Comments on: Why I hate groups and why I’m a social outcast http://www.mexicomedstudent.com/2006/03/485 Every journey has a pitstop. Welcome to mine. Sat, 24 Oct 2009 23:12:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: bikas http://www.mexicomedstudent.com/2006/03/485/comment-page-1#comment-62908 bikas Mon, 03 Sep 2007 15:09:35 +0000 http://www.mexicomedstudent.com/2006/03/485#comment-62908 omg......i hear ya...wht can i say....thats the same happenin wid me ..lol omg……i hear ya…wht can i say….thats the same happenin wid me ..lol

]]> By: wlh http://www.mexicomedstudent.com/2006/03/485/comment-page-1#comment-11838 wlh Fri, 29 Dec 2006 06:33:03 +0000 http://www.mexicomedstudent.com/2006/03/485#comment-11838 I well understand where you are coming from, it is easy to feel as a loaner in the high pace and stress environment of medical school studies. All medical students find a niche that works for them when studying, some enjoy groups while there are those such as myself that have always studied alone because I feel like I get more done at a faster pace but don't get me wrong the few times I've studied with other classmates was also productive time spent. Just hang in there and remember you will BECOME A MEDICAL DOCTOR !! I well understand what you are going through attending a foreign medical school, and YES, I too attended medical school at La Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara in Mexico. I was in the entering class of 2003 and transferred to Ross University School of Medicine in 2005. I can tell you, please make the most of your education at Autonoma and of Mexico. Looking back, yes I'm glad I'm now back in the states; but I think fondly of my time at La Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara Medical School even if it was for two years. They gave me a chance to pursue my dream of becoming A MEDICAL DOCTOR and for that I'll always be sincerely thankful !!! Hang in there and goodluck !! Doctor and future colleague !! I well understand where you are coming from, it is easy to feel as a loaner in the high pace and stress environment of medical school studies. All medical students find a niche that works for them when studying, some enjoy groups while there are those such as myself that have always studied alone because I feel like I get more done at a faster pace but don’t get me wrong the few times I’ve studied with other classmates was also productive time spent. Just hang in there and remember you will BECOME A MEDICAL DOCTOR !!

I well understand what you are going through attending a foreign medical school, and YES, I too attended medical school at La Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara in Mexico. I was in the entering class of 2003 and transferred to Ross University School of Medicine in 2005. I can tell you, please make the most of your education at Autonoma and of Mexico. Looking back, yes I’m glad I’m now back in the states; but I think fondly of my time at La Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara Medical School even if it was for two years. They gave me a chance to pursue my dream of becoming A MEDICAL DOCTOR and for that I’ll always be sincerely thankful !!!

Hang in there and goodluck !! Doctor and future colleague !!

]]> By: Borneo Breezes http://www.mexicomedstudent.com/2006/03/485/comment-page-1#comment-2050 Borneo Breezes Thu, 03 Aug 2006 01:17:18 +0000 http://www.mexicomedstudent.com/2006/03/485#comment-2050 You are a perceptive writer and these community medicine posts highlight how different the real world, wherever we are, is from the tertiary care center where most of us do most of our medical learning, The Big Tent, I call it. I think because of this many of us opt for specialty work, some small corner we can keep in order. Your post make this point very well. Thanks You are a perceptive writer and these community medicine posts highlight how different the real world, wherever we are, is from the tertiary care center where most of us do most of our medical learning, The Big Tent, I call it. I think because of this many of us opt for specialty work, some small corner we can keep in order. Your post make this point very well. Thanks

]]> By: Sara http://www.mexicomedstudent.com/2006/03/485/comment-page-1#comment-1368 Sara Tue, 28 Mar 2006 16:56:29 +0000 http://www.mexicomedstudent.com/2006/03/485#comment-1368 Things will get a lot better when you do your clinical rotations. My circle of friends exploded from about 5 to about half the class just because we were all thrown together in different combinations on different rotations. It was actually the best part of the clinical years for me. Things will get a lot better when you do your clinical rotations. My circle of friends exploded from about 5 to about half the class just because we were all thrown together in different combinations on different rotations. It was actually the best part of the clinical years for me.

