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Which methods worked best to help you retain information most efficiently?
How did you change your study methods between undergrad and medical school?
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Undergrad: studied the day before the exam
Med school: review current day's lecture material day of lecture, keep up with any reading or problem sets or whatever, and then do hardcore studying 2-3 days prior to the exam.
Med school: review current day's lecture material day of lecture, keep up with any reading or problem sets or whatever, and then do hardcore studying 2-3 days prior to the exam.
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Repeating material over and over...
Looking at the same material in different resources. e.g, if I am studying hematology, i would review class material, and then read the material in 3-4 other resources (pathoma, FA, goljian, robbins, etc.). Gives you a slight variation and allows you to appreciate material that is important, but maybe missed in class. Also helps your comprehension.
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Undergrad: took detailed lecture notes and reviewed them starting a couple days before the exam
Med school: didn't take any notes except making Anki cards, reviewed them every day, and then only did minimal extra studying right before the exam
Med school: didn't take any notes except making Anki cards, reviewed them every day, and then only did minimal extra studying right before the exam
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Undergrad: Never missed a lecture. Used paper notecards, reviewed them multiple times before the exams
Pre-clinical Med school: Skipped lectures because they were recorded and I could play them at 2.0x the speed on my own time. Made Anki notecards with Image Occlusion 2.0 mod (one time I made 500 notecards in 30 minutes). Then during second year put all school lectures on the back-burner by cramming them in order to to study for Step 1 (reviewing Qbanks, Pathoma, First-Aid, and other study resources).
Third year: Realized anki was a waste of time and I was always too tired to retain chapters of my textbook. Just studied using Qbanks, fortifying weak areas with Step Up To Medicine and NMS Surgery. Unlike Step 1, clinical clerkships lack a sole resource to study from (everyone has their own style). Here is what I used:
IMED: SUTM, UWORLD
Surgery: NMS Surgery, Pestana, UWORLD
OB/GYN: uWISE quizzes only
PEDS: BRS + Pretest
Family Medicine: Chapter 12 of SUTM (Ambulatory Medicine)
Psychiatry: First-Aid for Psychiatry Clerkship
Pre-clinical Med school: Skipped lectures because they were recorded and I could play them at 2.0x the speed on my own time. Made Anki notecards with Image Occlusion 2.0 mod (one time I made 500 notecards in 30 minutes). Then during second year put all school lectures on the back-burner by cramming them in order to to study for Step 1 (reviewing Qbanks, Pathoma, First-Aid, and other study resources).
Third year: Realized anki was a waste of time and I was always too tired to retain chapters of my textbook. Just studied using Qbanks, fortifying weak areas with Step Up To Medicine and NMS Surgery. Unlike Step 1, clinical clerkships lack a sole resource to study from (everyone has their own style). Here is what I used:
IMED: SUTM, UWORLD
Surgery: NMS Surgery, Pestana, UWORLD
OB/GYN: uWISE quizzes only
PEDS: BRS + Pretest
Family Medicine: Chapter 12 of SUTM (Ambulatory Medicine)
Psychiatry: First-Aid for Psychiatry Clerkship
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Undergrad: had every detail memorized and could regurgitate them from memory. Only studied before tests.
Med school: stopped memorizing everything for regurgitation, and worked with recognition.
Flash cards for both.
Med school: stopped memorizing everything for regurgitation, and worked with recognition.
Flash cards for both.
