Step 1: Just Start Writing
I’m going to start writing some daily(ish) ideas down…
Now that I’ve got this theme set up, I might as well use it! I’ve decided to (try to) post every couple of nights on whatever I’m working or thinking about1.
The biggest thing I’m thinking about right now: graduating from my MD/PhD program2.
There are three major steps I still have between now and graduating this Summer:
- Submit final dissertation - I have a quirky take on how MD/PhDs should do dissertations: they should be turned in at the very end. And here we are.
- Take STEP2CK - The second major medical board exam in the whole series. This one is often required to reeive the MD - that’s the case at Emory.
- One more month of class - I finished all my major requirements in March 2021, but put off the final “Capstone” class for various reasons 3.
That’s about it. My dissertation is in its final polish stages, I’m switching into STEP2 studying mode, and I’m getting ready for my last April in Atlanta4.
Wish me luck….
-V
I’ve got a lot of lost writing time to make up for. Biggest regret of the last decade… ↩︎
It’s been 11 years now, so it’s about time. But it was fun. I’ll tell you about it soon. ↩︎
There was some reconsideration of doing medical residency after doing my Neurosurgery SubI and it going so well. A confluence of various factors, plus the dismal outlook of medical practice in America, fairly quickly woke me up from the fever dream. Another thing I’ll tell you about soon. ↩︎
But also, cool stuff is happening, like papers finally getting published. Here’s the “first” one: Dynamic Oscillations Evoked by SCC DBS ↩︎