UBCStudent128 Posted April 23, 2016 Report Share Posted April 23, 2016 What are some of the highest yield topics to read upon during summer? I don't want to completely slack off but don't know if re-reading lectures would be high yield. Was thinking about maybe radiology made ridiculous simple or something like that?? Doesn't have to be specific to one specialty, just better preparation for M2/Clerkship?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shikimate Posted April 23, 2016 Report Share Posted April 23, 2016 First Aid for USMLE Step 1 or Step 2 CS if you are preparing for clerkship and have a solid knowledge/skill base. Or First Aid series for individual specialties (eg. med, surg etc) or Case Files. If you can read through any of the above book series you'll be a redhot superstar in clerkship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bambi Posted April 23, 2016 Report Share Posted April 23, 2016 I took the opportunity to just chill. And I am glad I did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ieatpremeds Posted April 23, 2016 Report Share Posted April 23, 2016 What are some of the highest yield topics to read upon during summer? I don't want to completely slack off but don't know if re-reading lectures would be high yield. Was thinking about maybe radiology made ridiculous simple or something like that?? Doesn't have to be specific to one specialty, just better preparation for M2/Clerkship?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NLengr Posted April 23, 2016 Report Share Posted April 23, 2016 Labels on bottles of Corona while you relax on the deck are a good choice too. Seriously, this summer and next summer are a gift. You will never have time like that again until you retire. Don't waste it by worrying about school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feversugar Posted April 23, 2016 Report Share Posted April 23, 2016 I agree with what has been said. Take a REAL vacation... that time is precious! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UBCStudent128 Posted April 23, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2016 who said I wasn't taking a vacation? 4 months of vacation is extremely long and some of us want to learn something during those 4 months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lactic Folly Posted April 23, 2016 Report Share Posted April 23, 2016 Reading tends to stick better when there is a context. Where are you in the career exploration phase? Do you need to do more shadowing or perhaps a project? If you are looking to prepare for clerkship in general - is there a preclerkship elective you could do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarsRover Posted April 27, 2016 Report Share Posted April 27, 2016 who said I wasn't taking a vacation? 4 months of vacation is extremely long and some of us want to learn something during those 4 months. What school has a 4 month vacation, both dal and MUN only have an 8 week vacation? As M1 ends at the end of june? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astudent Posted May 11, 2016 Report Share Posted May 11, 2016 What school has a 4 month vacation, both dal and MUN only have an 8 week vacation? As M1 ends at the end of june? UBC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnGrisham Posted May 11, 2016 Report Share Posted May 11, 2016 M1 UBC ends exams 3rd week of April, then goes into 6 weeks of "research" until late May. Then June/July/August off until 3rd week of August. Some people have really relaxed research projects, or are doing service trip type projects etc, so its essentially vacation but still being somewhat productive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katakari Posted May 13, 2016 Report Share Posted May 13, 2016 I agree with a bit of light reading amongst loafting. Sometimes I wish I had summers just so I could read more on topics that I have to gloss over otherwise. Learning radiology is a much better book than radiology MRS. It's a light read and I finished it during 2 weeks of afternoons in a rads elective. Has helped me go from "wtf is this" to "oh, yep, makes sense." (The nonreading part of the rads elective was very low yield otherwise). Another one I would read about is EKGs (Dubin), and any field you won't rotate through, topics you won't otherwise have time to dedicate to (knot tying for instance, would be nice to be able to tie knots with either hand). Save the more clinically oriented books for your rotations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NLengr Posted May 15, 2016 Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 Another one I would read about is EKGs (Dubin), and any field you won't rotate through, topics you won't otherwise have time to dedicate to (knot tying for instance, would be nice to be able to tie knots with either hand). You don't need to know how to tie knots with either hand. I never tie left handed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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