{"id":3941,"date":"2020-10-29T19:15:55","date_gmt":"2020-10-29T09:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thejugular.org\/?p=3941"},"modified":"2026-02-06T00:11:03","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T00:11:03","slug":"73045-looking-for-tachycardia-a-unsw-med-students-plea-for-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jugular.org.au\/index.php\/2020\/10\/29\/73045-looking-for-tachycardia-a-unsw-med-students-plea-for-love\/","title":{"rendered":"#73045 Looking for Tachycardia: A UNSW Med Student\u2019s Plea for Love"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Thy Pham; Edited by Nipuni Hapangama<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After studying medicine for one year, I\u2019ve crafted a new personality and have had three identity crises. Despite this, my desire for love is strong \u2013 it immensely saddens me to find out that everyone\u2019s been linking up in the lead up to the grand finale of cuffing season: Christmas. My previous quest for love ended in shambles as my brother was the sole heart react to my UNSW Love Letters post (see Jugular Article HEART BEEN BROKE: A First-year\u2019s Journey to Finding Love on UNSW Love Letters).  However, as the resilient, charming and innovative future cardiothoracic surgeon I am, I\u2019ve made another love letter in an attempt to find the HDL-C to my LDL-C, the pacemaker to my arrhythmia, the globus pallidus internal to my globus pallidus external.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pros<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7      Watches lectures on 1.75x speed \u23e9<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7      Runs through 1000 Anki cards a day \ud83c\udfc3\ud83c\udffb\u200d\u2642\ufe0f\u2709<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7      Never skips leg day – well developed gastrocnemius muscles from using a standing desk all day \ud83d\udcaa\ud83c\udffb\ud83e\uddb5\u2705<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7       Loves Wartin Meber<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7       Passed Foundies<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7       A certified P+ reflective practitioner \u2705<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7       Swears the Hippocratic oath every morning after waking up at 5am \ud83c\udf1e<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7       Memorises the ethics cube for fun <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7       Wants to be a cardiothoracic surgeon \ud83d\udc68\ud83c\udffb\u200d\u2695\ufe0f\ud83d\udd2a<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7       100% success rate in locating a raised JVP and palpating the carotid artery \ud83d\udcaf\ud83e\ude7a<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7       Can tell the difference between spermatogonia, spermatids and Sertoli cells \ud83d\udd0d\ud83d\udd0d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7       Finds sincere enjoyment in annotating histology slides \ud83e\udd70\u270d\ud83c\udffb<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cons<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7       Doesn\u2019t watch lectures at 2x speed<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7       Is a beta – scared to turn on mic during SGs and breakout rooms \ud83d\udd07\ud83d\ude23\ud83d\ude2a\ud83d\udc49\ud83c\udffb\ud83d\udc48\ud83c\udffb<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7       Has a big ego, low self-esteem, god complex, superiority complex and impostor syndrome<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7       Unable to formulate a thoughtful conversation without mentioning they study medicine<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7       Enjoys embryology \ud83e\udd22 and is genuinely invigorated by Hark Mill\u2019s Embryology Wiki<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7       Swears the Hippocratic oath every morning after waking up at 5am<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7       Memorises the ethics cube for fun <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7       Doesn\u2019t have a Littmann Master Cardiology Stethoscope (yet \ud83d\ude0f)<\/p>\n

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By Thy Pham; Edited by Nipuni Hapangama After studying medicine for one year, I\u2019ve crafted a new personality and have had three identity crises. Despite this, my desire for love is strong \u2013 it immensely saddens me to find out that everyone\u2019s been linking up in the lead up to<\/p>\n

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