September 03, 2006
Too Much Time In Med School

I scored a 53 or so ... I think. (See item #90)

The following scale has designed to test if you have spent
too much time in medical school and whether you are having
adverse side effects due to prolonged exposure.
Score one point for each statement that applies to you.

1 You have ever said "Netter is god". DING!
2 You can discuss autopsy/ anatomy over a meal. DING!
3 You own a 4 color pen, it just isn't enough colors for you. I own a multicolored pen pack ... DING!
4 You use more than one color to take notes. DING!
5 You have use up more than 6 highlighters in the past 6 months DING!
6 you have ever highlighted something YOU wrote DING!
7 you retype handouts given in class
8 you haven't had a date in 3 months -- Had several, thank you!
9 you haven't had a date since entering med school
10 you have not been able to remember the normal term for
something because you were thinking of the medical term (ie
reflux for heartburn) DING!
11 You get more sleep in lecture than at home
12 You know the correct spelling for pruritus DING!
13 - you also know what it means DING!
14 You have ever asked a question in class - The prof. didn't understand the question you didn't believe the answer the prof. gave DING!
15 - you went to look it up to see if they were right DING!
16 You can't hold a conversation on anything other than med
school DING!DING!DING! - wait, we did talk about the joys of food once yesterday, and about pregancy... Does that count?
17 You skip class to study DING!
18 You've said you didn't do well on a test on which you beat the mean If I pass with a B or higher, I did well.
19 You spend more than 15 hrs a week on e-mail
20 You have a callous on you finger from writing DING!
21 More than one professor knows you by name Does it count that I hang out with several of them?? DING DING DING!
22 When you ask a question, a new professor has said "Oh, I've
heard of you" DING!DING!
23 You can name more amino acids than past presidents DING!
24 You use more than 5 acronyms an hour when talking DING!
25 you actually know what PERRLA stands forDING!
26 You know all the steps of the TCA cycle DING!
27 You do not read PTA as parent teachers association DING!
28 You can remember the muscles in the forearm DING!
29 You know the strucures in the urea cycle DING!
30 You know the dermatome distribution DING!
31 You can't remember what you had for breakfast
32 You can't spell world, much less backwards
33 You've ever been sexually aroused by the breast shadow on an X ray
34 You equate "morning stiffness" with Rhematoid Arthritis DING!
35 You actually know normal values for plasma Na -K DING!
36 Missing class causes you extreme stressDING!DING!DING!
37 You have seriously asked someone "So how does that make you feel?" DING!
38 You have asked will this be on the exam-Just after the prof. said it wouldn't FUCKING 22 YEAR OLDS!
39 You identify with Deb on E.R. WHO?
40 You have made a medical joke -no one laughed -You figure they just weren't that far in their studying
41 You wear your stethescope around your neck on the bus - you don't even know which way the thing goes in your ears
41 "SOB" means short of breath to you DING!
42 You have gone to student health with suspicion of a disease
you have studied - within 3 days of the lecture DING!
43 You have answered a question in class -asked by the professor-it was a rhetorical question
44 You can quote lines from the movie "Malice" -you believe them
45 You can flip your pen over your thumb - with both hands- you do so throughout class
46 You have corrected a professor in class -the rest of the class didn't understand the lecture to begin with
47 You know how to calculate specificity-positive predictive value DING!
48 - anion gap HUH?
49 -you can't balance your checkbook
50 You don't know what the weather was like for the past week IT'S SOCAL - WEATHER IS ALWAYS HOT AND SUNNY!!
51 You don't know what the weather is like right now
52 You actually talk in open ended questions DING!
53 DIC isn't a slang term for the penis in your book DING!
54 You think B- is a bad grade DING!
55 you have stressed about a pass/fail class
56 You study during most of your meals
57 You saw nothing abnormal about the Obsessive-Compulsive
Disorder DING!
58 You draw all of the slides not already provided in the
handouts -including the cartoons (humourous type)
59 Anatomy makes you hungry
60 You would even consider saying "Ease back on my finger at
your own pace" DING!
61 You know the size of a RBC DING!
62 - you don't know the size of a football field
63 Your eyesight has worsened by 10 pts or more in the last year DING!
64 You have the library hours memorized DING!
65 Hou have your own seat in the library DING!
66 You score more than 95 on the Epidemiology final DING!
67 You own more than one white coat DING!
68 You have debated between giving up sleep or eating in order
to find more time to study DING!
69 You started studying for boards more than 2 months in
advance DING!
70 You have never received a personal invitation to discuss
your grades with the dean DING
71 A tie is the only addition necessary to what you normally
wear when you go to see patients
72 You wear scrubs to tests DING!
73 You have made plans to study on a beach during vacatioN - you actually did DING!
74 You have a designated seat in lecture DING!
75 - You have ever asked someone to move from "your seat" DING!
76 You sleep less than 4 hrs a night -you think that is plenty -you have thought about cutting back
77 You study more than 35 hrs outsid of class DING!
78 -you think you are a slackard DING!
79 you think everyone answers yes to most of these questions DING!
80 You can not understand what everyone else does with all their free time DING!
81 You still have nightmares about the MCAT DING!DING!DING!DING!DING!DING!DING!DING!
90 You can't count anymore because new knowledge has pushed out non essential information DING!DING!DING!DING!DING!DING!DING!DING!DING!DING!DING!


Scale
<20 - You're not in Med school. Go back to your party and
leave us alone. We have work to do.
20-35 Either Med school is a breeze or you like the sound of
"Senor doctor"
35-45 Gotta love that Primary Care
45-60 Well, I never really thought about MD/Phd, but now that
you mention it...
60-75 Your social life is shot, might as well try to earn lots
of money
75-90 Which surgery subspecialty did you say you liked?
90 All hail, great Med School Nerd master

Posted by LA at September 03, 2006 11:28 AM
Comments

Ha, that's pretty funny.

Posted by: Scarlet on September 3, 2006 12:14 PM
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