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ITA with Julia. My SO just finished his 3rd year. 
Third year is kind of a mix of different things. You might have a rotation like Psych, where there is hardly any call or weekends. I know OB/GYN is a rough rotation, that is what he ended 3rd year on. There was weekend calls, night float, etc. - all of these weird schedules and what not. Every school is different in terms of what they expect out of their med students during a particular rotation. Some rotations might only require calls on nights/weekends, while others may only require giving presentations during lectures, writing up patient history/physicals, etc, and other rotations may require BOTH (that is part of the reason why he HATED his Medicine rotation). Also, my SO had BOTH an OSCE w/ standardized patients and a NBME shelf exam at the end of each rotation. :banghead:
So, in summation, you will start to see that some parts of this year are like the last 2 (exams, papers if his school requires them) and that other parts (call, seeing patients) are completely different. For me, this year has been a total preparation for what portions of residency will be like (which the posts from the fine folks here at IMSN have helped me deduce). Some days (night call, days leading up to an exam) will feel worse than others. But there will be good days, such as when he gets to help "catch" a baby or realizes what he wants to do when he "grows up". I know that countless others and I have survived 3rd year, and so can you.
And 4th year gets better, at least in his program. There is time off for studying for Step 2 CK and residency interviews. Which means going on vacay in December and getting him to attend our alma mater's home football games.
The thing about med school is that the rotations are SO different. I mean, psych is a whole different ballgame from surgery... in residency, they at least sort of clump together around a theme.
Third year is kind of a mix of different things. You might have a rotation like Psych, where there is hardly any call or weekends. I know OB/GYN is a rough rotation, that is what he ended 3rd year on. There was weekend calls, night float, etc. - all of these weird schedules and what not. Every school is different in terms of what they expect out of their med students during a particular rotation. Some rotations might only require calls on nights/weekends, while others may only require giving presentations during lectures, writing up patient history/physicals, etc, and other rotations may require BOTH (that is part of the reason why he HATED his Medicine rotation). Also, my SO had BOTH an OSCE w/ standardized patients and a NBME shelf exam at the end of each rotation. :banghead: So, in summation, you will start to see that some parts of this year are like the last 2 (exams, papers if his school requires them) and that other parts (call, seeing patients) are completely different. For me, this year has been a total preparation for what portions of residency will be like (which the posts from the fine folks here at IMSN have helped me deduce). Some days (night call, days leading up to an exam) will feel worse than others. But there will be good days, such as when he gets to help "catch" a baby or realizes what he wants to do when he "grows up". I know that countless others and I have survived 3rd year, and so can you.
And 4th year gets better, at least in his program. There is time off for studying for Step 2 CK and residency interviews. Which means going on vacay in December and getting him to attend our alma mater's home football games.
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