Pediatrics

I just finished Pediatrics. Can't believe I've finished half of my cores already! Everything is flying by. I arrived in Atlanta in June and I am loving being here. I've made it to The World of Coca-Cola, the Georgia Aquarium, walked around Centennial Park, practiced my golf at TopGolf, watched the laser show and fireworks at Stone Mountain and visited Six Flags over Georgia. I still want to catch a Braves game and maybe even a pre-season game of the Falcons. Atlanta Botanical gardens, the zoo, and the Martin Luther King Jr National Historic Site are also on my list to do.

My schedule for pediatrics has been 4 days a week and only 1/2 days so it has given me a lot of time to study as well as get out and explore ATL. I worked with 5 other students which was kinda a bummer because it just didn't allow me the exposure I wanted and it was all outpatient so the rotation lacked the inpatient experience. While I loved seeing the adorable children, I don't think pediatrics is for me. It's been a fun time though.

Some of the students from UMHS I worked with as well as our preceptor.

As far as studying for the shelf, I read Case Files, started Kaplan videos but I'm just not a video person so never finished and completed uWorld and Pretest questions. I think uWorld was almost a little too easy so I chose to also do Pretest which is another 500 questions. I love the explanations that Pretest offers so I honestly learned a ton just from reading those. Highly suggest it and they are a little more difficult and ask more about those rare conditions that somehow always sneak their way onto the shelves. Oh and I usef\d First Aid for the Wards for all the core rotations because it gives a general review of the high yield info. Test day is July 18th!

Next up is: Internal Medicine, getting into the nitty gritty of medicine!