Bracing yourself for third year? Lock down your clerkship and Step 2 CK study timeline.

  • Reviewed by: Amy Rontal, MD
  • **This blog post was updated July 2019.** Life as a third year medical student is an all-consuming whirlwind:

    1. You’re finally applying what you’ve learned.
    2. You’re working long hours and getting paid negative dollars.
    3. You’re forgetting to eat normal human food.
    4. You’re getting sick on your pediatrics rotations.
    5. You’re feeling sick on all your rotations because #2 and #3.
    6. You’re pressed for time and therefore cannot study the same way you once did. (more…)