Well, it’s interview season in my last year of medical school. Kinda scary, but I’m doing it! I think of all the things I find difficult with planning these trips, the hardest would probably have to be justifying in my head that it’s okay to be throwing down hundreds and thousands of dollars to basically jump around the country in the next few weeks and months. At least I can say I’m doing my part to contribute to the dying economy, even if it’s all loan money that someone’s going to have to pay back.

I’m looking forward to seeing these programs, meeting new people, and hopefully even getting to enjoy some time away from school stuff. I have this really bad habit of finding what I study to be enjoyable, so instead of playing recreational sports or reading a book for fun or hanging out with friends or even working on the many novels I’ve started writing (but haven’t finished), I study for fun.

Yeah, I still take out my big thick Robbins Pathology book from 2nd year and learn about random stuff in there. I’ll pull out my lecture notes from 1st year and review anatomy, just for fun. I think though, it’s because I want to make sure that I truly understand the material – after all, once I graduate, it’s no longer just a wrong question on a test…it’s someone’s life.

Plus, I’m working on my medipedia project. It’s been lots of fun, and it keeps me thinking, not only about my own understanding, but if I understand the concepts well enough to teach and explain them in a manner that genuinely makes sense to other people.

All of this to say, this past month has just flown by. I’m interviewing all week, but this is the last week of a 4-week rotation, and it just seems like I started up the course yesterday. I hope the rest of my 4th year doesn’t fly by the same way…I hope to truly enjoy and make good use of the last vacation I’m going to have for a long while.