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Looks like the Scramble is here to stay: AAMC Reporter: Proposed Second Match Defeated - “Following a year-long evaluation, the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) board of directors voted unanimously in May against offering a second match for applicants who do not obtain positions.” Post a Comment

Temptation

Tuesday, June 21st, 2005 Print Email

Ugh, the temptation is killing me. I was talking with a friend from the ambulance corps tonight when she said they'd "love to have" me for the Fourth of July Parade/Standby/other festivities. Unfortunately, that statement, coupled with a pretty bad case of "rock fever" from being stuck on an island for the past 5 and 1/2 months (see countdown timer to the right), somehow computed in my brain to mean I should fly home for the weekend. I started looking at flights, and the cheapest I could find was $1,050. I rationalized this with the fact that I could be reimbursed the majority of the fare using my ambulance corps incentive points. (Though I think I've spent those incentive points at least 5 times over this year.)

Yes, I was about to spend over a thousand dollars to 1) go home (when I am scheduled to leave for summer vacation not two weeks later), and 2) do volunteer EMS. I am sick, please help me…

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My “Vacation”

Monday, June 20th, 2005 Print Email

Yesterday I took my single weekend that I am allowed to be off the island to travel to St. Vincent with some friends in order to secure housing for 5th and 6th term (which in reality is only 4 months). Yes, that's right after being in Grenada for a year and a half, we have to uproot whatever semblance of a life we have here, and move to (and get all of our stuff to) another Caribbean island for all of four months.
My "vacation" started off by getting up at 5 AM. This is never good. However, someone wanted to get to the airport the recommend hour-and-a-half before our flight at 7 AM. Obviously they have been hanging around my father too much, since he has a penchant to 1) book flights at 5AM, and 2) get to the airport waaaaaaaaaay too early. In any case, check-in, immigration, security screening, and paying the $20 "departure tax" all went smoothly, so we had time to spare. Point Salines International Airport now has plasma screen TV's with flight information, which listed every single flight as being "on-time." As this is impossible for a Caribbean airline/airport, closer inspection revealed that our flight's scheduled departure time had simply been moved back 45 minutes, but it was still "on-time."

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Senate leader predicts stem cell vote within month - “Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist said on Wednesday he hoped to have a vote within a month on the controversial issue of expanding federal funding for embryonic stem cell research. Despite President Bush’s veto threat, the House last month easily approved legislation to expand federal funding for stem cell research using excess embryos from fertility clinics. Senate backers of the bill say they have a solid bipartisan majority and want a vote soon in the Senate.” Post a Comment

Drug ad changes looming - “Last week, Bristol-Myers Squibb became the first major drug firm to forgo advertising new drugs to consumers in a product’s first year on the market.” Post a Comment

Diagnose Me, Dr. Frist! Hat tip: Kevin, MD Post a Comment

Many Still Seek One Final Say on Ending Life - “Interest in living wills - the documents that let people specify what medical measures they want or do not want at the end of life - has surged in the aftermath of the fierce nationwide battle over the fate of Terri Schiavo, lawyers and other experts on all sides of the issue say.” Post a Comment

My sister’s blog has gotten more spam comments in the last 3 days (~1200) than I have in the past 2 months… I feel so unloved. :-/ Thanks to Spam Karma 2 though, all spam comments were automatically deleted, and not a single one got through. I am thinking that my SK2 stats showing how many spam comments have been deleted at the bottom of the page scared away potential spammers. I am now trying an experiment to study the effect of letting spammers know that you are using SK2 on the number of spam attempts by removing said link/stats. 2 Comments

Happy Father’s Day to all dads, especially mine! 1 Comment

Low Blood Sugar now a legal defense - “The Colorado Supreme Court has ruled that low blood sugar meets the legal definition of “involuntary intoxication.”" (via Kevin, MD). I once checked my blood sugar after a long shift in the ED without any meal breaks (not an uncommon occurrence.) It was 54 (normal 80-120) - I wonder if I was working while intoxicated? Post a Comment

A Third-Year Medical Student who wishes he was Scuba Diving