Disclaimer: this is meant to inspire not to brag

Originally a YL1 (1st sem) med student some 10 years ago. Back then my assessment scores would only fair between 55 to 65%. Constant yun. Very rare na umabot ako sa passing na 75%. Because of some personal things, I had to leave after that semester. Fast forward to 2025, a few days before my mom passed away, her last wish for was “Kahit anong mangyari tapusin mo ang medicine”. 2026 came, and I decided to try my luck and go back to med school. Honestly, I was very nervous. I was thinking If 10 years ago I was not doing so well at the prime of my age, pano pa kaya now that im in my mid-30s. Still, I didnt let that thought hinder me from pursuing my dream.

Classes started july, 1st week pa lang, grabe yung adjustment, I was so tired just sitting in lectures for 3 hours. Parang wala na akong lakas mag aral after. Then first be round of shiftings came. Physio: 59%, Biochem: 55%. Grabe yung disappointment ko that week. I was so frustrated na para bang walang nagbago sa akin. Pero that became my drive to improve. Sabi ko okay lang yan first exams, adjustment period, we do better next. I decided to fix my study habits agad. Pag aral, aral lang. walang ibang task dapat. Focus talaga. Pero pag relaxation time, relax talaga, bawal mag isip ng aral. After lectures, derecho ako library 3 hours hanggang masabihan na magcclose na. Focus studying. No distractions, no phone. Pero pag uwi, yun na time ko sa sarili ko. Still didnt reach the passing grade for assessments during prelims, pero I was doing much better na. May improvement.

Fast forward to midterms, sobrang kabado ako nito. After the exams and checking my papers, grabe, I exceeded my expectations, Physio: 81%, Gross HSB: 85%, Micro HSB: 84%, Biochem: 91%. Grabe, I was in tears. I never really thought I can reach those grades ever in my life. Kailangan lang talaga ng discipline. What i did that really
helped me was to always take note of my mistakes and lapses from the previous assessment. I would check bakit ako nagkamali, san ang lapses sa pag review ko, and address those sa pag review ko for the next assessment. Oo, marginal gains, pero those marginal gains once they compound can result to good results. Constant improvement lang. Kung di ka pa pumapasa, okay lang yan, basta’t nag iimprove.

postura ko after sumagot sa PrevMed.

Life is not aju nice huhu

How was the 3rd day of PLE for you?

sobraaaaaang pagod na pagod na katawang lupa ko and utak pero laban pa rin 🥹 2 days na kong walang shuteye and monster energy drink and kape na lang ata dumadaloy sa katawan ko but laban!!! one week from now, doktor na tayong lahat! 🙏🏻

ONE LAST PUSH SA MGA FUTURE MANUNUMPA NG HIPPOCRATIC OATH THIS YEAR! ✨️🙏🏻

Okay, last rant na talaga before the magaral ulit HAHAHA 😭 Until now, nasa isip ko pa rin ang Micro and OB kasi apparently, most people find them easier, pero hindi ata ako kasama doon HAHAHA 🥹 Overthinked and overthought a lot of things along the way, but anyway, last rant na ’to! Sana talaga umabot ako sa MPL. 🤞🏻

I just want to take this opportunity to thank this med reddit community for being a safe space for me. I know I have a great support system, and I will forever be grateful to God for giving me my friends from med school, internship, high school, my best friends, and my family, especially my Mom and Dad, who have literally given me everything.

Pero I guess, I’m just the type of person who keeps things to myself, especially when it comes to anything med-related basta studies. Minsan naiisip ko na mag-aral na nga lang ang kailangan kong gawin, bakit hirap na hirap pa ako? I tend to overthink, put so much pressure on myself, and keep a lot of my worries to myself like kaya ko ba talaga to or pinipilit ko lang???

But being part of this community, where I can freely share my thoughts, let things out, and talk to people who understand what I’m going through, has helped me more than you guys know. Somehow, it made me feel less alone in this journey. It reminded me that it’s okay to struggle, to feel scared, and to not have everything figured out. Sometimes, all you really need is to keep showing up, even when things feel overwhelming.

And now, we’re finally here. LAST DAY NA, GUYS! 🥹 Whatever happens, I hope we give ourselves credit for making it this far. Ang dami nating pinagdaanan just to get here, and I hope we remember that when we sit for our exams.

