Things Med Students Like #1

Cheap Goodies!
I'm sure every student likes cheap goodies. I'm no different. With my books costing up to €1500 I can definitely use some cheap, high quality toys.
Littmann stethoscopes go around for €75+ over here. That's a good $99 dollars, so yeah. You could definitely say Littmanns are expensive around this part of the world, especially compared to the US, where they're maybe $60, max.

I bought my Littmann along with a penlight and a reflex hammer for €84,70 incl VAT. Saves me several €€, considering the penlight alone is worth a painful €8 and the reflex hammer another €13. Ouch.
But I did get a free auscultation CD and Littmann Identification tag.

Anatomy Sketch #1

Sketch no. 1

What to do when class starts in a week and you have absolutely nothing to do..

Medium: 2H pencil (which I absolutely detest)
Reference: Sobotta / Netter

Time Table Revision!

Okay, after my major freak out, I decided to take a good look at my time-table again.
Turns out it wasn't that bad at all.
I copied the classes I needed to follow onto Google Calendar (Oh Google, I love you so much..) and ended with this:

1-7 September 2013 Time Table Revision

Orientation Week!

Med School Orientation week shirt & bracelet

The doctors already warned us med school would be one hell of a study..

I'm a hoarder!

As title says.

All the papers the university/teaching hospital have sent me up until now.
And a cheap stethoscope I got as a present from my aunt & uncle.

Okay. Seriously..

WTF Time-table?!?!

I'm #@%@#% scared. Terrified.
Of failing med school. I took one look at the time-table (and it's not even permanent yet) and almost had a heart attack.

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So, one of the reasons why I disappeared for over a month, maybe, was that I was spending my time relaxing in Asia.
I did have a laptop with me, until my laptop broke halfway into my vacation. Not so much fun.
But, my beloved Pearl is back with me, and I have an additional toy to write blog posts with.

I feel so much like Criminal Mind's character 'Penelope Garcia'  with my cutesy gadgets and messy desk. Maybe I should consider an additional career in forensics.
Next week, I'll meet some of my classmates in Medical School. I'm so excited!
Med school starts September 2nd, so it'll take me a while to start blogging about my Med school adventures.
Stay in tune!

Books!

Med school books 10/21

Yeah, new books!
I still have to buy more books for the coming year, but this batch will keep me standing for the coming few months in med school :)
Expect book reviews throughout the coming academic year!

I'm back!

As the title says.. I'm back (from my 4wk leave to Asia and such..)

And.. I'm officially a medical student at the University of Amsterdam as of July 26th!

Academic year starts September 2nd, I'm so excited! :D

(Geneeskunde = Medical school, Gezondheid en Leven = Health & Life Sciences. The course I previously took)