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Good post! I feel your pain. I like your idea on "never see this card again" for most of the mc questions. I'm going to start doing that. It's pretty pointless to do the same question over and over again when it isn't a free response that helps with memorization.Agree with all of the above about banking and coursework. It sucks and there's no easy way around it. I'm also an MS2 and this is an issue that comes up for me constantly.
Some things that have worked for me thus far (40%+ banked, 55% mastered):
1. Never miss a day unless coursework absolutely requires it.
2. Click "never see this card again" more liberally on multiple choice questions. My theory being that multiple choice questions are more easily remembered and less useful to a bludgeoning from repetition. Also, I expect to see similar multiple choice questions as I move through the other questions banks anyway. The free response questions, however, always seem to be of some use to me no matter how many times I see them. I keep almost all of these in my rotation and they seem to really hammer home the details. Knowing the free response questions cold allow you to dominate PBLs in Asperger's like fashion (the vocab GT gives you doesn't mean you really understand the material - but it does give you the vocabulary armament to see disorders just by getting a couple of symptoms that you memorized - feels good man).
3. I shoot for a 1% overall increase in mastery per week during schoolwork. This sounds easy, but when GT keeps adding questions as they have recently, mastery is becoming increasingly difficult to obtain and maintain. Yikes.
4. Set reasonable goals. Most of the people that recently destroyed step 1 and used GT had mastery of a lot (like 70%) but not all of the material. I think this is a good goal. If you grade yourself honestly, it will be near impossible to get 100% mastery, but I don't really think that number should be the goal. My goal is 70%, then I'm just putting GT on cruise control (hopefully by dedicated study time), and then transition to UW/FA (i.e. continue to maintain my mastery on GT during this time, but add no new cards).
The above are just my experience, and not "strategies" or "advice". I'm struggling myself with this and just wanted to share and vent a little.
Could I get a code for the 3 month deal please?
Good call. I just added 2 mo to my account. Love it.They currently give out 8 week trials on gunner trainings fan page on facebook.
If you already are a member they also give a code which extend your account for 8 weeks for free. Only works if you use it on or before August 21.
They currently give out 8 week trials on gunner trainings fan page on facebook.
If you already are a member they also give a code which extend your account for 8 weeks for free. Only works if you use it on or before August 21.
THANKS ALOT. Would have never seen this deal.
I know it's hard to believe people like me still exist, but is it possible to access this deal if you don't have facebook? Also, I'm using a free trial right now, so would that exclude me as well?
Thanks again guys
Agree with all of the above about banking and coursework. It sucks and there's no easy way around it. I'm also an MS2 and this is an issue that comes up for me constantly.
Some things that have worked for me thus far (40%+ banked, 55% mastered):
1. Never miss a day unless coursework absolutely requires it.
2. Click "never see this card again" more liberally on multiple choice questions. My theory being that multiple choice questions are more easily remembered and less useful to a bludgeoning from repetition. Also, I expect to see similar multiple choice questions as I move through the other questions banks anyway. The free response questions, however, always seem to be of some use to me no matter how many times I see them. I keep almost all of these in my rotation and they seem to really hammer home the details. Knowing the free response questions cold allow you to dominate PBLs in Asperger's like fashion (the vocab GT gives you doesn't mean you really understand the material - but it does give you the vocabulary armament to see disorders just by getting a couple of symptoms that you memorized - feels good man).
3. I shoot for a 1% overall increase in mastery per week during schoolwork. This sounds easy, but when GT keeps adding questions as they have recently, mastery is becoming increasingly difficult to obtain and maintain. Yikes.
4. Set reasonable goals. Most of the people that recently destroyed step 1 and used GT had mastery of a lot (like 70%) but not all of the material. I think this is a good goal. If you grade yourself honestly, it will be near impossible to get 100% mastery, but I don't really think that number should be the goal. My goal is 70%, then I'm just putting GT on cruise control (hopefully by dedicated study time), and then transition to UW/FA (i.e. continue to maintain my mastery on GT during this time, but add no new cards).
