Comments on: True Tales of Medical School: The Take-Home Test

By: Cheesus

Cheesus — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 11:29:29 +0000

Hi, i found this site through your house medical reviews, top notch btw, and becams suspicious when i saw the dificulty you had to get through to get the answers that had been ‘handed down from student to student for the same length of time’ now from a cynical, probably slightly housian point of view; this sounds like the answers themselves originally came Dr. K himself, and this take home test, so famous for being the one he used for the last 10 years, was an oppurtunity for him to see if a) you’d do the test independently, b) you’d find the answers and copy them verbatum, or if c) you’d have the foresight to check the answers and correct them.
This also seems more likely given the rigmarole you had to get through to get each indivdual queation

By: Scott

Scott — Tue, 13 May 2008 01:01:18 +0000

Try the slide shoes from LL bean—can slide on and off easily. Extremely comfortable.

By: JAS

JAS — Sat, 19 May 2007 04:30:25 +0000

As a nerd though, I want to point out an interesting note. You probably learned more by correcting that fool’s mistakes than you would have by just answering the questions yourself. Don’t ask me why, but for some reason grading (or checking) answers for someone else can teach you more than earnest studying on your own. So, crime may not pay, but in my opinion you got lucky. As a fan though, let me say I love your stories and your House M.D. critiques. I want to be a heart surgeon so this stuff fascinates me. I even got to scrub in on a cardiac surgery once, go on rounds with oncologists, and do genomic cancer research (done the for three years). Nerdy, I know. Any advice on comfortable shoes for rounds and the OR? Thanks.

By: Mag

Mag — Wed, 14 Jul 2004 05:02:12 +0000

Reminds me of “Danny Dunn and the Homework Machine” by Jay Williams.