A stupid question

[PatoKw]

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I have a very stupid but important question:

Can i study medical material ( in medical school i.e pathology anatomy physiology etc ) just by comprehensively reading? ( i.e will i retain most details by that )

If insuffecient effort, how about doing that 2 or more times? Will i be able to answer exams?

Why am i corious about that? Because i kinda spend alot of time studying because i always repeat loudly details plus i simply want to cut study time and increase free time?

Another concern is: i have improving my studying methods over time and becoming more efficient gradually but haunted by the fact that i may belong to the people who are not memorizers-type because ever since high school i was much comfortable with conceptual material ( physics, mathmatics ) and hate memorize type materials

Honestly i am lost ! PS. I spent about 1 year in med school

 

[wxman393]

Are you a first year or second year?

 

[PatoKw]

Are you a first year or second year?

I Just finished first half of first yr

 

[generallyspeaking]

The best thing I found in my career was to read multiple sources (professor notes, textbooks on the references page and textbooks of lower caliber but still on the same subject [ie written for the intro student, for vocational schools, etc], sometimes even web searches or Wikipedia). Re-reading the same material over and over again sometimes doesn't really get the point across or give you any perspective, but reading varied sources can invite new information that helps create context to content, or reinforce that if so many sources keep repeating this particular detail, it means it is important to understand it.

 

[Goro]

Nope. Don't even think about it.

I have a very stupid but important question:

Can i study medical material ( in medical school i.e pathology anatomy physiology etc ) just by comprehensively reading? ( i.e will i retain most details by that )

If insuffecient effort, how about doing that 2 or more times? Will i be able to answer exams?

Why am i corious about that? Because i kinda spend alot of time studying because i always repeat loudly details plus i simply want to cut study time and increase free time?

Another concern is: i have improving my studying methods over time and becoming more efficient gradually but haunted by the fact that i may belong to the people who are not memorizers-type because ever since high school i was much comfortable with conceptual material ( physics, mathmatics ) and hate memorize type materials

Honestly i am lost ! PS. I spent about 1 year in med school

 

[fssca20]

The best way to study is whatever works best for you. For some people it's reading as you described, others watching videos, drawing things out, flash cards, flowcharts, etc, etc. One of the challenges many first years have is in fact learning which way works best for them. If you're doing well, keep at it, if not maybe try something else. Either way, everyone should be working practice questions into their routine at some point. Good luck.

 

[bashwell]

I have a very stupid but important question:

Can i study medical material ( in medical school i.e pathology anatomy physiology etc ) just by comprehensively reading? ( i.e will i retain most details by that )

If insuffecient effort, how about doing that 2 or more times? Will i be able to answer exams?

Why am i corious about that? Because i kinda spend alot of time studying because i always repeat loudly details plus i simply want to cut study time and increase free time?

Another concern is: i have improving my studying methods over time and becoming more efficient gradually but haunted by the fact that i may belong to the people who are not memorizers-type because ever since high school i was much comfortable with conceptual material ( physics, mathmatics ) and hate memorize type materials

Honestly i am lost ! PS. I spent about 1 year in med school

Hey OP, in addition to what above posters have said, I'd like to add there's a difference between passive learning and active learning, such as by doing questions and testing yourself. Check out Ben White's website for more:

http://www.benwhite.com/medicine/how-to-study-in-medical-school

http://www.benwhite.com/medicine/how-to-approach-the-usmle-step-1

 

[PatoKw]

Thank you all