{"id":285,"date":"2008-12-25T09:14:25","date_gmt":"2008-12-25T09:14:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/updates.xephalon.net\/?p=285"},"modified":"2008-12-25T09:14:25","modified_gmt":"2008-12-25T09:14:25","slug":"another-step-forward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/2008\/12\/25\/another-step-forward\/","title":{"rendered":"Another Step Forward"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/updates.xephalon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/2008.12.24.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-619\" title=\"2008.12.24\" src=\"https:\/\/updates.xephalon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/2008.12.24.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a>It&#8217;s Christmas Eve 2008, and I&#8217;m spending it on the 10th floor of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brighamandwomens.org\/shapirocenter\/AboutOverview.aspx?subID=submenu1\">Shapiro Center<\/a> watching over two floors of cardiology patients while looking out at the quiet blanket of snow over Jamaica Plains. It&#8217;s not how I would normally envision spending Christmas Eve. But after an entire month of juggling clinical duties in the day with studying for Step III at night, it was a relief that the exam is finally over. The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usmle.org\/\">USMLE<\/a> Step III occurs over two days. Mine took place within the confines of a drab office building just 5 minutes from my apartment. Much of it felt more like a reading test, as each question tries to throw you off with paragraphs of unnecessary information and extraneous red herrings. Sadly, I had little time to celebrate after it was over, as I was back at the hospital for holiday coverage the very next morning. But even as I sit in my call room, answering the string of pages, I feel a sense of relief as I take on my role as a normal intern again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Christmas Eve 2008, and I&#8217;m spending it on the 10th floor of the Shapiro Center watching over two floors of cardiology patients while looking out at the quiet blanket of snow over Jamaica Plains. It&#8217;s not how I would &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/2008\/12\/25\/another-step-forward\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=285"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}