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Any advice appreciated.
I've been having trouble adjusting to med school over the past months. I was barely passing my courses and was often one of the few people that scored the lowest on exams. It got so bad that my academic advisors suggested I talk to a psychiatrist. I never thought much of it before med school but I have a slight difficulty retaining info and memorizing details. Last month, I saw a psychiatrist and he diagnosed me with a mild learning issue; we are currently figuring out the correct prescribed medication. He said all this should be stable by the beginning of the summer.
We just finished our Anatomy block and I found out I failed: way below the passing cutoff. I talked to the course instructor and she said there is no summer remediation and would not allow other school's approved AAMC summer anatomy remediation. So I'll have to retake all the anatomy exams and practicals next year along with the First years. My first major concern is having this workload on top of second year courses. Is this doable?
I feel absolutely horrible, being one of the very few that has failed this horribly. I'm at a loss with what to do. Do you guys have any suggestions with how I should go about the summer? I know that many of you disapprove of studying for STEP 1 over the MS1 summer but I feel like I'm a different case. I feel like my MS1 course knowledge is iffy so I'm planning on spending the whole summer to review all MS1 material and maybe prep for the anatomy course? Is that a good idea? If so, how should I go about doing this? (Get USLME First Aid and slowly go through the MS1 chapters?) Any suggestions with what materials I can use?
Thanks guys,
I've been having trouble adjusting to med school over the past months. I was barely passing my courses and was often one of the few people that scored the lowest on exams. It got so bad that my academic advisors suggested I talk to a psychiatrist. I never thought much of it before med school but I have a slight difficulty retaining info and memorizing details. Last month, I saw a psychiatrist and he diagnosed me with a mild learning issue; we are currently figuring out the correct prescribed medication. He said all this should be stable by the beginning of the summer.
We just finished our Anatomy block and I found out I failed: way below the passing cutoff. I talked to the course instructor and she said there is no summer remediation and would not allow other school's approved AAMC summer anatomy remediation. So I'll have to retake all the anatomy exams and practicals next year along with the First years. My first major concern is having this workload on top of second year courses. Is this doable?
I feel absolutely horrible, being one of the very few that has failed this horribly. I'm at a loss with what to do. Do you guys have any suggestions with how I should go about the summer? I know that many of you disapprove of studying for STEP 1 over the MS1 summer but I feel like I'm a different case. I feel like my MS1 course knowledge is iffy so I'm planning on spending the whole summer to review all MS1 material and maybe prep for the anatomy course? Is that a good idea? If so, how should I go about doing this? (Get USLME First Aid and slowly go through the MS1 chapters?) Any suggestions with what materials I can use?
Thanks guys,