Anyone else sick of lab classes?

[Shinobiz11]

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No, you're wrong. There's a big difference between studying in undergrad vs. studying in med school. In undergrad, your main goal was to pass/do well on the exam. In med school, your goal is to learn the material and store it in long-term memory for recall on Step I and on the wards. That's why so many people on here recommend the multiple passes method of studying for med school; it helps consolidate what you learn into your long-term memory. So, no, you don't "forget it all" when clinical rotations start.


Physics and chemistry actually are pretty relevant for things you learn in med school, even M1 year. Understanding hemodynamics? That's fluid dynamics from physics. Understanding respiration? Need to have an understanding of pressures, gradients, etc. Understanding neurophysiology, membrane potentials, etc? More physics involved. Understanding acid-base physiology? General chemistry.

You'd be surprised how much of the stuff you learn in prereqs is actually relevant in med school. Not only that, the more important function of prereqs, IMO, is that they teach you to approach problems in a certain way. That's a very critical skill to have.

So, don't be too quick to bash on the prereqs. Can you get by in med school without any of the prereqs? Yea. Do they make things much easier though? In my opinion, absolutely.

Agreed. I believe there is a reason they are called pre-requisites. You may hate it now, but in the long run it will help you out. Think about it this way; in high school, I'm sure the majority of us took chem/bio/physics or AP classes. Did we have to take those classes? (well unless the course was required). But we chose to take the harder classes in order to prepare ourselves better for college classes. Did it help us? Maybe a little, but overall at least we had seen the material once before, so that when we see it in a future class, we have a better understanding of what is going on.

 

[druggeek]

No, you're wrong. There's a big difference between studying in undergrad vs. studying in med school. In undergrad, your main goal was to pass/do well on the exam. In med school, your goal is to learn the material and store it in long-term memory for recall on Step I and on the wards. That's why so many people on here recommend the multiple passes method of studying for med school; it helps consolidate what you learn into your long-term memory. So, no, you don't "forget it all" when clinical rotations start.


Physics and chemistry actually are pretty relevant for things you learn in med school, even M1 year. Understanding hemodynamics? That's fluid dynamics from physics. Understanding respiration? Need to have an understanding of pressures, gradients, etc. Understanding neurophysiology, membrane potentials, etc? More physics involved. Understanding acid-base physiology? General chemistry.

You'd be surprised how much of the stuff you learn in prereqs is actually relevant in med school. Not only that, the more important function of prereqs, IMO, is that they teach you to approach problems in a certain way. That's a very critical skill to have.

So, don't be too quick to bash on the prereqs. Can you get by in med school without any of the prereqs? Yea. Do they make things much easier though? In my opinion, absolutely.

I don't think it's neccessary to go through so much physics/chem just for some minor concepts you'll learn in med school. I mean any topic that's shared in common by med school and pre reqs can easily be learnt and understood without having to go through a year of physics or whatever.
Not to mention any concepts shared in common with pre reqs wont ever require you to make an ICE table or go through multi step calculations/taking integrals (like you would in physics and chem).