Typical timetable of a medical student (clinical years)

Hey guys... just want to share my whole day timetable with you all which includes classes, recreation, preparation studies

I just  finished my first class for clinical posting today... I've learnt about physical examination. Thought that I would like to share my timetable starting from this posting and other postings onwards, something like what I planned..

6.30 am- Wake up and get ready for class
7.00 am-7.15 am - Breakfast while reading before going to hospital
7.30- 9.00 am - Ward work (attend ward rounds, clerk and examine at least 1 patient, observe procedures)
9.00 am-1 pm - Attend clinics/classes
1 pm-2 pm- Short nap 10 minutes+rest+ revise notes before classes if got classes after that..
2pm- 5pm - Classes/ward work

5pm-6pm - aerobic exercise/ outdoor exercise ( i usually do aerobic if i feel really lazy to jog, haha )
6pm- 8.30pm- rest, dinner, prepare for study materials (foods, fruits, drink)

8.30 pm- 9.30 pm- arrange and rewrite cases seen into book
9.30 pm- 10.00pm- revises cases seen (cases study- 1 hour 30 minutes)
10.00pm- 11.30 pm- study beforehand (for classes-1 hour 30 minutes )
11.30pm-11.40 pm- break
11.40 pm-12.30 am- study according to the suggested reading by lectures (refer to guidebook), make notes - at least 1 topic per day  (1 hour 20 minutes)
12.30am 12.40 am - read English materials (books of course, avoid reading from handphones, tablets)

Total self study hour: 4 hours 20 minutes ( cases- 1 hour 30 minutes , books - 2 hours 50 minutes)

Weekend (Saturday)

6.30 am- Wake up and get ready for the day
7.00 am-7.30 am - Jogging
8.30 am -9.00 am -Breakfast
9.00 am-11.30 am- Revise the notes ( 2 hour 30 minutes)
11.30 am-12 pm- Lunch
12.30pm- 1.30 pm -Nap
2.30pm- 4.30 pm - Revise cases for the week ( 2 hours)
5pm-6pm- Exercise
6pm-7.30 pm - Rest
8pm-8.30 pm - Dinner+rest
8.40pm- 10pm- sleep
10.00pm- 11.30 pm- study beforehand (for classes) ( 1 hour and 30 minutes)
11.30pm-11.40 pm- break
11.40 pm-2.00 am- prepare notes for the upcoming week, study according to the suggested reading by lectures (refer to guidebook), make notes - at least 1 topic per day ( 2 hours 40 minutes)
 2.00 am-  sleep

Total self study: 8 hours 40 minutes (cases- 2 hours, books- 6 hours 40 minutes)

Weekend (Sunday) 

6.30 am- Wake up and get ready for the day
7.00 am-7.30 am - Jogging
8.30 am -9.00 am -Breakfast
9.00 am-11.30 am- Revise the notes, cases made for the week and upcoming week ( 2 hours and 30 minutes)
11.30 am-3 pm- Lunch/movies / prepare notes for the upcoming week
3.30pm- 4.30 pm -Study future cases for the week (1 hour)
5pm-6pm- Exercise
6pm-7.30 pm - Rest
8pm-9pm - Dinner+rest
9pm- 10pm- sleep for an hour
10.00pm- 11.30 pm- study beforehand prep(for classes) (1 hour 30 minutes)
11.30pm-11.40 pm- break
11.40 pm-12.30 am- prepare notes for the upcoming week, study according to the suggested reading by lectures (refer to guidebook), make notes - at least 1 topic per day ( 1 hour 10 minutes)
12.30am - sleep

Total self study :5 hours 10 minutes-  revision- 2 hours 30 minutes, cases - 1 hour, preparation - 2 hours 40 minutes)

Reason I write and why I want to become a doctor.

Hey guys... just wanna share my experience across the Internet about the journey of a medical student. I'm Lina,  4th year medical student. I always wondered how a medical student life will be like during my school time. But now,  here I am ,already in the medical school. I am going to talk about my ups and downs as a student and my journey towards becoming a doctor in this blog.  Hopefully, I can continue sharing my stories even until I've become a doctor. My objectives of writing this blog :

1.  To share my experiences as a medical student (my study tips, stories,notes)
2.  To motivate other medical students
3. To remind myself and other medical students the real mission of taking medical course that is-
 To be a good, safe and competent doctor throughout our journey and in our upcoming medical career.
4. To share ways to enjoy medical student life.

      Being a medical student is great- you learn a lot from lots of people with various backgrounds. You learn to diagnose and treat people. You learn how to think critically.  Now, I am sure you want to know why I wanted to become a doctor.. Yes, I wanted to become a doctor since I was 12 years old. One of family members was sick and it took long time for doctors to diagnose. Later, it was found out it was endocrine problems.My family was very terrified that time, too many diseases to be rule out. Too many investigations were done . We went to many hospitals. My brother and I have to skip schools. After that, that family member was cured.  It was also when I was infected with chicken pox. Being a young child, I remember how terrified I was. I was so terrified when I see lots of vesicles on my skin. After these two episodes, I become fascinated to learn how complicated can a body be..especially when my family had illness that took long time to be diagnosed. At the age 9 years old, I remember reading the reports and all the documents regarding the illness. They examine from systems to systems and with lots of procedure. I feel so curious about medicine and I wanted to treat people just like how the doctors treat my family.  Now I am a medical student, I admit that it was a complicated case but very interesting to learn. The first year I entered medical school, someone gave me Harrison's Principle of Internal Medicine and the first chapter I read was the endocrine disease my family member had. I admit, since then I love medical so much because I finally understand the disease and I become more excited when I entered medical posting during third year. I love to read  Harrison book (the one that someone gave me at first year). Honestly, I love medical posting other than other postings.. haha. But, still I like other postings as well.
     
         But as you all know, it took many years before becoming a doctor. Some students may go into depression, give up their study and many more. Stress is a common issue among students and some may not admit it and keep problems to themselves without sharing with others. I hope that by writing this blog, I may be able to help some people who are stressed by sharing how I study while enjoying my medical student life. It's very dangerous for them to keep problems alone. One thing that triggers me into writing this blog is after seeing my friend crying non-stop after knowing she failed the exam. A lot of my friends told me how depressed they are and that they don't have the will to study anymore. Seeing this among my friends made me think that I should at least share how to enjoy being a medical student. I myself had my own sad moments when I failed my second year exam, and have to sit for remedial exam while others are having end semester break. But I always managed to stay positive. Thank God, I  passed my remedials and never repeated any years. Most important, I never thought of changing course yet. Reason that keep me moving is my mission.

    In my opinion, to those who wanted take this course, you must know the real mission of studying medical and why you're given title Dr at the end of your study. You are expected to save lives and help people, I repeat, SAVE LIVES and HELP PEOPLE. But. yeah, not to forget, you need to save your life as well, By that, I mean passing the exams, taking care of your health. (physical and mental) It will be a total lie if I say that the exams are easy to pass. It's easy to fail, but hard to pass. I have to admit that. Sometimes, passing the exams need luck. In clinical years particularly, the cases are unpredictable. So you always have to prepare for the worst. But I hope that we will always remember how important it is to keep aware of our mission in medical school that is SAVING LIVES. If we know the real reason we're studying and we love the mission we made, I am sure that we can get through this because we know what we get after this is being a safe, good and competent doctor.