Another First Year Medschool Perspective

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An excerpt from “Dickens and the Phoenix” at Medscape (registration required):

I came to medical school at the age of 33. I knew that the first 2 years meant books, and by books, I mean misery. When I give tours to applicants, I tell them that I want to be a doctor, not a medical student. Nobody wants to go to medical school. It ought to be like in The Matrix, when Neo says, “I know jujitsu,” and he instantly knows it. Except in this case, it would be, “I know anatomy.”

Medical school is a full frontal challenge to your mind, body, and spirit. You can’t prepare for it. I thought that age would give me some perspective, and it has, but it hasn’t made things much easier.

It’s a short article, but for 1st year students, a good read about an MSII in Houston who had things turn around for him helping Katrina victims as a volunteer.