Anyone else having trouble with their ortho classes?

[1027453812]

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Ill cut to the chase. 1st year student, 2nd semester - I have 2 Ortho-related classes: Musculoskeletal Management, Musculoskeletal Conditions

I am scoring pretty low on these courses, although my other courses I am in the B+ / A- range. Has anyone else experienced this before? I am busting my butt off on these classes to only score C's on the exams.

 

[truthseeker]

think don't memorize

 

[AlanWattsBlues]

Where are you losing points? How are your peers doing in the class?

 

[1027453812]

Points are mainly deductions in written exam scores. I am doing fine on practicals

 

[Azimuthal]

Elaborate.

 

[AlanWattsBlues]

Apologies, but this is just too vague of a question at this point to have a sense of what might be going on.

 

[riseboi]

Apologies, but this is just too vague of a question at this point to have a sense of what might be going on.

Maybe vagueness is the answer to the OP's ortho issues.

 

[AlanWattsBlues]

Maybe vagueness is the answer to the OP's ortho issues.

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OP: You might not yet be clear on what the problem is. You know that you're not getting the grades you expect, but that's not really the problem, that's just a manifestation of it. Until you understand what's driving the situation, solutions are going to be a shot in the dark.

Where did you lose points on the exams? It could be (among many other things):

• anatomy
• screening red flags
• clinical prediction rules
• progression/regression of therex
• norms for basic tests and measures

Or it could be on another dimension, like maybe there is information presented by one professor that never resonated with you. Or maybe there was an outside source to supplement lecture decks that you missed. Maybe you're trying to memorize things that you would be better off understanding kinesthetically or in your mind's eye (something like the convex/concave rule).

I think the first step is to schedule a meeting with your professor to go through these exams where you underperformed your expectations. Catalogue where you missed questions and look for a pattern.