The question is, how did the stethoscope and white coat get in their womb in the first place?

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i agree with you that the classes are taught "differently" than we were used to in undergrad. but i disagree that taking an extra "prep" class will not help you. one reason i passed biochem, besides endless hours of reading, was that i took an advanced biochem in undergrad. if i had not, i dont think i would have gotten through that course; and just to clarify, i did not take that class specifically for AUC but i was glad i did it while i was getting my bachelor's. i dont know if i would have gone back and taken it after the fact.

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Internal Medicine (PGY-2)

Actually skipper does have to. hehehe

it involved some intersting maneuvers....

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Internal Medicine (PGY-2)

is that from personal experience?

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Posterior Fornix!

Formerly known as "flickingoffidioticdrivers"

I had a wi-fi connection in my mothers womb...

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Finally beat Super Mario Bros within 7 mins.

That explains a lot....

I got A's in both of my advanced biochem classes in undergrad, but it was all the stuff that was covered in the first few days about alpha helices and beta pleated sheats and how many bases make up each and whatnot. Oh and of course the whole glucose and lactic acid cycles were covered in about a month and a half. There was no MEDICAL BIOCHEM course in undergrad that focused on any of the diseases or anything like that. If your school does offer something like that and you need a few credit hours to fill up your schedule, then, by all means, do it. Otherwise, Lippincott is about as easy of a read as you will have at AUC and it will definitely prepare you for all that you will need for that class when you arrive. I'll admit, I too got antsy before I came down and started thumbing through Netters before I came down and started on p1 and went all the way up to about 200 before I got down here and had a pretty good retention of the material when it was presented in class. But, for the incoming and current first semester students, there is plenty of time to learn all of that with only having 2 classes and no med ethics or History of Medicine wasting your time like I had. Darned Galen!

So, hopefully the next first semesters coming in will have be independent enough to decide for themselves what is best for them. I am not against more education... far from it (look at me going $200k in debt in school)!!! But, you will have all the class you can handle once you get down here. If you really want to do something useful, get Guyton's Physiology book and start reading it for 2nd semester, you will thank me later.

Anyway, I have my ICM final tomorrow and need to study a little for it.

Good luck,
Nagy

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Officially an AUC GRAD - DR. NAGY!!! I'm done until June 16th!!! WOOHOO... Jan and I just have BOUGHT a house in Kalamazoo. SOoooo excited.

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