Thank you so much! I want to know one more thing since Zuku serves majorly medicine in their notes section how did you manage to read surgery, anesthesia , pharmacology, anatomy etc. Oh how rude of me... Sorry to have not wished you on your great success . I have a long gap of 12 years staying away from Vet Med. what should I do? Also doesn't have a lot of time to read.
(EDIT: I have now completed the entire ECFVG and NAVLE, this is an old post)
Hello,
Every person and every situation is different. I was away from vetmed for over a year. I studied at an average veterinary program (not that great), but I really pushed myself to be the best that I can be. I feel that I got a solid education, mostly thanks to my independent efforts. So even if you have forgotten a few things in the 12 year gap, they will soon start to come back to you as you start refreshing your memory, like a hidden language that you once knew.
As for your other question... Yes, Zuku mostly mentions diseases and medicine in their flashnotes. For the other topics I just did ALL the study-mode questions. Whenever I got a question wrong, or didn't know much about the topic, I would write down the feedback that Zuku gave me. Sometimes they would even include links to a reference website or a page with more information, usually a Merck page which was too long to read, so I would just skim a few sentences to get the idea. Sometimes, I would go and search a topic on my own through google.
I never looked things up in my books. The only time I actually physically picked up a notebook was just to look over some clinical pathology notes, very early in the process.
After that, I depended 100% on Zuku and a few online resources. Sometimes Zuku will ask a question, for instance a surgery question. Whether you get it wrong or right, Zuku will still give you an explanation. In that explanation, they might mention several other techniques or surgical concepts that were not mentioned in the original question. It is YOUR job to look up those terms and have a basic understanding of them. No one is expecting you to be an expert, but give it 5 minutes of your time, and write down some short notes.
But like I said before, every person, every situation, and every case is completely different. Some people do better skimming through books. That was not the case for me.
Anyway, I know it's very vague, but I hope that helps!