And now...

Above: A saying from Cesar Chavez, posted in the halls of The American Adventure, Epcot, Summer 2009.

LIKE ZACK MORRIS SAYS:
TIME OUT!

When I started this blog in January, one of the reasons I called this blog The Great Medical Adventure (instead of other options I considered like Amazingly Awesome Med Student or Slicing and Dicing for a Living) was to demonstrate how the little things in life allow me to do my best in this field called medicine, and its a long (and at times, extremely difficult) trek. However, now that I'm done with the most important exam of my life (and living in suspense waiting for the score), my adventure has me in a state which is quite similar to hitting a pause button. I'm not going to be in a hospital until I get my score back (which is an unbelievably fast six weeks), so stories from the bedside and inside the wards won't continue until then. I'm hoping I get my rotation schedule soon and can get jumpstarted with practical experience.

However, the adventure has continued in other ways.

It's six weeks (potentially less) to think about issues in health care that I might not get to learn in medical school... whether its learning a little bit more about that humanitarian side, taking some time off to read some literature and get a more in depth with some of the medical science relevant to my career... think about what fields I might really enjoy working in... and yes... take time off to enjoy life. For the upcoming entries, I'll share some of my thoughts & findings with you (the last entry was a good example of one).

However, we'll unpause soon, and we should then be blasting through the gate to continue my trek through medicine. I can't wait until I write about real experiences... again.