i need to get over it

[rhiannon777]

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We had a mini-test today (halfway through the block, for half the points of a regular test). I know I did really poorly on it, which clearly means I need to spend the whole weekend being hardcore and catching up or I'm going to blow the full test. My problem is that I'm too busy busy obsessing about how I should have been able to figure out the right answer and too depressed and miserable about it to bring myself to study and catch up. I realize that I need to suck it up, but I can't concentrate. How can I force myself to stop worrying about it and move on?

 

[Doctor Bagel]

Physiology? I'm guessing because you said something about figuring out the right answer. My advice is to stop going down that road where you're assuming you'll fail the final. Also, take tonight off to regroup and relax. And find a source to do as many practice problems as you can so you can figure out where you went wrong in your thinking the problems -- but, again, wait until tomorrow or even Sunday to hit this.

 

[rhiannon777]

Anatomy, actually (yeah, you would think that would more be memorize-and-regurgitate, but they did a lot of clinical applications...I also just need to get faster at thinking through the problems). I do think it's a good idea for me to wait and tackle it tomorrow....I will probably feel better after a good solid night of sleep and some mental distance.

 

[Doctor Bagel]

Do you have the BRS book? There are tons of questions in there with sort of a clinical emphasis, so it might be worth looking at.

 

[rhiannon777]

Yes, I do have it, but haven't looked at it yet. I'll take a look at it! Thanks!

 

[Abilene85]

I agree - take the night off and start studying tomorrow. Do a lot of review problems if your professors focus on clinical applications. As far as worrying about your quiz, my best advice is to just forget about it because you can't change the past. I know it is much easier said than done. Take it as the little kick in the butt you needed to buckle down and really focus for the big test. I'm sure the quiz will pass in and out of your mind this weekend, but everytime you start obsessing again, just remind yourself that it is a complete waste of time and energy. Thinking this way helped me get over my last quiz, so I hope it helps you too.

on the big one

 

[Allerian1004]

I found BRS Anatomy to be very helpful. Another source of questions I found extremely helpful was U of Mich site:
http://anatomy.med.umich.edu/courseinfo/mich_quiz_index.html
I found a lot of the questions to be very similar to what my school used. I think they all want you to get the same basic things. I went through all those questions and they give explanations of each answer too.

 

[Ms. M]

BRS and find a good study partner to quiz you.

 

[Slide]

UMich also has a great website with good practice questions and practice practicals for lab. Our school also emphasizes clinical vignettes on our tests to prepare us for the anatomy board (and looking back at it, it really did help). The best thing I would do is to see if you can review that test and look at the questions you missed, then see if there was a pattern of why you missed them. The same happened to me for biochem and once I figured out why this and that was wrong and how it happened, my grades went up.

 

[indo]

We had a mini-test today (halfway through the block, for half the points of a regular test). I know I did really poorly on it, which clearly means I need to spend the whole weekend being hardcore and catching up or I'm going to blow the full test. My problem is that I'm too busy busy obsessing about how I should have been able to figure out the right answer and too depressed and miserable about it to bring myself to study and catch up. I realize that I need to suck it up, but I can't concentrate. How can I force myself to stop worrying about it and move on?

Were you raised in one of those "there are no losers" / "everyone gets a ribbon" households? nut up and study...christ.

 

[Flaxmoore]

Were you raised in one of those "there are no losers" / "everyone gets a ribbon" households? nut up and study...christ.

What the hell, dude? 😱 I don't see any indication of that- more a person who's used to nailing every exam they come across, as we all were once. It takes time to get used to the idea that med school is different.

 

[rhiannon777]

Were you raised in one of those "there are no losers" / "everyone gets a ribbon" households? nut up and study...christ.

Were you raised in one of those "I'm going to be rude and obnoxious but pretend I'm just telling it like it is" households?

 

[indo]

Were you raised in one of those "I'm going to be rude and obnoxious but pretend I'm just telling it like it is" households?

I come from a household where if you say "I need to get over it" people just assume you've come to the stage in your crisis where you've decided that you are going to get over it.

 

[roja]

Realize your patients won't care what your gpa is. They will care about how well you take care of them. And if you have managed to retains some of your humanity and self. (two things that med school can inadvertently strip).

Realize you are in medical school to learn to be a doctor (ie taking care of people) not get the highest grade. Its hard not to get sucked in to the grade game but try adn let it go and just focus on what the ultimate goal is: being a doctor and caring for patients.