Ah Yes, Medical School

Every now and then I drop by Ah Yes, Medical school for an interesting read about a Jewish medical student who is constantly on the lookout for attractive Jewish girls (Click link if interested).

He seems to hate anesthesiology and is currently refraining from going mad (although most would probably consider him already lost to the sea of craziness) while doing time at a psych clinic or something like that.

He also took a shot at Grey's Anatomy, a show I like must none-the-less agree that it might be a little too unreal.

Mexico Medstudent

It's been a while since anything happened here. Way too long. Don't know why, I have no excuses. Exams are in 9 or so days here in Białystok but that won't deter me from my ever so humble goal of mainting this blog.

So here's the latest entry in a long time. Mexico Medical Student from all the way in Mexico. Currently in the process of shopping for stuff for a baby, has interesting opinions and posts about...ummm...stuff. I'm sure you'll find it interesting. Give it a lookin'

Sales Pitch for Bialystok

A recent comment asked me to help a person decide between Bialystok and Szczecin Medical Universities.

In my mind, there's ultimately no difference but here are my points for choosing Bialystok:
1. It's in the "Green Lungs of Poland." Very nice surroundings and the climate isn't so close to the Baltic. Nicer.
2. We have newly renovated anatomy, chemistry, and pathology department. (Pathology is like walking into Narnia. Everything is brand-spanking new. There are costant revovations being done.
3. Our level of education is high. The English curriculum is based exactly on the Polish one. 97.3% of our Polish graduates passed the National Polish Medical Exam (LEP).
4. Last year three of our English students achieved high awards in the Golden Scapula Anatomical contest in Warsaw. Link Here.
5. We have an active student body. We're currently organizing a soccer tournament with other Medical Universities in Poland (English divisions)
6. Bialystok Medical University also gets a lot of EU funding due to our location and medical activity in the professional world.
7. We have our own hospital.
8. Our tuition is 9,500 Euro for first year and 8,500 Euro for succeeding years. Cheaper than Szczecin.
9. I'm here, who wouldn't want to study with me? :)

But essentially it falls down to your choice. There is no doubt that Szczecin is also probably a very good medical university and that their education is adequate. You'll become a doctor here and there and you'll be treating patients (hopefully) with the same amount of respect, dignity, and professionalism no matter where you graduate from.

But I for one would not transfer for any reason. I love it here.
Our Student's site (which I made :) ) www.ambenglish.com

An NHS Blog

Although not a "Doctor Blog" nor a Medical Student, I still felt it necessary to include Tom Reynold's (a pseudonym obviously) Blog to our list.

His blog tells the tale of an EMS worker (paramedic) and the day to day struggle with good, bad, and the just plain wierd. Tom is putting out a book which will hopefully soon be published. I myself check this blog every other day, a definite read.

Random Acts of Reality

Another Polish (Norwegian) Med Stud.

Espen is a Norwegian studying with me in Poland. A young aspiring doctor who just had his birthday, Espen was having a lot of problmes with his scanner which forced him to say Polish people are wierd.

Well...Norwegian people are the truly wierd ones :)

Check it out.

The Competetive Nature

Alice was kind enough to send over a link to her blog about residency positions and how many of each are left.

Almost a doctor, Alice is in her third year who I think is contemplating surgery or ob/gyn. (a very very hard choice to make :) )

Clinically Insane

A wacky, interesting, yet undoubtly (insert cool word here) blog by Kim, a first year medical student at Marshall University School of Medicine in Huntington, WV.

I post on study breaks, so that I don't go insane. Insaaaaaaaane!

Although there may be a disclaimer against this, she probably is diagnosed as clinically insane :)

Check it out!