“I love the smell of a freshly opened textbook ...”
Studying medicine in the internet age is fascinating, daunting and depressing. Fascinating because we can instantly YouTube anything — from clinical examinations and suturing techniques to recordings of laparoscopic surgery and lectures on any topic imaginable — and at any time. We can Google image-search anything from Janeway lesions and Roth spots to erythema nodosum and pancreatic panniculitis, granting us a wealth of experience in a mouse click.
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