Studying Since Step 1
June 19, 2008
Since the second years are all in the throes of taking that infamous exam and I’m supposed to be studying for my pediatrics shelf exam, I thought I’d take a second to reflect on the studying (or lack thereof) I’ve done since June 17, 2007.
Quite honestly, I think I may have blown some kind of a study fuse while studying for the boards. Since that day last year, I think I’ve put in about 4 or 5 honest days of studying. I’m simply incapable of it any more. I find it tiring, boring, and simply useless. This has been proven by my scores on the various exams. Some I studied MUCH more for than others, yet my grades on most of them have been within 3 points of all the others.
So, here I sit, a book in front of me, doing anything but reading it. This is the last exam of third year, and I’m honestly a little bit terrified that I’m going to fail it. And yet, I’m not scared enough to really buckle down and study for it. Because I don’t give a flying crap about developmental milestones. I just don’t care enough to learn things in which I’m not interested anymore.
