MING's SCHEDULE!!!!! ...for like the next 14 months...

the current one is highlighted...

  Days Until Ming's Graduation from Eastern Virginia Medical School and Becomes an M.D.!! 

list of EMERGENCY MEDICINE residency programs under i applied on ERAS (Electronic Residency Application Service)

my personal statement


Mon, Jan 5, 2004 - Fri, Feb 27, 2004 OBSTETRICS/GYNOCOLOGY rotation at Bon Secours Depaul Medical Center in Norfolk, VA & Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, in Portsmouth, VA
Sat, Feb 28, 2004 - Sun, Mar 7, 2004 Spring Break visiting Iain in UConn and arranging fourth year rotations at UConn and apartment hunting
Mon, Mar 8, 2004 - Fri, Apr 30, 2004
PEDIATRICS rotation at Children's Hospital of King's Daughters in Norfolk, VA
Mon, May 3, 2004 - Fri, Jun 25, 2004
SURGERY rotation at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital in Norfolk, VA  -- last rotation in third year
Sat, Jun 26, 2004 - Mon, Jul 5, 2004
one week off between third and fourth year, move out of apartment in Norfolk, bridal shower in Richmond, return to Radford and oversee invitations going out, celebrate 25th Bday, etc.
Tue, Jul 6, 2004 - Fri, Jul 30, 2004
SHOCK/TRAUMA rotation at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital in Norfolk, VA  - yes, it'll be like the TV show, but not that dramatic...5 minutes of glory and excitement with 23 hours and 55 minutes of taking care of the patient on the ventilator in the intensive care unit...getting good recommendation letter from head of surgery...will be subletting from a friend and living out of a suitcase with the wardrobe consisting of only green scrubs...
Mon, Aug 2, 2004 - Fri, Aug 27, 2004
EMERGENCY MEDICINE rotation at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital in Norfolk, VA - concurrent with CARDIOVASCULAR PHARMOCOLOGY which fulfills my Basic Science requirement for EVMS graduation...this is of course to make sure that I want commit my career to being an ER doc, getting good recommendation letter from the department chair...will continue to live transcendentally out of a suitcase with the wardrobe consisting of only green scrubs...(here's my schedule, sixteen 8-hour shifts plus lectures and final exam)
Sat, Aug 28, 2004 - Thu, Sep 30, 2004 month off to send applications for Residency, study and take the USMLE Step II CK on Thursday September 16, 2004 in Roanoke, VA, and oh yeah, get married in Richmond, VA on Saturday, September 25, 2004, and move to Connecticut.
Mon,Oct 4 2004 - Fri, Oct 29, 2004 EMERGENCY MEDICINE rotation at UConn School of Medicine affiliated level one trauma center Hartford Hospital in Hartford, CT...just making double sure and getting that recommendation letter from an away institution
Mon, Nov 1, 2004 - Tue, Nov 30, 2004 ADVANCED CRITICAL CARE rotation at UConn Medical Center JOhn Dempsey Hospital in Farmington, CT, via UConn School of Medicine...working very hard as a sub-intern taking over-night call q4....important rotation for the future Emergency Medicine resident...plus some local interviews, see interview schedule and residency program rankings...
Mon, Dec 6, 2004 - Fri, Dec 31, 2004
INTERVIEWS and USMLE Step II CS on Monday, December 13, 2004 in Philadelphia, PA, and RADIOLOGY rotation at Hartford Hospital via UConn School of Medicine...another important rotation for future career decisions...
Sat, Jan 1, 2005 - Mon, Jan 31, 2005
INTERVIEWS...my advisor Dr Counselman strongly recommended to take the month of January off for interviews and all the travels (and money expenditure), since this is very important for the rest of my career...
Mon, Feb 1, 2005 - Fri, Feb 25, 2005
ANESTHESIOLOGY  rotation at UConn Medical Center and turn in rankings for residency programs for the MATCH
Mon, Feb 28, 2005 - Fri, Mar 11, 2005
GERIATRICS rotation at Norfolk, VA as part of EVMS graduation requirement...will be living out of a suitcase on a friend's floor.
Sat, Mar 12, 2005 - Sun, Mar 20, 2005
stay in Norfolk for MATCH week panic (Mon, Mar 14, 2005, the schools get notified if the students match one of top three choices) and sorting out paper work for graduation, and MATCH DAY, Thurs, Mar 17, 2005 where I open the envelope to find out where I'm going for residency...and celebrations galore!!!
Mon, Mar 21, 2005 - Fri, Apr 1, 2005
OPHTHALMOLOGY rotation at UConn Medical Center via UConn School of Medicine in Farmington, CT.
Mon, Apr 4, 2005 - Fri, Apr 15, 2005
ORTHOPEDICS rotation at UConn Medical Center via UConn School of Medicine in Farmington, CT.
Mon, Apr 18, 2005 - Fri, Apr 29, 2005
CARDIOLOGY at UConn Medical Center via UConn School of Medicine in Farmington, CT...last rotation in medical school!!!!
Sat, Apr 30, 2005 - Sat, May 14, 2005
bum around in Connecticut, pack, journey South for house hunting in Charlotte, North Carolina (where I will be for the next three year for residency training)
Sun, May 15, 2005 - Sat, May 21, 2005
Back to Norfolk for graduation festivities, bacclaureate and graduation banquet on Fri, May 20, 2005, and graduation ceremony on Sat, May 21, 2005.
Mon, May 23, 2005 - Mon, Jun 20, 2005
trip to CHINA with Iain and my parents.
Sat, Jun 25, 2005 - Fri, Jul 1, 2005
ACLS/ATLS/PALS training/certification and ORIENTATION for residency
Mon, Jul 3, 2005 - forever into the future
begin life as an INTERN>>>>


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