The above are just my experience, and not "strategies" or "advice". I'm struggling myself with this and just wanted to share and vent a little.
Quick question about one of the cards and some possible errata, but I am unfamiliar with the concept so I just want to see what you guys think. The issue is with Transport maximum (Tm) for glucose and the card says that Tm ~ 375mg/min and that this corresponds to a plasma glucose of 350mg/dl if GFR is 1.25dl/min.
What is the math for this type of question? I say this because if you multiply 350mg/dl x 1.25dl/min you don't get 375mg/min. Are these values wrong or am I inappropriately plugging and chugging? I was just trying to use dimensional analysis to cancel units and the values are off. I have no clue if there is some equation I should be using and Wiki just yielded more confusion. Anybody have any input?
Also, I just wanted to say that I have sent the GT folks a fair bit of errata and that they have been very responsive. Most of my suggestions have been nitpicky, as opposed to blatant errors (vice a cranial nerve that was totally off). Their new feature for feedback is great. GT is like a living organism now - it's much improved since I first started using it. I sent them a correction to a brain tumor card yesterday, and the question was fixed within 24 hours. Today I told them to add pneumocystis jirovecii to the uses for SMX-TMP...hopefully they'll update that card soon.
Thanks guys/gals.
I answer the flash cards, I dont understand the concept of it giving me review cards? Should I answer the flash card quizes and then do reviews also?
I think the 350 value is referring to when Splay occurs (i.e. when glucose begins to appear in urine). However, I'm totally guessing, have not seen the card, and don't even have GT yet. Good luck
They've changed that card a few times but I think it currently says splay begins to occur at 180 mg/dl and complete oversaturation of glucose reuptake at 350 mg/dl
Different sources state different numbers, it's the concept that's important.
I would love a code if anyone has one. THanks
Is anyone else having a tough time keeping up with coursework and GT? It's really hard!!! I am falling behind!!!
What's the average time some M2s are spending on GT?
Right now, I'm looking at a solid 1.5-2 hours a day. I started in the summer and am constantly adding new material covered in class. Does this seem about right to everyone? I'm usually going through 150-200 questions a day as well.
Thoughts.
is there a benefit to doing comprehensive mode over lite, or is it unnecessary?
What's the average time some M2s are spending on GT?
Right now, I'm looking at a solid 1.5-2 hours a day. I started in the summer and am constantly adding new material covered in class. Does this seem about right to everyone? I'm usually going through 150-200 questions a day as well.
Thoughts.
Yah, comprehensive is a must. I do that with FA open and compare both sources a lot.Yes, HUGE difference. Most that have used the program stated that they really didn't see as big of a benefit until switching to comprehensive...myself included.
I'm not digging this new format...I liked before when I answered a question that it would show that entire card, so I could look over it if I wanted to. This is making it more like just flash cards, and I'm not liking it. What do you guys think?
dude i totally agree.. at first i thought there was something wrong with my browser. anyone know how we can revert to the old format??
yeah, the biggest thing is not being able to look at the whole flash card, which really helped me go over stuff again. i also noticed that with the new format, sometimes the answer is incomplete/doesn't match up to the question. i hope they fix that soon or at least give us the option to revert back to the old format.OK, good to know I'm not the only one (I even thought the same thing about my browser screwing up). I am trying to not be like everyone anytime Facebook changes its format, so I want to give it a little bit of time. There are some decent things about the new format, but overall I much prefer the old one. I definitely do not like the new quiz format. Everything else I could deal with, but the new quiz format pisses me off. I liked how before you could look at all the bullet points about a given sub-topic, even if the question wasn't specifically about them. That helped me connect everything about that sub-topic, and learn it better. For instance, if it asked about the mechanism of a given drug it used to also show the side effect of that drug, and if I wasn't super familiar with that drug I would also look at the side effects to get some extra re-enforcement.
yeah, the biggest thing is not being able to look at the whole flash card, which really helped me go over stuff again. i also noticed that with the new format, sometimes the answer is incomplete/doesn't match up to the question. i hope they fix that soon or at least give us the option to revert back to the old format.