It's hard to believe that this summer will be our last vacation ever! How did this happen? Although our summer vacation does not start until the end of June, the preparations start now. We have started to structure the eight weeks to stretch out the time as much as possible.What happended to the days of nothingness? Remember when you were a kid and you would spend your days watching cartoons, eating three meals and playing tag? How I miss those days. Now, we are deciding whether we want to spend our days pipetting in a lab, setting up public health projects in far away lands, developing new parts of our curriculum, or organizing a trip to travel the world. And did I mention figuring out the oh-so-dreaded logistics, including seeking the necessary funds for our summer adventures (whatever they may be...)
A panel of second year medical students spoke about their experiences during a dinner hosted by our medical school college. The panel follows a formal presentation provided by the directors of different summer programs that happened last week. The second years sat before us and divulged all the details about their summer, everything from the days spent in lab to the travels to the World Health Organization to the learning Spanish in Guatemala to just traveling the world (for fun).
As we start shopping for summer plans, many of us wonder about the importance of this summer. Does it really make a difference (to residency programs) what we did during the summer? The answer was a resounding "No" from the physicians. Rather than catering our application to any residency director, our advisors encourage us to enjoy our summer since we may not being seeing such protected vacation time for a long time.
I have yet to decide what my summer plans will be. I just know I will be doing something and hopefully it will be fun, exciting and interesting. Hopefully, I can incorporate photography into my summer plans.
The search now begins for constructing an amazing summer. Any ideas?
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