| Year | What You Do |
|---|---|
| 0 | Take the NMAT*. Get desired score |
| 1 | Enter Medical School Of your Choice |
| 2 | Take basic Subjects; get acclimatized |
| 3 | Start your clinicals, get real |
| 4 | Clerkship; know the meaning of "slave" |
| End of year 4 | Graduate; big celebration |
| 5 | Internship; get the meaning of "senior slave" Public hospital - so tiring! |
| 6 | End of internship; get drunk, start review Take boards; pass. Big celebration Day of reckoning |
| 7 | Start of residency or private practice |
| 7-10 or 12 | Start of residency. Make some money to buy your
own Mcdo No car purchase in sight Get the meaning of "hiya"..."chief slave" |
| 11 | Take the specialty boards; start practice. Or apply for
fellowship. May also get married, if, by some remote possibility, still romantically attached with a view of staying that way |
| 12-15 | Fellowship (subspecialty). Make even less money than before Get the meaning of "poor" |
| 15-17 | Study for the subspecialty boards; Start dreaming of a car
in maybe 3-4 years time. Borrow some money to buy new clothes and a nice
ballpen. Start practice |