Training Grounds: March Madness

Endorsements

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Tony

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Stefani

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Useless Numbers From Medical School

||||| RESIDENCY NUMBERS

» # of Procedures Performed: 230

||||| RESIDENCY APPLICATIONS

» # of Programs Applied: 45

» # of Interview Offers: 15

» # of Interviews Attended: 11

» Miles Traveled: 23,725

» Cities Visited: 14

» $$$ Spent: $8,077

» Matched: #2!!!

||||| CLINICAL YEARS

» Patients Followed: 706

» Surgeries Scrubbed: 151

» Nights On Call: 56

» Prostates Examined: 10

||||| BOARDS (NOW WITH MORE STEP 2!)

» QBank Questions Completed: 5,747

» Review Book Pages Read: Too Many

||||| PRE-CLINICAL YEARS

» Notecards Made: 7,870

» Hours Spent Taking Tests: 152

» Hours Spent In Class: 2,490

» OR Hours: 37

» Clinic Hours: 293

March 17, 2009

Can't Focus.