While riding the jeep to school, I overheard this conversation. “You’re now a diabetic?” a woman said to a man, who was obviously her friend. She wore what seemed to be a uniform of some generic office. He, on the other hand, was wearing home clothing. “That’s what the doctor said,” the man said. “You [...]
I think all medical students since the time medicine has been formally organized have asked this question, “Must I become a doctor?” Others ask this when they are bombarded with patients and the paperwork that come with them. Others ask this when they realize that their life would involve being perpetually exposed to sickness. Others [...]
Image taken from Despair, Inc. Last Friday, we had our first Problem Based Learning (PBL) experience. It was different from the traditional learning style that I was used to. Gone were the teachers speaking to a class full of inattentive students. Instead, we were 7 students in a small room doing most of the talking [...]
You think you have what it takes to become a hospital administrator? Then try your skills with Theme Hospital, Bullfrog’s best game ever. Deal with cocky doctors, docile nurses, and the not-so-handy-handymen. They could get tired, and this obviously would hassle you and your patients. Build diagnostic rooms, treatment rooms, and rooms for more personal [...]
According to the records in my blog, someone was apparently looking for an NMAT review center in my city. I don’t think the review centers here offer such services. They seem to concentrate too much on the Nursing Boards. Besides, the market is not that big for a review center to cater to NMAT takers. [...]
WOOT! I got my NMAT score, and I have to ask you, my dear readers, to read the entire entry before I reveal the score. I hurriedly went to the Med school around here to get my score. The clerk welcomed me when I told her what I wanted. She told me to sit, and [...]
Congratulations to all who received their NMAT scores already. I really envy you, guys. I haven’t received mine yet, and if the reputation for the post office around here still holds then I’d have to wait at least a week before I get mine. It feels so sucky to be forced to wait for something [...]
NMAT’s over. And no, I won’t be writing any more emo posts. I would also not post any questions from the exam per contract between the Center for Education Management and the examinee (Ahem). They, however, have nothing against saying what the test was like. IMO, Part I should have been scheduled to be finished [...]
So it’s judgment day tomorrow. I’ll be taking the NMAT in Cagayan de Oro City, which is about an hour and thirty minutes from my home. It’ll start in about 8am, and I’ll have to be there a few hours before the exam. Thus I must cease blogging and go to sleep.
I’m having exam jitters. The National Medical Admission Test (NMAT) will be held this Sunday. I can’t say I’m not prepared. I have high hopes that I’ll be above average, but I’m not sure if I get to belong to the coveted highest percentile. It’s not that I want to prove myself. I don’t need [...]
