How to study in med school?

[deleted1209043]

Hi all. All my life I’ve been a very average person compared to my friends and family. I had horrible study habits in high school and college that consisted of cramming and forgetting. I really liked reading textbooks and highlighting but nothing really stuck in my head, as evidenced by my GPA (3.5).

I have somehow gotten into a decent DO program and now I know I need to test out some study habits before the real thing happens.

Any tips are appreciated. To give some background here’s how I “studied” in college and for the MCAT:

College (mostly straight B student)
* took notes from textbook, got really fatigued, didn’t continue taking notes, lost said notes, and then started all over again
* closer to the end of college I learned how concept maps were really helpful. And mnemonics- I made a really stupid one for the amino acids that stuck with me throughout mcat prep
* lots of practice problems (very helpful for Ochem)

MCAT (508)
* used concept maps, practice questions
* did not use enough Anki tbh and this tanked my P/S score
* note: imo I feel like re-studying concepts I was exposed to during undergrad made MCAT content review slightly easier but obviously not enough to get a stellar score

I’m definitely disorganized when it comes to studying too. TIA for any advice. I am scared lol

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[JimKimSlim]

Pre-clinical = Just memorize your class lectures (would recommend making your own flash cards if you can). + Anking for Board exam investment (please look up YouTube if unsure).

Clinical = Anking with UWORLD/AMBOSS with emphasis on incorrect and CMS forms.

The name of the game is Discipline.

 

[Hollow Knight]

For pathology- pathoma and the anking cards. For micro and pharm- sketchy and the anking cards. For physiology- Costanzo (it's a textbook) and associated AnKing cards. For everything else, Boards and Beyond and associated AnKing.

For clinicals, UWorld and do AnKing cards off incorrects.

Finish UWorld before step 1 and step 2.