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Re: Dancinjenn's house. Seriously perfect for a WSU SOM student. I lived there for my clinical years and it was *great* - traffic along that stretch of 94 is rarely bad. Excellent kitchen, plenty of room for desks/study areas. The neighborhood is great, places to walk your dogs and an...

I lived in Dearborn Heights and Roseville for my time at Wayne State - I liked both of them because no matter where you live in Detroit, you're always going to end up driving somewhere else. :) Both areas are well situated to main freeways (Southfield and I-96 or I-94 and 696), have excellent...

Aw, Tybalt. You're talking trash about my beloved Oakwood? Sure, you're not going to get the real surgery experience, and will be kicked out of every delivery if you're male, but medicine & the sub-specialties are actually pretty strong. Good luck on match day, dear. :)

Hey, I realize that not everyone knows about Memorial and such yet, but anyone willing to weigh in on the Internal Medicine residency there? Scutwork.com is giving mixes reviews, looks like there was a shakeup there 1-2 years ago.

Tybalt, If you do internal at Sinai Grace, you will learn heaps (not from lecture, but from helping managed the 300 patients your team has at a time) and you will get a good evaluation. (because your interns will likely be bright as a burnt-out lightbulbs) Seriously, I managed a good number...

For anyone who was wondering, yes Baby Claire is absolutely adorable. Family medicine, not so much. Between the paperwork for this and continuity clinic, I feel like all I'm doing is bull**** assignments.

Hey, anyone remember what the assignment is for Family Medicine when you miss your hospice assignment? Serves me right for thinking my day was in the third week, instead of the second.

I have decided that there are only 3 things that happen on family medicine: We adjust your blood pressure medication. The nurse stabs you six times and I give you a sticker. I look at your crotch.

As someone who carries an otoscope/opthalmoscope on her person, there's a few reasons: You know that dive-and-duck-while-attempting-to-not-rupture-an eardrum maneuver you did in peds? MUCH easier when the otoscope is not tethered to the wall. Or how about on inpatient, when the scopes aren't...

Holy crap, the internal medicine shelf was brutal. I had just filled in the last answer when they called time - a first for me. PS. Dancinjen is a million years pregnant. But no water breaking in Green, so yay!

"Sleep and food prn" Now is that dosed Q6 or Q12? I had peanuts for breakfast the other day - karmic punishment for actually getting 4-5 hours of sleep on call. From the "these people are DOCTORS?" department: Scene - Drug rep lunch/noon conference. Drug rep is giving out freebies - trauma...

I totally saw a girl with VATER syndrome. Not as cool as a champagne tap, but still fun. :) PS: First year - go to at least one class party (the friday/saturday of orientation week is generally a good bet) but if it isn't your cup of tea, realize most parties are pretty much the same. Except...

Big upps to all the fellow passers! We're not afraid of the big bad step I. What are y'all doing for your electives? My three choices were Emergency Psychiatry, Addiction Medicine and Emergency Toxicology. I'm thinking either ER or Internal medicine at this second, so hopefully those will be...

That would be my Hell Yeah, I passed Step I dance. PS. You guys were right. General peds clinic is a clusterf***.

Kalamazoo College - Health Sciences : Resources http://www.kzoo.edu/hsc/Resources.html (Dr. Kiino = best pre-health advisor ever.)