize for that. Lots of physiology and biochemistry and blah blah blah. Okay, enough with the excuses. Here's a blog!

The Fantastic Letters of Professor Scrub are just that, letters. Letters that deal with day to day issues in a funny way. They poke in all the right spots, from sarcastic and dumb to funny and just plain evil.

Although there isn't a lot of medical explaining, most letters have have something to do with medicine, so it gets you thinking. Vouchers for druggies and bubble gum for the fat people are examples of the style of writing that although may seem wierd has profound underlying connotations.

There are also a few interesting posts that make you go, "huh?" Such as Koro - An Important Affliction.

Mind games for the masses of medically orientated (and not) :)

ScienceRoll

I was going to go to sleep but by a freak chance of fate I thought I'd check out a blog and the next one on the list was ScienceRoll.

Bertalan Meskó is the founder of this very cool blog. Currently Bertalan is at the University of Debrecen, Hungary in 4th year with aspirations of becoming a clinical geneticist.

Bertalan's blog simplifies medicine and genetics and makes it easier to understand for the non-medical community and gives ideas for other doctors and students of how something can be explained and/or made very interesting.

ScienceRoll is not only easy to read but also shine's of professional quality posting which touches upon subjects such as Modification of Genes by Diets and gives honorary mentions of Doctors who have contributed so much to medicine. ScienceRoll also has Blogterviews of other bloggers that have achieved success in the Medical Blogosphere.

A recent post of ScienceRoll, Fighting Cancer with Video Games was mentioned in several other blog carnivals and sites. Another post that I found to be intriguing was 4D Ultrasound.

Even if you're not interested in any of the above, take a peek to get a feel of the writing style, blog, and Bertalan's approach to medicine as it is a great source of motivation.

CCLCM Student

CCLCM Student is a blog based in Cleveland, Ohio, US. It is an interesting read for those who like simple, black and white blogs which describe in detail the ins and outs of medical school, such as PBL (Problem Based Learning) and Med School Interview Tips.

Take notice of the sidebar at CCLCM Student, as it contains links to very informative FAQ's that may come in handy. Regular posts also describe in very good detail how classes look like and the little things that the writer pays attention to.

I don't really know how to describe this blog but it is very appealing. I like stories and especially ones that are like the grandfather kind, not boring or anything of the likes. The ones that are calm yet you can see the humour or irony in them. The kind that makes you feel as if you are reliving that moment. Stories that give just the right amount of detail in just the right moment. You can truly feel the sincerity, intelligence, and when you finished reading, you smile and say to yourself, "Yeah, that was good."

All Scrubbed Up

I must admit this blog is cool. I like the title too, who could resist taking a look at All Scrubbed Up? The writer(s) of this blog even called me a mate! I've never been called a mate before! For that alone this blog deserves to be up here :)

All Scrubbed Up is a solid blog and worthwhile read especially for those who need a good laugh. And the Medical T-Shirts that they found are also quite the hoot. And posting links to it all would take me forever, so check it out!

But it's not all fun and games here, serious posts are also written, such as Misunderstanding around HIV testing in SA, and the concerns of patients googling their symptoms (oh, haven't we all done that?).

But don't take my review for it, check out Domkop's one too.

DiBasic

I thought I should celebrate my upcoming histology exam with an update to this collection of blogs that I've been neglecting a little. I have a plethora, and I mean a plethora, of blogs to add.

Dibasic is a blog by a Med Student in Grenada who writes off campus restuarant reviews on the side. The blog is mostly a collection of personal thoughts and day to day things, but the details are what makes this wonderful time in each student's life so fun.

One of the interesting things that DiBasic explains is the wierd term division that the Med School over there has implemented in it's curriculum, but I'll let you find the other posts that explain it ;) Also is provided a quick review of what a first year looks like at the university for those people too lazy to search up an official curriculum from a website (or who just want to have the pleasure of reading a Med Student's blog). Going back a few months we find other posts that are of interest also, such A Question From a Prospective Student.

Lastly I would just like to congratulate on the move to Wordpress that happened not too long ago. Excellent decision :)

Nosugrefneb

I don't know what it means. I'm also sure that I'm probably the only one 
that's not getting the title to nosugrefneb. So far I've managed to make out 'no' and 'sugar.' Fill me in if you can.

Nosugrefneb is a blog by a Med Student at the University of Chicago. This particular student is also pursuing a PhD in Cancer Biology and already has a degree in Molecular and Integrative Physiology.

I added this blog because of it's "Make no sense and write random posts" approach to blogging. But also because I never said that this Blogroll of Medical Student Blogs should be limited to just blogs by medical students with posts solely pertaining to Medical issues and subjects.

You gotta have the whacky and wierd too.