Anyone in the same boat as me?

[Toughtime]

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So I just finished my first semester in an Osteopathic Medical School. It has been less than perfect. I passed 4 out of the 6 classes. I failed Anatomy and Osteopathic Principles. The committee looked at my records and has recommended that I start over next year. I am kinda relieved, but not very happy with myself, as you may understand. On the other hand things have not been like a walk in the park at home. My wife is more than shaken and has been in tears. She blamed me of being lazy and not working hard enough. Lazy, I may be at times, but I know I worked hard, just didn't work smart. It was tough starting med school after being out of school for 12 years. Things didn't go as planned. First, it seemed like I had forgotten how to study. I was studying hard but not smart. I was trying to know everything. It didn't get me anywhere. On top of that, I felt so ashamed that I didn't talked to anyone. I thought I was the dumbest guy in the class. Midway through the semester I jointed a study group and things started clicking. My grades got better. At the end of the semester, I got through everything but anatomy and osteopathic principles. Now, I have to repeat the year. My delima is that can or do people do it? I mean be successful after failing the first semester; secondly, assuming that I can go through this nightmare, would it have any weight on what kind of student would I be in future and for the board. All inputs are appreciated.

 

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So I just finished my first semester in an Osteopathic Medical School. It has been less than perfect. I passed 4 out of the 6 classes. I failed Anatomy and Osteopathic Principles. The committee looked at my records and has recommended that I start over next year. I am kinda relieved, but not very happy with myself, as you may understand. On the other hand things have not been like a walk in the park at home. My wife is more than shaken and has been in tears. She blamed me of being lazy and not working hard enough. Lazy, I may be at times, but I know I worked hard, just didn't work smart. It was tough starting med school after being out of school for 12 years. Things didn't go as planned. First, it seemed like I had forgotten how to study. I was studying hard but not smart. I was trying to know everything. It didn't get me anywhere. On top of that, I felt so ashamed that I didn't talked to anyone. I thought I was the dumbest guy in the class. Midway through the semester I jointed a study group and things started clicking. My grades got better. At the end of the semester, I got through everything but anatomy and osteopathic principles. Now, I have to repeat the year. My delima is that can or do people do it? I mean be successful after failing the first semester; secondly, assuming that I can go through this nightmare, would it have any weight on what kind of student would I be in future and for the board. All inputs are appreciated.

This is the toughest lesson that a lot of medical students have found out. Have you talked with your mentor/advisor? Did you study in groups? Did you go to a learning specialist or tutor? It was these three things that made the difference for a lot of medical students (I have a lot of friends who are medical students and also learned these lessons from medical students on the interview trail and SDN).

Yeah I would suggest you take the advice of the above post and try to ask current osteopathic student or residents on the osteopathic forum.