Author: shannacyeung
How to Deal with Toxic Premed Culture, Gap Year before Med, Reapplying to Med
This is an interview of an UBC Med Student’s journey from High school to Med school that includes a gap year between undergrad and med, applying to med three times, a discussion on toxic premed culture, and his current med school experience.
Non-Traditional Path to Medical School in Canada, and Fear of Failure
I interviewed a UBC Med Classmate about her journey that involves studying Piano Performance to become a Professor in Music, spending 5 years switching from piano to medicine, and applying to and getting into medical school. We also spend the last five minutes of the video discussing fear of failure.
RESEARCH: How to find research, balance research with school
This is a Med School Vlog including Tips on How to Find Research Positions how to Email a Professor, How to balance Research and School How to work in a research team And a look at an incredibly boring day in my life. On work-heavy weekends, I spend most of the weekend not doing much except work/study. On lighter weekends, I do go out and more of a life 🙂
How to deal with self-comparison and feeling not enough
How to deal with feeling not enough and self-comparison Recognize your own strengths. There is more than enough to go around. There are tons of opportunities out there. There is enough goodness in the world for everyone to receive some. Stay in my own lane because everyone has a different journey and a different destination to get to. Our own self-doubt and insecurities are our biggest enemies. The story that we tell ourselves can be negative. Try checking whether the facts match the story you’re telling yourself. It’s okay not to be be amazing at everything all at once. Read More
How to get from High School to Undergrad to Medical School
Hope everyone is staying safe at home, and my heart goes out to anyone has been negatively impact by the COVID-19 pandemic! For those of you who have loved ones that are sick, have lost income and jobs, are struggling to balance childcare with work, and everyone else struggling, I hope that this will pass soon. I’m very privileged that my family is in healthcare and our jobs still exist. So we want to use our privilege to help where we can! My family’s involved in a lot of work to help out the crisis, specifically get more protective masks Read More
Study Tips for UBC Science First and Second Year Courses
My tips are centered around UBC courses. I study very differently for each course. Hope these tips help! ENG 110 – English Literature Actually do the assigned reading before class, and take notes while you read. Buy a physical copy of the books you’re assigned. They typically cost less than $10 Bring the book or print out the reading to bring to class so you can refer to it during discussion. You can bring a digital version. Do the extra reading on the genre, the author, what society was like and what world events were occurring when the piece was Read More
Should I do med school or grad school?
Shanna: This is a big question that quite a number of undergrads face. They’re interested in science and research but does grad school or med school seems like a better bit? I talk about medicine as the most amazing career in the world and encourage many people to consider it, but I’m super biased. Medicine is the perfect fit for my personality, my interests and what I believe is my purpose in this world (to help people). But, I acknowledge that that things that appeal to me in medicine are the downsides to some other people, while things that draws Read More
Medical School Interview Tips
Let’s discuss 5 tips to tackle medical school interviews. In particular we’re going to talk about the MMIs! This post will discuss what is the MMI like and then 5 tips: 1) Mindset, 2) Answer Structure, 3) Take a Pause, 4) Reflect, and 5) No need for a perfect answer. I’ll start with the disclaimers that I do not represent the official views of UBC’s Faculty of Medicine, or any other medical school, I can’t discuss any details of my actual MMI stations, and this is what has worked for me, but may or may not work for you. You’ll Read More