Improve your English.

you cought me !!

Thanks Dr. Internal .. This is a great honor (Although I need a corrector for me)

What a great idea!!

My big question :"How can we change ?"
I wonder wether the ability to change is limited just to the high positions people or we can –as students –do something and where can we start from ?

.............Hi........... how are you
I ma La Primavera my name means spring in Italian I choose it becaus I think that is very close to me personality and to my real name .
I am in my first year in this college .medicine college .I have always wanted to be adoctor not a traditional doctor but a doctor in genetic therapy .
I like this domain very much . so i enjoy in (cell scince) lectures this term . and I'd like to say thanks to Dr. Ibrahim Riggo becaus he is realy fabulous, his lectures were very interesting .
Now i should go to study becaus tomorrowe i have an exam . but before I go I should say thanks to you (Internal) because you give me this chance to improve my poor English............
good bye

hello every one
it's really nice to see that you're starting such topics coz i truely believe that we need to highlight this issue in our society , considering our "poor" care about language .. which is sth really serious especially for the person dealing with it , coz it would disable him\her from owning good knowladge in several domains ,,, especially in our faculty , coz all the big wide gates of having rich information about medicine are in english ,
so i hope that more people would participate in this specific topic to improve their and our english , so take care and enjoy medicine -if you can-

bel539:

you don't have to ask anything, all I want you to do is speak-up and think out-loud. and you can chat about almost anything in your mind.
of course the purpose of this topic isn't for you to know me or the other way around, the main goal is to :
- Practice more of your English
- Enrich your vocabulary .
- Enhance your ability to use grammar for your own good without considering it as an obstacle.
- Make reading foreign medicine books easier.

Don’t we all? We are not angles Johnnie, if you may have noticed, I myself made a typing mistake in the first reply to brave heart when I said "cought", and the correct typing is "caught" as brave heart typed, God bless you both.
So never fear mistakes, we are here to learn from each other, nothing beats team work…

it's ok, there's no harm to come any say hi, unless I'm with female family members, the bottom line is: I'm not an astronomic object, plus I don’t bite!

Corrections :
As for me, I need such help so much, because I have a problem expressing myself in English, although I have no problem reading .
I want to talk about our educational system, I always think and ask myself :"what can we do to improve our situation ?"
I was told previously that Syrian universities were so good, but the truth is I was completely shocked during my first year in medicine school, no good books ,no good teachers and no benefit in the practical part .
What we had was just bad lectures and bad exam questions .
After passing the basic years, I came to the clinical years and I said to myself :"Now you will learn the real medicine", but I discovered that most of our clinical subjects (not all of them ) were just papers full of rubbish (for this reason most medical students study their lectures just for passing exam and study extra medical books to gain good medical knowledge .
My big question :"How can we change ?"
I wonder whether the ability to change is limited just to chairmen or we can –as students– do something and where can we start from ?

Corrections:
I think that in our universities : Students have more activity that the high positions' people .... at least that is clear in our medicine school
look at this forum miss ... Don’t see that it's a pure students' Job???
this forum is a great example : that students can do good things.. sorry .. amazing things , without any support from high positions' people
similar to this.. I think that the studying situation is related to the student .. and no one but the student.
maybe profs. help .... but we - students - are the key to our success life

Best Regards
brave heart

Corrections:

Hi........... how are you
I am La Primavera, my name means spring in Italian, I chose it because I think that is very close to my personality and to my real name .
I am first year medicine student. I have always wanted to be a doctor, not a traditional doctor but a genetic therapist .
I like this domain very much .
I enjoy cytology lectures this term . and I'd like to say thanks to Dr. Ibrahim Riggo because he is really fabulous, his lectures were very interesting .
Now I should go study because tomorrow I have an exam . but before I go I should say thanks to you (Internal) because you give me this chance to improve my poor English............
goodbye

NICE!! Although I'm not a fan of using shorts "coz, sth, esp…etc", there was also some typing mistakes. I think you can get them easily.

hi
i think it's a new and good step to improve our languge
but i think writting isn't enough because the problem is also in our ability to express our self in english by speaking
other thing we lose right accent sometimes i think there is homsy english
why we don't speak together in english and try to correct our mistakes
thank you

played(ملعوبة )brave heart

you did not tell us how you knew
INTERNAL ,is it written INTERNAL on his forehead?

Congratulations on the midterm.. hope you get some time of away from lectures and questions.
please, read the following and give us your opinion.

Megan L. Fix, MD
Chief Resident, Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; Chief Resident, Brigham and Women's Hospital/Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.

wrote:

The journey you are undertaking to become a doctor is not meant to be accomplished alone. It is important to find mentors who can help you get through medical school and beyond.

The first step to finding a mentor is to ask yourself certain questions: What are my interests? Can I see myself doing "X"? Am I interested in researching "Y"? Pay particular attention to professors at your institution and identify ones you respect, then find out a little more about what they do. Only you know what inspires you. Once you find something, write it down and make a list of potential interests.

The next step is deciding what your needs are from a mentor. You may be looking for someone to help you maintain your excitement about medicine. You may be trying to decide what career path to take. You may need a mentor to show you how to find balance between career and community service. You may be interested in research, and need someone to help develop your critical thinking skills. Once you have decided on an interest, write down your list of expectations for your potential mentor.

The third step is to identify potential mentors. One way is to meet with your dean and say, "I'm interested in doing some research on X, do you know of someone who would be a good mentor for me?" Another approach is to find an interest group at your school and identify the advisor for that group, then ask him or her who might be a good mentor. If you were inspired by a lecture, you can walk up to the podium at the end and say, "I'm very interested in your work -- would you have any time to meet with me to discuss opportunities to get involved?" Again, keep a list and collect emails and phone contact information.

The fourth step is making contact with your mentor. Believe it or not, most faculty would love the chance to talk with you about what they do. It is a compliment to them that you are interested in their work. I would encourage you to send an email stating, "I am very interested in your [research or specialty or lecture topic]. I wonder if we could set up a time to meet and talk about opportunities for me to get involved." Your potential mentor does not have to be the most respected person in their field, but they must be someone you can talk to and be honest with about your goals.

Remember to think outside the box. You may find that there are no mentors interested in what you like at your school. The next step, then, is to meet with a faculty member you trust and ask where you can find resources. In my case, I was interested in exploring a topic that was not mainstream in my field. I asked my program director to recommend someone, and he gave me the name of the Associate Director for Graduate Medical Education! Even though I had only heard her speak once before and I had never had a conversation with her, I went into her office and scheduled a meeting. That was 2 years ago, and we have been meeting and working on projects together ever since then. I was initially intimidated by the fact that she was much higher up on the medical hierarchy and not in my field, but what I found was that she was approachable, interested, enthusiastic, and most of all, the perfect mentor for me.

Finally, don't give up and don't forget to follow up. If you can't find someone at your school to mentor you, try one of the many mentoring services. For example, the American Medical Student Association's Career Development Program has a mentoring service for members. Many other medical associations offer similar services on their Web sites (see below).

You may find that as you progress through school, your interests change and you might need more than one advisor. Mentors understand this, and a true mentor wants what is best for you. Be appreciative, enthusiastic, and honest with your mentor, and you likely will develop a relationship for medical school and beyond.