]]> By: enrico http://www.mexicomedstudent.com/2006/03/485/comment-page-1#comment-1365 enrico Tue, 28 Mar 2006 15:31:50 +0000 http://www.mexicomedstudent.com/2006/03/485#comment-1365 <b>Julia</b>: Thanks for your post...always good to hear from an IMG whose made it! <b>PB</b>: Excellent advice, thanks...if I want something, I need to take responsibility for actively making it happen. As much as I was down a bit in my post, I really am just looking for ways to add variety to my studying by studying with others, mainly to keep myself motivated and focused, even if all we do is quiz each other. Thanks for your optimism. :) Julia: Thanks for your post…always good to hear from an IMG whose made it!

PB: Excellent advice, thanks…if I want something, I need to take responsibility for actively making it happen. As much as I was down a bit in my post, I really am just looking for ways to add variety to my studying by studying with others, mainly to keep myself motivated and focused, even if all we do is quiz each other. Thanks for your optimism. :)

]]> By: Punchberry http://www.mexicomedstudent.com/2006/03/485/comment-page-1#comment-1364 Punchberry Tue, 28 Mar 2006 13:10:02 +0000 http://www.mexicomedstudent.com/2006/03/485#comment-1364 Great entry, Enrico. I hear you. I had wonderful study partners, but there is always a balance to hit between studying alone and in groups. My maximum focus level is highest when I am by myself, but I am not always at that maximum. Studying with others helps keep me motivated. Either way, i am always feeling like I do not study enough. It is frustrating. I am sorry that you feel excluded from your class. I can identify with this as well. The thing with me is that I don't always want to be included, but then people stop asking and sometimes I feel left out. My advice would be to identify a list of people who you would like to get to know better and then actively organize something to do with them. For a social activity, dinner at home is nice with a group of new friends, or for a study activity, I like doing the Costanzo Cases and Problems book (Physiology). Wild, I know. Hang in there. You're doing great. I don't know why I feel that I can tell this, but I do. Great entry, Enrico. I hear you.

I had wonderful study partners, but there is always a balance to hit between studying alone and in groups. My maximum focus level is highest when I am by myself, but I am not always at that maximum. Studying with others helps keep me motivated. Either way, i am always feeling like I do not study enough. It is frustrating.

I am sorry that you feel excluded from your class. I can identify with this as well. The thing with me is that I don’t always want to be included, but then people stop asking and sometimes I feel left out. My advice would be to identify a list of people who you would like to get to know better and then actively organize something to do with them. For a social activity, dinner at home is nice with a group of new friends, or for a study activity, I like doing the Costanzo Cases and Problems book (Physiology). Wild, I know.

Hang in there. You’re doing great. I don’t know why I feel that I can tell this, but I do.

]]> By: juliamd http://www.mexicomedstudent.com/2006/03/485/comment-page-1#comment-1361 juliamd Mon, 27 Mar 2006 17:50:02 +0000 http://www.mexicomedstudent.com/2006/03/485#comment-1361 I know exactly how you feel. I went to school in Grenada and had much the same culture shock for living in a different country, etc. (I grew up in NYC). I was in my mid-twenties, but was definitely a nerd. I had a few people I studied with, but I ran into much the same problem of differing academic levels, etc. I had a few friends and I knew there were a lot of people who did not like me. I mostly stuck to myself and those few friends and rarely found someone to study with. For me that worked, because I do better on my own for that sort of thing and since I graduated first in my class, it did work very well. Was it lonely? You betcha. Did I make it through? Yep. Do I give a rat's posterior for most of those people now? Nope. It's doable. Our mantra was pass and move on. The only one you have to really measure yourself against is you. Do as well as you can, do well in your clinicals when you get to them, do well on your boards and you are set. I know exactly how you feel. I went to school in Grenada and had much the same culture shock for living in a different country, etc. (I grew up in NYC). I was in my mid-twenties, but was definitely a nerd. I had a few people I studied with, but I ran into much the same problem of differing academic levels, etc. I had a few friends and I knew there were a lot of people who did not like me. I mostly stuck to myself and those few friends and rarely found someone to study with. For me that worked, because I do better on my own for that sort of thing and since I graduated first in my class, it did work very well. Was it lonely? You betcha. Did I make it through? Yep. Do I give a rat’s posterior for most of those people now? Nope.

It’s doable. Our mantra was pass and move on. The only one you have to really measure yourself against is you. Do as well as you can, do well in your clinicals when you get to them, do well on your boards and you are set.

]]>