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		<title>Risk Averse</title>
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Inspired by a post on Risk Taking and Failure written by a friend.
One of the most important skills everyone should learn is how to take risks. I&#8217;m not talking about foolish or rash decision making but of calculated and beneficial risks. For the most part, I credit a lot of my success to my willingness [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.medaholic.com/2010/02/26/risk-averse/</link>
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		<title>MedChatter &#8211; A Student Community Resource</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Some of you may know my good friend Joshua and his blog MedHopeful.com. I just wanted to introduce the new project he&#8217;s involved in MedChatter.com
Their aim is to be the #1 resource for Canadian premedical and medical students. They have a forum, lots of blog posts, articles and resources. I&#8217;m excited for them. We&#8217;ll see [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.medaholic.com/2010/02/18/medchatter-a-student-community-resource/</link>
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		<title>Canadian Medical Schools Prerequisites Summary</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The single most effective thing you can do to improve your chances of getting into medical school is to  complete the right prerequisites. The more prerequisites you do, the more medical schools you will be eligible for and the greater your chances will be for an acceptance letter. Attached below is a table of all [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.medaholic.com/2010/02/15/canadian-medical-schools-prerequisites-summary/</link>
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		<title>No Better Time to Apply Then Now</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There was a recent New York Times article on the Surge in U.S. Medical Schools across the country.  If you&#8217;ve been following the trends, there has also been a surge in Canadian Medical Schools in the last few years and the government is pushing hard for new seats in the near future. Northern Ontario School [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.medaholic.com/2010/02/15/no-better-time-to-apply-then-now/</link>
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		<title>Choosing a Specialty</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The major concern of most premedical students is whether or not they will be admitted to medical school. They fret over getting the best grades on their term papers, labs and exams. They often spend a summer studying for the MCAT while working in a research lab. They also volunteer on the side and remain [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.medaholic.com/2010/02/13/choosing-a-specialty/</link>
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		<title>Below Average</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was shocked when I realized my first medical school exam marks were below class average. And it still bothers to me when my class marks are below average. Medical school is humbling experience where half of the students,  all who excelled in their undergraduate degree, find themselves below average.
There is an old phrase that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.medaholic.com/2010/02/12/below-average/</link>
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		<title>Never Bored</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Although I was busy during my undergraduate studies, I can still remember days or weeks where I would be bored with school. If I was particularly on top of my school work, I would often take the weekend off and do absolutely nothing productive and instead something fun. I would slack for weeks at a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.medaholic.com/2010/02/04/never-bored/</link>
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		<title>The Difficult Patient</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was doing an ER shift today when I came across my first difficult patient. Mr. K was a 50 year old divorced man who came in irritably on a stretcher having passed out from COPD exacerbation. He was shaking all over and showed a distrust for the medical system: the paramedics that brought him [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.medaholic.com/2010/02/03/the-difficult-patient/</link>
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		<title>A Typical Day in Medical School</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Disclaimer: I have not yet begun my clinical rotations so this is just one student&#8217;s brief summary on a typical medical school day in the preclinical years.
7:00 AM &#8211; My alarm clock rings. I quickly turn it off. 5 minutes later my second alarm which I always have as back up goes off. Going to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.medaholic.com/2010/01/23/a-typical-day-in-medical-school/</link>
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		<title>Anatomy Lab Munchies</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s something strange about the embalming chemicals in the anatomy lab. I&#8217;m always starving when I come out of the anatomy lab. And it seems that this is a common experience amongst medical students. It&#8217;s kind of disturbing that you would feel hungry after cutting human tissue for the last hour or so.
I guess just [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.medaholic.com/2010/01/12/anatomy-lab-munchies/</link>
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