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126 14. Additional reading. Read the text and answer the questions. Use a dictionary if necessary. A DAY IN THE LIFE OFA FIRST YEAR MEDICAL STUDENT Akash Parekh, a first year medical student at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, describes his typical day. Below, in his own words, is how he spent a day in March. 7 a.m. – Time to wake up! Make breakfast and tea. Try to squeeze in 15 minutes of studying before heading to class. 8.10 a.m . – Running to catch the bus to get to school! 8.30 a.m. – First lecture of the day – today it’s cell pathology and immunology. 9.30 a.m. – Second lecture of the day – usually it’s a different topic, but today it’s another hour of pathology and immunology. 10.30 a.m. – Third lecture of the day. This morning we started a microbiology small group discussion class. 11.30 a.m. – Lunch! This is usually the time extracurricular organizations also hold their meetings (since everyone’s already on campus). This also means free food! 1 p.m. – Afternoon lectures start. It’s the first day of the third part of our clinical skills course, where they try to introduce us to actual patient contact in the first year. We found out today that the third part is all about getting very personal information from patients without feeling awkward (which most of us do). 3 p.m. – Second afternoon lecture. They don’t waste any time – we were guided on the best way to take a sexual history from a patient. 4 p.m. – End of classes. Usually organizations also hold meetings at around this time, or there are speakers holding tasks on various different topics around campus, but not today. So it’s a brief break of catching up and socializing (yes, we sometimes have time for that!) with classmates after class. 5 p.m. – Arrive home. Time for me to eat and catch up on some news online. Also time to return calls from family and friends. 6 p.m . – Studying. Reviewing today’s material! 7 p.m. – Gym time. 8.30 p.m. – Home. Time to shower, eat, and relax.