To my Peers | A med student's SOS
I am writing to you all three days after the inception of this post and if that doesn't sum up Year 3 for you I'm not sure what will. This post is for my peers that have just finished their third End of Clerkship Exam since beginning the semester in August of 2021. This post is for everyone that's tired and is going through the motions of the mundane cycle of quizzes followed by exams followed by PBL followed by lectures upon lectures followed by more exams. This post is for those who have been consistently disappointed by course assessment after course assessment; who just want to pass at this point. Who are fearful of even thinking of their GPA and are relying on finals to keep them above water. This post is for you. You are not alone. We all feel this way right now. Yes some persons around you seem to be on-top of things but we're all struggling to cope. We all cope in different ways; some rest, some avoid, some sleep, some over compensate and burnout, some cry,...