The Unofficial Guide to First Year - University of Oklahoma Health ...

UNOFFICIAL GUIDE
others thought they were easy. If you’re worried about it, try to find a fellow
student who took his course in undergrad and still has one of his many practice
tests. It’s also possible to find them floating around from upper classmen. These
practice tests are very good approximations of his test questions.
CLINICAL CORRELATIONS
Some people thought they were a pain (getting up, actually coming to campus,
the white coat, etc.), but they give you a real opportunity to see patients and
learn from them. In almost every case, the guest patients knew more about their
disease than we did. They will remind you of why you wanted to be a doctor, and
why you’re learning all. Also, in case you are wondering, yes, it may be
considered bad form to hit on the guest patients…
The Night Before the Exam
Suggestions from the Class of 2010
*Do not get drunk
*Get drunk
*Avoid eating lots of cheap,
spicy Mexican food
*Watch other students panic
*Don’t forget about Daylight
Savings Time
*Stay away from left out food
*Keep away from annoying students-
They are stressed,
which makes them dangerous
*Shower, every day
*Do not take notes into the shower
*Panic
*Do not panic!
*Do not plan to open your
syllabus for the first time
*Abstain from cleaning your room
*Do not use ‘hope’ as your only
strategy
*Set the extra alarm clock
*Do not pull an all nighter
*Do not go to the football game
*Don’t give up
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