I've been reviewing info on a random but regular basis and was wondering how everyone else does this. If I don't review, I feel like I just lose the information that was studied a week ago. At the same time, it definitely eats up a lot of time. Anyone else feel the same?
How have you all integrated review in your schedule?
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One way that I kept my studying cumulative was to greatly broaden my use of FA when reviewing UWORLD questions. By this I mean when I had a question on Pseudomonas, for example, I would review everything that FA said about it, any mnemonics, and any notes that I had added. Then I read about every other bacteria on that page and the adjacent one. This ensured that I was seeing everything in FA many, many times and I really had no idea what I'd be reviewing that day since it was really up to what subjects came up in the test. I haven't heard of anyone else employing this method but I think it helped me a great deal though it probably doubled the time necessary to review answers.
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It's definitely worth it in the long run. I built in 1-2 hours a day 3 months ago and slowly added hours to that whenever possible. No regrets whatsoever. My exam is in 4 weeks.
Sure, I will probably have to re-memorize the exact disease correlations with t(8;14), t(11;22), etc., that I may have just looked at 2 weeks ago, but every little amount of information you can review is helpful.
Sure, I will probably have to re-memorize the exact disease correlations with t(8;14), t(11;22), etc., that I may have just looked at 2 weeks ago, but every little amount of information you can review is helpful.
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Until I'm done with my first read through I'm only reviewing by reading UWorld explanations on random sets. I don't seem to forget too much from when I first started two weeks ago and since I only have 3.5 more weeks I don't think I'll forget a whole lot more. Three run throughs of first aid is enough review for me.
