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Hey, that's cool!  I'm glad to hear that - so you're at Jackson Park Hospital for 7 weeks. I have these questions:
1. What is your day like? How many hours do you work per day? How many days per week? Do you get time for gym, etc.? |
My days varied according to the type of clinical I was in. Shortest day was one hour, longest was till 5:00p.m., no weekends unless you're making up something. It consist of one week each in these areas: Pysch, IM, Peds, Ob-gyn, Labs, family, and surgery. Yes, I worked out an hour a day and still had time to do questions every night.
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2. Do you get time to study for the Step 1?
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Yes, I did entire Qbook and some other readings throughout the 7 weeks...
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3. Do they teach you stuff like taking BP, setting up IVs, drawing blood, etc.?
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Yes, and SOAP notes, and read imaging, infant assessment, and learn all the cool abbreviations and lingo's you can use throughout the day to impress anyone you want.
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4. How many IAU students are there with you?
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Again, varied each week, small as 3, large as 17.
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5. Can I opt out of the Kaplan program for another program of my choice?
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I did get the option to do ICM first, then PASS. But almost everyone agrees 7 weeks of Kaplan is better than 4 weeks of Pass, so I choose to do Kaplan retreat then ICM. I didn't care about "forgeting" stuff during ICM, I don't have Alzheimer's yet...