neurology?!

and what is a surgical specialty doing in my top 7?

well, at least it's not pathology again.

from the medical specialty aptitude test:

Rank	Specialty	Score
1	neurology	44
2	aerospace med	43
3	occupational med	42
4	endocrinology	42
5	urology	41
6	psychiatry	41
7	preventive med	41
8	thoracic surgery	40
9	plastic surgery	40
10	pathology	40
11	allergy & immunology	40
12	radiology	40
13	nephrology	40
14	infectious disease	39
15	gastroenterology	39
16	cardiology	39
17	general internal med	39
18	neurosurgery	39
19	physical med & rehabilitation	39
20	otolaryngology	38
21	nuclear med	38
22	med oncology	37
23	dermatology	37
24	orthopaedic surgery	37
25	rheumatology	37
26	pediatrics	37
27	general surgery	37
28	pulmonology	36
29	ophthalmology	36
30	hematology	36
31	radiation oncology	35
32	emergency med	35
33	family practice	34
34	obstetrics/gynecology	34
35	colon & rectal surgery	33
36	anesthesiology	33

Time. We never have enough. Paradoxically, I'm most unproductive when I view that I have enough time. Stress is the drug I need during these times.

And I will have enough of that. I may be done with the internal medicine topics but here comes the rest of the body.

As I plan my summer vacation, I realize that I won't have a week where I will just be staying at home and lazing life away reading a good book. Oh well, if that means I'll be earning money or visiting a new place or helping raise the health of a community, then so be it.

Expired NBS GC and missing Bench GC.

Crap. No more retail therapy. I blame you renal.

Dapat ata nag-aaral ako ngayon ng renal. Sa halip inuna ko pa ang CPC na wala namang epekto sa grades ko pero lubos na nakakatulong ireview ang mga past modules. Too bad, di pa ako nag-he-hema. Pahirap nang pahiarap ang mga CPC ah.

And I found myself taking three naps today. The rest of the time I read A Clash of Kings. Regret, regret.

Renal, why so toxic?

Reading the medscape review of medicine, eyebrow raisers:

1. ADA says that A1c levels can now be used to diagnose DM
2. Ca supplements without Vit D increases risk of heart attack. Use Ca rich food instead
3. emtricitabine/tenofovir (Truvada) pre-exposure prophylaxis works - 44% lower infection rate in treatment group
4. High consumption of chocolate linked to lower incidence of stroke!
5. low-dose helical CT can be used for screening lung CA with associated lower mortality rate

I'm finally home with a dead laptop. Two days of not studying is starting to creep towards me. I can already feel the pangs of guilt and the oh painful tendrils of stress.

december 17 or the day I went to the Lantern parade carrying a big box of presents

my first "publication" You won't find my name in there but I was the one who formulated how to get ideas, compiled the inputs, made the 1st draft and edited the 2nd draft.

At my uncle's wake in Bulacan listening to A Very Potter Musical while wallowing at the dearth of good reading material since I forgot to bring my copy of the Once and Future King. The only things I have with me are medicine e-books.

Got an unexpected unintended present today, tons of old med books. Looks like I won't be needing to fight with people of library copies of textbooks. Thank the universe for rich relatives.

Excited for summer. Have to keep these things in mind as I cram for the comprehensive exam for March. Trips to Davao and Beijing. National conference. Potential work. Scientific writing workshop. RSO immersion. Org planning.

It's been a crazy December. Hindi na naman ako med student. Napaparami ata ang buwan na hindi ako student. Feeling ko ganito uli sa March. hahaha

barely catching up on the news.

The Morong 43 are free! I don't know why it took PNoy so long. Maybe he wanted to time it with HR day but that's the lamest excuse ever.

wag ka na lang mag-aral sa UP

kung ganito ang paniniwala mo. Sa pagpasok mo sa UP (sa kahit anong paaralan naman) inaako mo ang responsibilidad na tulungan ito makamit ang kanilang bisyon. Hindi na nga hinihingi na maging "excellent" o ma-laude kayo, papasa na lang. Sa mata nga ng marami, binabaan na ang standards para sa iyo tapos di niyo pa pinahahalagahan bagkus (naks, nagamit rin ang bagkus) pinipilit niyo pa iharap na nag-aaral naman kayo sa ibang lugar nga lang; ang edukasyon niyong nakukuha ay walang katumbas na grades ika nga. Problema lang hindi ang edukasyong gusto ng institusyon ng iyong pinanggalingan ang iyong natutunan. Baguhin natin, hindi mo natututunan ang dapat mong nakukuha sana kung kahit minsan manatili ka sa loob ng silid aralan. Aanhin mo ang doktor na hindi marunong manggamot dahil may iba siyang gustong aralin. Eh di sana di ka na nag-enroll. Sayang ang slot. Sayang ang paunti na paunti na resources ng UP. At dahil sa kapabayaan niyo, nawalan kami ng mga lider. Oo, naninisi kami. Sino ba ang kanilang binigo?

Aminin na kasi na may malaking pagkakamali nagawa.

PS Mali ang blue at dilaw. Walang relasyon ang pagiging tibak sa grades. Kung tinatanong siguro ano ba ang ideal na tibak na UP, baka pwede na sagot iyon.

Ayaw ko na. Christmas break na please.

And I really should be updating my blog roll. I think half closed down already and the rest are not posting regularly (once a week).

We won TRP. Yey!

But now I have to:
1. Go to this afternoon thing
2. Study for the Diabetes exam on Monday.
3. Write that ward work paper.
4. Ponder/Worry about our research project that is finished but not really so we're still doing it.
5. Help out my org which is going to have their 1st ever (mini)concert.
6. Prepare for our SGDs, plenary presentations and elective discussions.