Class attendance?

[sunflower79]

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Hi SDNers,
Being the studious anal people pre-meds and med students generally are, I'm surprised at the number of times I've heard MS1s and 2s say they don't go to class or recommend it to others. What's up with this? We pay good money for the lectures!

Some insight would be good.

cheers,
sunflower79

 

[Wednesday]

I didn't understand either until about half way through physiology (around early-March). Don't worry, even if you end up being a class goer, you'll probably understand why so many don't go. There are only so many hours in the day.

 

[UNMC2006]

I think that you'll find this is a function of lecture quality vs. time constraints or lack of sleep. Yeah, medical school people are generally anal-retentive, sometimes in a good way though. But, med students are also pretty damn smart, in fact, smart enough to know whether or not they should spend an hour sleeping through a boring and unstimulating lecture or on their pillow in the comfort of their own bed. Honestly, it really doesn't matter much, I would say I go to clas 90% of the time, and if I don't it is usually because the person lecturing is someone I can't understand, I am hungover, or studied so hard the night before I am just plain tired. In the end, if you have a study plan that works for you, how you learn the material is of little importance, the fact that you learn it is what counts🙂

 

[Brewster]

I have also been a bit surprised by the number of people telling aspiring medical students to never go to class. Problem with this is that the usefullness/quality of lectures is very school/class dependent. The utility of class to a particular student is dependent on that student.

I am not naive, I am about to graduate, so hae seen first hand how many med students skip class.

My point is not that skipping class is bad, but rather that each person must figure out what works for them.

So, my recommendation is to start out by going to class and figure out what works best for you.

 

[apellous]

Pay good money for the piece paper we hang on the wall.


Basis Science is a self taught art.

My advise is dont ever go! ever! those phd's are crazy. dont even talk to them. If you dont understand something chances are they dont have a clue and will probably walk around your questions anyway. Like Clinton and a grand jury, you'll never get a striaght answer. Find a second source if you still are confused a third, and still do a pub med search. so many have already said the things they a regergitating and in a much much more understandable flormat.


I did an experiment and if you ask 3 different micro Phds the clinical presentation of X you should get at least 4 different answers. Try it sometime