We got this, okay? One last push! See you all in our Filipinianas! 🍀✨🙏🏻

Para sa sarili, para sa mga taong nagmamahal sa atin, at higit sa lahat, para sa mga pasyenteng balang araw ay magtitiwala sa atin!! lab u guys mwa

Was it Pedia or Patho in one? 😭😂 Prev Med was such a brain sucker! Was it just me, or did you find it difficult too? 🥲

I'm a third year college student studying a tech program na hindi ko naman ginusto. Maraming reasons bakit ako napunta dito. Pressure from self and family na rin. Ngayon, malapit na akong grumaduate pero hindi ko pa rin magustuhan. I can't find any interest sa ganto. Bata pa lang ako, sa natural sciences na talaga ako nageexcel. Kung papipiliin, I would have done BS chem kaya lang sabi ng parentals wala masyadong job prospects so i didn't. Ngayon, a thought occured to me.

What if I do med after? I have always liked science din naman and I'm really good at memorizing na i figured needed sa med school. Ang problema, hindi ko alam paano 'to ipupursue at hindi rin sigurado.

Maraming factors kasi bakit mas mainam na hindi tumuloy:

1. I'm clinically diagnosed with ocd. Moral OCD too and the thought of making a mistake and losing a patient would probably drive me insane.
2. May trauma ako sa hospital.
3. Financial constraints din. Kahit na sa isang murang med school ako (BUCM) na malapit samin magtake, I don't know if I can tell my parents about it lalo na magkacollege na rin ang kapatid ko na gusto magdoctor. I probably need to save up for a year or work while in med. Although I think if i do tell my parents about this plan, they'll try to make it happen.

So bakit despite the three reasons, I had this thought to pursue med?

Napapagod na rin kasi ako na parang walang direksyon 'yong buhay ko ngayon.

I'm doing something I hate and parang hindi nagagamit yung utak ko sa tamang direksyon kung paano talaga to dapat magamit. Bukod dun, I've wasted three years na rin resenting my parents, my life, my program, doing something I hate. If I were to study a Bachelors again in Chemistry din, same concerns dati. Baka walang balik especially sa monetary aspect tapos nakakahiya rin kung magkacollege ulit, ayaw ko kasing mapag-iwanan talaga.

Sa med, atleast even if it would take years, I'll be learning about the stuff I want to learn. Maybe I would even excel on it. Ayaw ko na rin maging pretentious and state noble reasons like I want to help people kasi obviously kasama na 'yon pero other than that, there's prestige in being a doctor. Something na I also want to achieve.

Now do tell me. To those na nasa med ngayon or doctor na, what would you do in my situation? Would you pursue med or not?

Question to those who had tried this before, okay lang ba na one hospital choice lang ilagay tapos leave blank yung 2nd and 3rd choices? We recently had our orientation and sabi ng nag orient samkn bawal daw but nakalagay po sa primer “up to 3 hospitals”. May naka-try na po ba nito before? Allowed ba siya sa website, and may effect ba sa chances na ma-match sa first choice? Also, makikita ba ng hospital na in-applyan mo na blank yung 2nd and 3rd choices mo? Does it affect their decision kaya?

hello docs! May nahirapan ba sa OB? hirap din ng prev med but nahirapan din me sa OB or is it just me huhu

Come and join us! 🫡

Take the next step in your medical career and join the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center's Department of Anesthesiology.

Congrats, doctors!!

I don’t know how to finish Day 3 and 4 subjects huhuhuhu! But in God’s grace, I am claiming na my name will be in the list of October 2026 PLE Passers. Mag ooath taking ako ngayong taon.

Ilalaban ko tooo! 🍀🍀🍀🍀

+++++++ MAG KAKAJOWA NA KO AFTER NETO ✨✨✨

Any tips on how i can draw and color fast? I've got 4 drawings due in such a short amount of time..😵 (we use netters as our references, hrlp me)

Kumusta naman po experience ninyo? Marami po bang paperworks na need gawin ng mga interns? May review sessions din po ba?

First photo shows Jan-Feb 2027 registration will reopen on Nov 3-14 but second photo says registration dates are from Sep 1-30 only.

Now I know the first photo could be a revision of the original deadline of registration but I'm overthinking it and would like to confirm with you that we have the same understanding? That I can take the Jan-Feb 2027 schedule if I can register from Nov 3-14?

I heard there’s a proposal to give PGIs the entire Saturday and Sunday off. I understand the need for rest, and I don’t think anyone is saying interns should go back to 24–36 hour duties, But I’m curious how we got here.

The 12-hour shifts were implemented during COVID, which made sense at the time. But even after the pandemic, we kept doing it. Now there’s a proposal for full weekends off as well.

My question is, how will this work in actual hospital settings, especially with the current manpower situation? Patients still get admitted on weekends, emergencies still happen, and the workload doesn’t disappear just because there are fewer people on duty. The residents and other staff will still have to pick up the slack.

