Binding vs. Unbinding First Aid

[farandaway]

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Just curious... it seems like everyone on here is 3 hole punching their First Aid. Is anyone leaving it as is? If so, was it enough space to annotate? I'm scared of losing pages if I hole punch it 🙁

 

[k87]

Id say unbind it, add notes to it, and once its done..get it binded again..but bare in mind once it gets too thick (which it shud) it cant be unbinded...and then ull have to divide the book into two..so it all depends on how much your gonna add

 

[DrBowtie]

I just added in the Biostats stuff from USMLE World and it took up all of the header/footer area on the 4 Biostats pages. I think it comes down to how picky you are in terms of the organization of the notes.

If you need the info right in its relevant section then maybe just keep it bound, but if you aren't too picky unbind it and just add in the relevant information every 5 pages or so.

 

[runx]

Just curious... it seems like everyone on here is 3 hole punching their First Aid. Is anyone leaving it as is? If so, was it enough space to annotate? I'm scared of losing pages if I hole punch it 🙁

how about those hole reinforcer sticky thingys? (if what youre worried about is pages getting ripped out)

 

[farandaway]

how about those hole reinforcer sticky thingys? (if what youre worried about is pages getting ripped out)

oh i'm not afraid that pages will get ripped out (even though i'm sure they will), it's more like if i take out a page to write on it, that i will lose it.

it seems like a lot of people on SDN really like having it hole punched. has anyone left it as is and felt like that was sufficient space? or, left it as is and wished they had unbound and hole punched it?

 

[mq123]

Just curious... it seems like everyone on here is 3 hole punching their First Aid. Is anyone leaving it as is? If so, was it enough space to annotate? I'm scared of losing pages if I hole punch it 🙁

I had mine hole-punched and put in a huge binder. Now, I take out the relevant pages (ex. for a 2-week endocrine block), and put the pages in one of those clear plastic 'sleeves'/dividers (don't know how else to describe it), which itself is 3-hole punched.
I take out the pages to read and put them back in when I'm done... that way, the holes in the FA pages remain intact and I don't leave any pages around 🙂

Regarding annotating, I think if it's not in FA, it's not there for a reason... I just write in explainations of concepts that FA has 2 words for. Plus, I annotate in ultra-short-hand...saves me space, but I doubt if someone else could read it...

 

[k87]

I had mine hole-punched and put in a huge binder. Now, I take out the relevant pages (ex. for a 2-week endocrine block), and put the pages in one of those clear plastic 'sleeves'/dividers (don't know how else to describe it), which itself is 3-hole punched.
I take out the pages to read and put them back in when I'm done... that way, the holes in the FA pages remain intact and I don't leave any pages around 🙂

Regarding annotating, I think if it's not in FA, it's not there for a reason... I just write in explainations of concepts that FA has 2 words for. Plus, I annotate in ultra-short-hand...saves me space, but I doubt if someone else could read it...

yeah but see there are things in UW that are not in FA..and since its in UW Im betting its important..so its good to add that piece of information

and the funny thing is that I was also thinking about just taking out and carrying the particular sections I am studying..u mind uploading a pic of wt ur exactly talking about?

 

[mq123]

yeah but see there are things in UW that are not in FA..and since its in UW Im betting its important..so its good to add that piece of information

and the funny thing is that I was also thinking about just taking out and carrying the particular sections I am studying..u mind uploading a pic of wt ur exactly talking about?

They're called sheet protectors (acc. to google search)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0..._m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=1220WE4B8K4VADM34342

I have a different brand from a while ago, but they're the same thing... The product description says each holds one page, but I add up to 20 FA sheets without damaging them

 

[k87]

lol this is exactly wt I bought also..the sheet protectors..yeah they work fine!!👍

 

[runx]

while ill probably mix in a few diagrams/charts from other sources with my unbound FA, i think the biggest reason I'm going to do it is so I can write in the "medial" (sorry) margins better. I guess I might be a little borderline freak about neat notes though

 

[Redrox]

Don't bind it.

There is enough in the book already, learn every word. What you add is going to be crap.

 

[MDpride]

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=688987

 

[farandaway]

I just added in the Biostats stuff from USMLE World and it took up all of the header/footer area on the 4 Biostats pages. I think it comes down to how picky you are in terms of the organization of the notes.

If you need the info right in its relevant section then maybe just keep it bound, but if you aren't too picky unbind it and just add in the relevant information every 5 pages or so.

so you didn't unbind yours?

 

[DrBowtie]

so you didn't unbind yours?

I wasn't going to but after realizing how much is in UWorld, I think I will.

 

[k87]

I wasn't going to but after realizing how much is in UWorld, I think I will.

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