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Student Spotlight
Today's issue will spotlight the student who made a tremendous effort to create valuable documents for medical students! They call these documents "transes" - short for transcriptions.
Our medical student, who wants to keep her name undisclosed so we will call her @_exocytosis (her Twitter name, by the way!), types on her keyboard as she listens to lectures and recordings. And when done transcribing, she then takes time to design the digital document to make it pleasing to the eye.
Now, allow me to share my short interview with @_exocytosis for the first-ever Student Spotlight!
Road to White Coat (RTWC): "I've seen transes created by some good Samaritan people in my batch. They are in a simple format - plain text, all black text and white spaces- made just to ensure the content is there. But with your work, I'm amazed. Do you have a background in design or arts?"
Exocytosis: "I don't have any background po in arts, I just prefer lang po to include colors kasi I find it easier to organize everything if color coded po."
RTWC: "How much time do you put into work for a single PDF file?"
Exocytosis: "It's different po with every topic but usually one trans would take 3-4 hours. If the topic is difficult po, maybe around 5-6 hours."
RTWC: "You mentioned some instructors/professors are against transes. Why do you think so? What can you see wrong with the creation and usage of transes?"
Exocytosis: "Their reactions are mixed po, some like it but others don't. I think it's because they feel like students won't listen to their lectures or read their books anymore if they have transes."
RTWC: "Your documents are like investments for your future board exam. Do you see yourself not spending money for review centers and relying on the power of your transes plus available medical exam reviewers?
Exocytosis: "I think I'm still going to enroll po in review centers kasi I feel like hindi po enough yung reviewers ko."
RTWC: "I believe that when you give value to other people, you'll receive something in return. You've been doing transes and sharing them with other students for 2 years. What do you think you've received in exchange for this good deed?
Exocytosis: "Siguro being able to pass po my 1st and 2nd year in med school"
RTWC: "After creating and designing transes, do you feel tired needing a break before using them? or do you get excited and review them as soon you're done?"
Exocytosis: "I actually rarely use my transes to review po hehe. Parang making them is my way of reviewing na and then after I'm done with them, bihira ko na lang po i-open again Usually po after making transes, I use the books na po to review"
RTWC: "Thank you so much for taking the time to answer my questions. Last question, which among your works is your favorite?"
Exocytosis: "I think yung sa Pediatrics po because of the color scheme"
Take action: Follow @_exocytosis on Twitter to get access to her Google Drive folder full of medical lesson transcriptions.