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Quote: Originally Posted by riceman04 4 hrs is nothing...try 8 at least one day a week... how's everything going! I'm gonna be down in your neck of the woods right after Christmas! You gonna be down in the armpit of the country or are you heading back up to the city of big hair, ranches,and big spenders for the holidays? Thank God my parents are moving away from that area, so I'll never have to go there again. In any case,...

Having a non-science major doesn't change a thing. Nothing you learn in med school is all that complicated or concept-laden. It's just memorization. Whether or not you want to hear it, you are wasting your time attending courses beforehand. A few months of class in undergrad might save you a handful of hours of studying in med school. At that exchange rate, you're getting ripped off and will regret it later.

Step 1: Open a bunch of new medical schools in Florida Step 2: Wonder why residency spots in Florida are tougher to come by Step 3: ?????????? Step 4: Definitely not profit

Quote: Originally Posted by umean2tellme Very true. I forgot region plays a role in that too. I grew up and live in Mimi, Florida so the fam docs here don't do any of that stuff. Yea, you are less likely to see a FP do stuff in an area where specialists are all over. In my small rural community it was pretty different. We had specialist but people trusted their docs quite a bit.

Quote: Originally Posted by gluon999 That is just a broad generalization. The heart isn't as simple as you make it out to be. If it was, it wouldn't take 6-8 years to be a cardiologist. For ex, back in the day, beta-blockers were contraindicated in chronic heart failure because it was only 'logical' that they would be counter-productive. Tons of research has changed that simpleton thinking. Cardiology is nice field with...

If you are an attending in a teaching hospital, and you are going to deliver extremely bad news to a mother about her child, do not quiz your MS3s on how they would deliver the news outside the exam room's open door before you talk to the parents. If you choose to ignore the above advice, when your MS3s start looking into the room at the (now crying) mother, do not yell at them to pay attention. When you ultimately deliver the bad news,...

Derm and Plastics will still be popular b/c people will always be vain and want to look good, even if there are only like 100 people left in the world. If a real major disaster hit the general practitioners and Gen Surgeons would be best to have.

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Quote: Originally Posted by MossPoh Every premed want pediatric oncology, cardiology, orthopedic surgery, dermatology, pediatrics (because they love kids) or plastic surgery. I think you forgot pediatric cardiology, and the BIG one: infectious disease. I always find it funny listening to people talk about how badly they want to do ID, that is until they find out that ID does not involve dealing with ebola on a daily basis, and that most ID...

The key to remembering anything is organization. Your brain can remember things in packets and not as random unrelated facts. Things that you can do to get your materials more organized: Outline the material yourself- takes you from big headings to details. Concept Map- helps you to relate one thing to another but use keywords. Lecture to yourself outloud as you move through your notes; walk and recall things at the same time. Make drill tapes...