Subclinical Manifestation

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Weekly schedule:

Monday lecture (whole students of the same year)

Tuesday – problem-based learning (PBL) class (small group consists of ten students and one supervising doctor)

Wednesday - Clinical Skills

Thursday - Laboratory Activity

Friday – PBL

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pre·cip·i·tat·ing fac·tor

specific event or trigger to the onset of the current problem

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The sound of alarm dragged him out of his pool of serene darkness. Abruptly opening his eyes in subconscious shock, his hand crept to the nightstand on the right side of the bed. As panic rush disappeared quickly as it had appeared, he turned off the alarm and checked his phone for the time.

Fifteen minutes past seven.

Good, he almost overslept. Yet he felt the need to close his eyes for another five minutes.

If there was any drowsiness left, a knock on his door woke him up completely.

"Sasuke, I don't want to be late," said the girl outside.

Grunting a response, he sat upright reluctantly. He then quickly made his bed and rushed to prep himself for school.

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The ride to their school usually took fifteen minutes with car and today was no different. As Sasuke parked his black 99' Corolla Altis, Hinata's phone showed they only had five minutes left to run to their lecture hall. Despite had stated it clearly she didn't want to be late, just like any other time, Sasuke ended up finishing breakfast just barely past twenty five minutes to eight, just like any other time. The morning routine always started with a knock to Sasuke's door before Hinata preparing breakfast—simple scrambled egg and toast or heating last night leftover and only cereals on the exam days, then Sasuke would join breakfast as Hinata finishing hers, do their dishes individually, and drive to school with Sasuke's car. Hinata had started a talk one day about his too "punctual" nature, said she needed those minutes before the professor arrive to arrange her mind for the upcoming lecture, which to that Sasuke gave him a look of "just-use-the-damn-public-transportation-then". Hinata could only answer him with "but-I-always-prepare-breakfast" look. Sasuke could only shrug and Hinata didn't dwell on the matter afterwards, she could just make Sasuke explain to her the things she could hardly understand.

Arriving inside the lecture hall just barely before the professor, Sasuke chose the only vacant row—the front one—and sat at the most peripheral, Hinata followed suit and sat beside him. A couple more students rushed inside the lecture hall and a pink haired girl she barely recognized sat beside her.

"This seat isn't taken, is it?"

Hinata shook her head invitingly and mouthed a no as the professor started his lecture about anatomical pathology of breast adenomas.

"As you never disappoint me," the silver-haired professor started, "I believe you've studied about the histology so we might as well skip that part—"

"What's wrong with a brief review?" Hinata turned to Sasuke.

Sasuke shrugged and proceeded to extract last night notebook from his denim backpack. "I present to you Kakashi-sensei," he mumbled dully.