http://solojourney.org The Rejected ::: Saving Lives One Laugh at a Time Mon, 13 Apr 2009 05:01:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Man it's been a long time since I posted anything interesting here on The Rejected.  It's probably because my life is not that interesting at the moment.  From waking up early every morning, going to school, hanging out at the hospital, going to the gym, studying, and listening to other ... http://solojourney.org/starting-my-general-sugery-rotation/ Well that was the shortest summer vacation I have ever had... yes it's still summer in Australia and I've already been in school for a couple of weeks.  Welcome to my hell... errr Third Year Medicine.  To kick things off we had a party at our place.  Surprisingly I was ... http://solojourney.org/medical-students-party-welcome-to-msiii/ I'm sure most of you who are on student loans in Canada have figured out by now that the current bank lending rate on professional lines of credit is now at a low 3.0% which is the current Canadian prime rate.  This is great if you have to borrow a ... http://solojourney.org/canadian-medical-student-loan-bank-lending-rate-3-per-cent/ How to contact the Royal Brisbane Hospital to set up your medical electives: Royal Brisbane Hospital Herston Road, Herston, Brisbane, Queensland 4006 Telephone Number: +61 7 3253 8111 Fax Number: +61 7 3857 4462 The Royal Brisbane hospital is a large 800-bed, 500,000 admissions a year hospital. It is a 15 minute bus ride ... http://solojourney.org/australian-medical-electives-information-royal-brisbane-hospital/ Athought considered by many to be more of a country town than a city, Adelaide has wonderful beaches, wines and a good music scene.  It's not usually on the tourist route and hence is not so often visited on electives.  This is a good place to go, however, if you've ... http://solojourney.org/informaiton-about-adelaide-south-australia-medical-student-elective/ One of the first things that I did before leaving for Australia to study medicine was to open up a checking account with Scotiabank here in Canada.  Scotiabank is a part of the Global ATM Alliance along with Westpac Bank in Australia, Bank of America, Barclays Woolwich in the UK, ... http://solojourney.org/overseas-medical-students-save-money-with-scotiabank/ I am writing this post with a massive hangover.  Needless to say, the weekend that just past was indeed awesome.  Intermittent sleep totalling one hour is never good, but it's a small price to pay.  Let's start from the beginning... I decided to go visit some of my old university friends ... http://solojourney.org/rediscovering-that-drive/ The current Canada Bank Interest Rate for a medical student line of credit is at a low 3.5% which is also the current Canadian prime rate.  However, obtaining a medical student line of credit from any bank in Canada is quite difficult if you intend on studying abroad.  In the ... http://solojourney.org/canada-bank-interest-rate-medical-student-loan/ I'm officially a third year medical student. Man it seems like I woke up one day and here I am. Honestly the last couple of years have gone by incredibly fast. Oh I'm still as incompetent as before, but the difference now is that I'm able to ... http://solojourney.org/third-year-medicine-omg-middle-age-people-are-amazing/ New Zealand is over-supplied with foreign doctors.  Roughly 4,000 have entered since 1992, and the country as a whole requires only 6,000 doctors to meet its demand.  These foreign doctors got in because a loose immigration policy did not check whether a person's overseas qualification was recognised locally.  Many of ... http://solojourney.org/working-as-a-doctor-in-new-zealand/