Hi everyone!
Welcome back to my channel.
Welcome to the first video of 2018.
Hope you guys had a great winter break.
And for the first video of 2018 I wanted to make a what's in my bag, 4th year medical
student edition.
So if you guys don't know my very first medical school video was actually a what's in a my
backpack.
So I thought it would be nice to kinda continue that tradition and make a video for what's
in my bag as a 4th year medical student because it's actually very different.
So just to give you guys a little bit of a background, right now I'm doing a psychiatry
elective called addictive disorders and it requires me to go into the hospital a few
times but I'm also going to inpatient treatment centers and outpatient counseling centers...
so that's a lot of different locations that I'm going to.
So the bag that I'm carrying right now is a nylon tote.
It's a great lightweight bag.
It's great for traveling.
It also has a big compartment which I enjoy.
So the first thing that I'm gonna pull out of my bag is my white coat.
I remember my white coat ceremony back in first year and there were some 4th year students
at the ceremony and they all have their white coats like scrunched up in the their tiny
bag and back then I just couldn't imagine treating my white coat like that because I
was so happy and proud to get my white coat.
I used to have it hanging all the time.
But the truth of the matter is once you get to 4th year, you kinda just need to bring
your white coat with you just in case you need it.
You don't need it all the time.
I kinda just have it in a ball like this and I have it in my bag.
I know it's so bad.
As long as I wash it I feel like I'm taking good care of my white coat.
Right now the only thing that I have in it is really a pen, my ID and a small notebook
as well in case I need to take some history.
Aside from that, there's really nothing much in this white coat.
So that's that.
The next thing I have is a planner.
Right now I'm using a very simple monthly planner.
It kinda looks like this.
You guys can see.
Right now I have a really simple monthly planner because for one, I use this when I had my
interviews and it was just a really good way for me to visualize what days I had interviews
and what days of the month I would be free.
So I had to stick with a more basic monthly planner format.
Typically, I prefer a more detailed weekly planner but for the purposes of planning my
4th year interview schedule and also I guess reason number 2 is I have a bunch of trips
coming up and it was just easier for me to plan out the weeks that I was gonna be gone.
That's why I have a weekly planner right now.
Really it's nothing special.
Just a weekly layout and in the back it's just a notebook.
So it's easy for me to write down anything that I need to write down on the go.
I also have my iPad mini.
Here I have all my old notes from 3rd year.
Really 3rd year of medical school is when you have all your clerkships for the first
time and I had really good notes from those clerkships so for example right now I'm doing
my psychiatry elective so I have the first aid for psychiatry book in the pdf format
in my iPad that I refer back to sometimes, just to refresh my mind on some of the psychiatric
disorders.
So that's my iPad--iPad mini I should say.
I also have my kindle in here.
The reason why I have this kindle is because right now I'm doing a psych elective like
I mentioned and I tend to have a lot unexpected downtime so I like to have this kindle so
that I can continue reading whatever novel that I'm reading so that I'm not bored.
Next thing is my pencil pouch that I had forever.
This is my favorite because it really opens up all the way.
I'm sorry I know a lot of you guys ask me where I got it from and I got it from Korea.
I couldn't find anything exactly the same but I will link some similar items in the
description box below.
In my pencil case, right now I have this ruler from muji, my favorite highligters, I have
the two way pens from my store here and couple of the gel pens that are also from my store,
an eraser, my favorite whiteout, a tiny post-it thing here and a nail file, so lastly I have
the multi-pen from Ohto.
I believe it is sold out in the store right now.
It has the black ink, red ink, and the pencil function in this one nice pen.
So that's what's in my pencil case.
Next I have this small cosmetic pouch with my initials up here.
In here I have a portable charger.
I love this one because it has both the lightning cable for iPhones and iPads but also the micro
USB so you can charge your kindle and you can charge your non-Apple items so I love
that the wire is already built in and it comes like a very compact size.
The whole capacity is... it's not that big, it's 4000 mAh.
It's not too big but it's nice and compact so I like to have this.
I also have a hand cream that I got from like a nail salon during Christmas time.
They like to give these out.
I have my glossier rose balm dotcom.
This is basically a salve for you lips, your hands and it smells really nice.
I have an extra hair tie just in case.
I have Burt's bees lip balm, I have a pen in here, you never know when you're gonna
need a pen.
Then finally I have a charger but I don't have the cable for it.
I usually carry the cable but this is just in case my extra charger is out and I need
to charge my phone--which doesn't happen that often.
That's it.
That's all that is in my little cosmetic case.
It's almost empty here but I have my wallet here.
I have my headphone case.
This is bose and in here I have my bose headphones with the iPhone dongle now that I have the
iPhone 8 plus you need this dongle to use this headphones which really annoys me but
that's what I have.
I think that's it.
I think that's everything that I have in this bag right now.
This bag is obviously a lot bigger than I need it to be but I just like having extra
room.
Sometimes I like to have an extra cardigan in here or like big scarf just in case it
gets cold and there is a laptop sleeve inside so if I bring my laptop which I sometimes
do to the hospital I'll put my laptop in here as well.
That is everything that's in my bag.
Hope you guys enjoy the video and before I close this video I just wanna announce a giveaway
that I'm doing on my Instagram.
If you guys don't follow me on Instagram it's THESTRIVETOFIT and in there you can find the
giveaway that I'm doing for these two planners if you guys remember I did sort of a gift
guide for students a couple months ago and I featured these two planners.
Obviously I'm not gonna use multiple planners so these two I'm gonna give away.
Both are really great.
I'm gonna have more information in my Instagram and if you wanna check out the video where
I talked about these planners.
Make sure to go to the video that I'm gonna link right here.
Thank you guys so much for watching and last thing before I sign off.
If you guys are looking for cool merchandize I still have these sweatshirts and the t-shirts
available at thestrivetofit.com so make sure to check it out.
They will be shipping out late January and I will keep you guys updated on when the merchandize
comes in.
Thanks for watching and I will see you guys in the next video!
BYE!