1/16th of a Doctor

Yup, I am officially half done my first semester of medical school. Which makes me 1/16th of a doctor. I have to admit, that sounds pretty neat. Although I am still a 'baby' in the field, I feel like I have been in medical school for such a long time. I have written so many exams and learned so much; and it is only the tip of the iceberg.

I've come to the realization that I am not here to simply shove information into my head to get good grades on my exams. But rather, I am here to learn vital information that will ultimately help me make sound clinical decisions. I used to be so focused on learning things for the test, but now what I learn has even greater importance because not only do I have to learn the information to do well, but also for my future patients. In fact, the later is the most important. It is scary to believe that one day I will be treating patients and I will have to make the big decisions. But I can wait for that day to come bc I don't have enough stuff in my head to be able to do that.

And on the quest of learning massive amounts of information....I am going to go to my anatomy lecture :)