Training Grounds: You know you're in med school when... (III)

You look forward to Christmas not for the family or the time to relax or the weather or the music... but for the Starbucks gift cards.

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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

November 24, 2008

You know you're in med school when... (III)

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