Monday 14 September 2015

System Of A Down - How to succeed in General Medicine?

This is a retrograde/retrogressive multi-step approach to become a master in the subject of General Medicine in Maharashtra.

1. (a) Buy the latest edition of Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine.
    (b) Forget about it.
    (c) Realise that a free .chm or .pdf is available. Download it for quick referrals.
    (d) Forget about it.

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2. (a) Buy the latest edition of Davidson's Principles and Practice of Medicine. Write name and year on it.
    (b) Forget about it.
    (c) Realise that a free .chm or .pdf is available. Download it for quick referrals.
    (d) Forget about it.

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3. (a) Buy some (sanctioned) Indian authors' books, like API, Golwala, Chugh etc. Write name and year on it.
    (b) Go through the text font, images (if any), total no.of pages, index, preface etc.
    (c) Casually start reading a system. Underline important stuff.
    (d) Resist the temptation of checking for free pdfs and all.
    (e) Ask for specific markings and keep all aside.

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4. (a) Hear about a treasure called 'George Mathew's Prep Manual for Undergraduates'.
    (b) Obtain an extensively utilized copy from a senior, preferably immediate senior.
    (c) Read it nicely. Thank God for this gem of a book. Promote it in the batch. Criticize other authors.
    (d) Ask for even more selective markings.
    (e) Obtain Bhalani if possible.

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5. (a) Obtain xerox from local photocopywala. Ask for readymade notes.
    (b) Revisit Mathew's. Thank God for this gem of a book. Promote it in the batch. Criticize other authors.
    (c) Bhalani must be obtained for getting a holistic view.
    (d) Start panicking. Do only highly important, massively starred and repeatedly asked questions.
   
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6. (a) Pass final year with decent to excellent scores.
    (b) Thank God for such amazing books.
    (c) Propagate that Harrison, Davidson, Golwala and the likes have no idea about Medicine, and presentation of crisp information.
    (d) Look for juniors who might be interested in buying your old yet new medicine books, all in perfectly unused condition. Quote good prices. Earn some bucks and party. Promote Mathew's.

La Fin.

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