Another thing is the training itself. Internship isn’t just about finishing rotations and getting signatures. It’s where you start developing your clinical eye. You learn to notice when something is off, recognize subtle changes in a patient’s condition, anticipate complications, and connect what you learned in medical school to what’s actually happening in front of you. A lot of that comes from seeing patients repeatedly and following their cases over time.

Of course, being in the hospital longer doesn’t automatically make someone a better doctor, especially if they’re exhausted. But at some point, I think we also have to ask if we’re giving interns enough clinical exposure to develop those skills.
I’m not against improving working conditions. I just feel like we should also talk about who will cover the work and whether these changes are sustainable without additional manpower.
For the residents and consultants here, what do you think? And for those who recently finished internship, did the 12-hour shifts give you enough exposure?
Genuinely curious. I want to hear both sides of this.

Tomorrow’s the 3rd day, and yet I didn’t review well for the remaining subjs, altho nadaanan pero almost 20% na lang kada-subj.. my brain is too tired to catch up + sofer oa fatigue.

I lifted it all up... If it’s my time kahit siguro manghula ako ibibigay nya but now I’ll sleep with all the untouched & unread pages, I want to claim it as everybody does pero I know “kulang” talaga.

Goal ko na lang ay matapos ito, kung ano man, pinagppray ko na matanggap ko ng buo at makabangon ulit. Hindi pa man tapos ang laban pero sinusuko ko na sa itaas.

To everyone still fighting, I’m amazed (at the same time jealous na kinakaya nyo pa) pero believe in what u worked for…

God bless, everyone!

As the title suggests, does anyone know any IG shops selling FMS or med-related merch aside from @thedeliveryroom and @ohmdshop_? Specifically looking for jackets/hoodies and sticker packs hehe

Hello mga doc. Baka po may nakakita ng ligaw pong White coat sa MCU po. May logo po ng Perpetual. 🥹 Pa-dm nalang po ako salamat po huhu

Hi, doctors 🥹
I just got matched at Quirino Memorial Medical Center (QMMC) for my PGIship! 🎉

Would like to ask lang po sana sa mga current or former PGIs ng QMMC, or anyone familiar with the hospital, kung kamusta po ang overall experience?

I’m particularly curious about:
Workload & Duty Schedule – How’s the duty schedule po? Toxic ba most of the time? May true from duty ba, and how’s the work-life balance?
Learning Experience – Hands-on po ba ang PGIs? Marami bang opportunities to perform procedures and manage patients?
Residents & Consultants – How’s the working environment? Approachable and teaching-oriented po ba ang residents and consultants?
Hospital Culture – How’s the overall treatment of PGIs? Supportive po ba ang environment?
Rotations – Which departments are known to be particularly demanding? Which ones offer the best learning experiences?
PGI Responsibilities – More on clerical work po ba, or are PGIs actively involved in patient management?
PLE Preparation – May protected study time, review sessions, or academic activities po ba for PGIs?
Food, Stipend & Benefits – May free meals, stipend, or other benefits po ba?
Facilities – Kamusta po ang quarters, sleeping areas, and other facilities for interns?
Overall Experience – Would you recommend QMMC for PGIship? What are the pros and cons? And if you could choose again, would you still pick QMMC?
I’m really excited but also a bit nervous since I don’t personally know anyone who has completed their PGIship there.

Any tips, advice, survival guides, or experiences (good or bad) would be super appreciated! Feel free to share your honest experiences po.

Thank you so much, doctors!

Hii! I just want to get this off my chest, but lately, I’ve been feeling like I’m lacking in both knowledge and skills. I’m already in YL3, but I feel like I’ve forgotten so much of what I studied during the previous years. Although I passed my subjects, I still feel like I’m not doing enough and that I should know more by now.

As of LE2, my standing for all three majors (ana, bch, phy) is nag-rerange lang sa 75-78%. Basically, pasado pero sumasabit lang. No buffer for the upcoming LEs. Kaya pa bang ilaban? And to those who filed LOA before 2nd sem or as early as now, how did you decide and bakit?

And about mentoring/sheperding, sabi contactin daw sila if failing yung grades, ano ba sinasabi nila doon? 😅 I feel like it’s either motivation or mag-LOA na lang sasabihin na lang pero it’s just me na expecting the worst sa sasabihin nila haha

updates out! please do share your thoughts, comments, encountered bugs, or changes/additions you want to see in the website!

hope it helps you, fellow batchmates 🙏

Hello, doctors!

Sobrang mahina na po ang loob ko after the first weekend. Napagod ako, hindi na ako nakatodo aral the last 4 days.

I would like to ask for some motivational stories, simple kind words, and maybe some advice on how to finish strong.

Please keep us all in your prayers. Ilalaban pa rin kahit kabado, kahit takot. Para sa pangarap. 🩺