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One word friends, Neuroanatomy. Or as I like to call it taking a two hour make-or-break test with 550 mLs urine in a 150 mL bladder.
One word friends, Neuroanatomy. Or as I like to call it taking a two hour make-or-break test with 550 mLs urine in a 150 mL bladder.
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Opposites here. Want to quit medical school because of pathology. Only thing saving me is Neuro.Totally wanted to quit medical school because of neuro. The only thing that saved me was the pathology portion. Totally LOVE pathology
Ya, I remember sitting in class everyday feeling like the professors where speaking some alien tongue. Have no idea what they were saying. I think going into the final at least 80 people out of 250 were failing the course. Lets just say the curve was ridiculous.Neuro was a beast for my class...most of us, while finding it interesting, had fits with the tracts and minutiae of the entire thing.
Good luck. It gets better
Neuro was my hardest course in the preclinical curriculum, largely because of neuroanatomy. Hang in there. At my school, if you can survive Neuro, you're very likely to survive all of second year as well. And you really don't want to remediate it.One word friends, Neuroanatomy. Or as I like to call it taking a two hour make-or-break test with 550 mLs urine in a 150 mL bladder.
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Music to my ears!Neuro was my hardest course in the preclinical curriculum, largely because of neuroanatomy. Hang in there. At my school, if you can survive Neuro, you're very likely to survive all of second year as well. And you really don't want to remediate it.
I am so barely right now.... Thanks!Neuro was my hardest course in the preclinical curriculum, largely because of neuroanatomy. Hang in there. At my school, if you can survive Neuro, you're very likely to survive all of second year as well. And you really don't want to remediate it.
My undergrad was Neuroscience. It gave me a leg up for like the first 2 or 3 days of Neuro block. After that, I was crying just like everyone else.I have classmates with undergraduate degrees in Neuroscience. They still had a hard time with Neuroanatomy 1st year.
Book, what book? Oh, we had a lab manual that showed all the tracts, etc. No book for the lecture portion, just powerpoints.Dang, may I ask which book did/are you guys use/using for neuro?
Yes, I am consoled a bit. I thought Gross was a vast sucking black hole that ate all of my time, including cleaning, cooking, pooping, and social. Neuro is after my daily four hour nap too.if it's any consolation to you, I barely passed neuroanatomy with literally 2 points to spare.
Haines. Haines as far the eye can see. No one I know uses the book cause ain't no one got time for that blah, blah, blah. I have BRS and usually only do relevant questions. I look at the Haines atlas if I'm lucky, I passed this last test by redrawing and combining all of the ppt info into summaries and tables. I did get Draw It To Know It.Dang, may I ask which book did/are you guys use/using for neuro?
Looks like you share the Monster with the cat in your avatar...Haines. Haines as far the eye can see. No one I know uses the book cause ain't no one got time for that blah, blah, blah. I have BRS and usually only do relevant questions. I look at the Haines atlas if I'm lucky, I passed this last test by redrawing and combining all of the ppt info into summaries and tables. I did get Draw It To Know It.
My big whine here is self inflicted damage. I chug a Monstor every day as prep for school, I chugged one test day but absolutely blew the timing. I may have a blow out on my left kidney I need to Monstor up 30 mins sooner than I did next this next test, I did this last test before the caffeine peaked, but after the liquid hit the old Loop of Henle(s).
DURKKKKKK!I'm going to be that guy and say neuro was good times for me.
Well crap. This is what I get to look forward to in a few weeks. I better stop my bitching about pharm.
I'm going to be that guy and say neuro was good times for me.
Well crap. This is what I get to look forward to in a few weeks. I better stop my bitching about pharm.
Well, compared to the nightmare of a gross anatomy course that proceeded it, I guess it wasn't that bad...
Dang, may I ask which book did/are you guys use/using for neuro?
At my school, pharma is not a separate course. For every system we do, we also cover the pharm corresponding to that system. Therefore, you can only imagine how of a nightmare to have to know the anatomy, the physiology, the pathology, and the pharm simultaneously. My second exam is on Monday, and we will have about 50 different drugs to know for it. Keep in mind, that pharm was only 5/40 lectures, so this should give you a very good idea about the volume of material that is covered on the test.
At my school, pharma is not a separate course. For every system we do, we also cover the pharm corresponding to that system. Therefore, you can only imagine how of a nightmare to have to know the anatomy, the physiology, the pathology, and the pharm simultaneously. My second exam is on Monday, and we will have about 50 different drugs to know for it. Keep in mind, that pharm was only 5/40 lectures, so this should give you a very good idea about the volume of material that is covered on the test.
DCOM has an awesome neuroanatomy professor. I thought it was one of the easier classes.
First years - don't worry if you don't understand this yet. By the time you finish neuro you'll realize how basic of an explanation this is. E=2R.Check out this video. It really tied things together for me in neuro. I didn't even have to study neuro for boards because this video stuck with me:
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&ei=sZkoVb3gN4emNpSOgcgL&url=http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FQjgsQ5G8ug&ved=0CBwQtwIwAA&usg=AFQjCNFfDdoiaZ8df2wFGvEmZ5TRu2epkQ
Only Three?OP just described how I felt after I made 3 careless mistakes on the neuro practical.
Tracts?In neuro right now. I'm finding it pretty boring. I liked micro/immuno stuff more. I don't like anatomy /neuroanatomy. Maybe it will get more interesting now that the tracks are over.
YesTracts?
In neuro right now. I'm finding it pretty boring. I liked micro/immuno stuff more. I don't like anatomy /neuroanatomy. Maybe it will get more interesting now that the tracks are over.
Yea I always loved the physiology aspects. I even like pharm better than just straight anatomy. Anatomy is like "oh.. Great.. There something is.. And it will stay put forever "I share your opinion. I like cell bio/micro/biochem much more than anatomy. The parts of neuro that I enjoy mostly are the physiology and the pharmacology, not so much the anatomy or the clinical concepts.
if it's any consolation to you, I barely passed neuroanatomy with literally 2 points to spare.
Bummer, he is wicked awesome. But then again I loved Dr. Ziegler too when no one else understood him. Did 2 rotations with Dr. Ziegler, had the best time ever.We're losing Dr. Friedlander next year
With neuro?I was lulled into a false sense of security and bitchslapped. Goddammit.