If you were bad at Chem or Bio lab in college, does that make it harder to pract

[The Madden Bus]

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Hello all. I am a post-bac going to med school after a year off. In chem and bio lab in college I tended to drift off a lot and not realize things that I was supposed to do. Somehow I managed to get through it and I did really well in the lecture classes, I've just always had trouble with those labs. I was wondering how that will hurt in medical school and in practice as a doctor? Is treating patients a totally different type of practice and thus is not impacted by your ability in chem or bio labs? What about gross anatomy lab and other med school labs? Thank you.

 

[Blesbok]

Well you probably shouldn't forget to do stuff when you are supposed to do it at a certain time or someone might die instead of just ruining an experiment, but other than that I doubt they have much correlation.

 

[ACSurgeon]

Hello all. I am a post-bac going to med school after a year off. In chem and bio lab in college I tended to drift off a lot and not realize things that I was supposed to do. Somehow I managed to get through it and I did really well in the lecture classes, I've just always had trouble with those labs. I was wondering how that will hurt in medical school and in practice as a doctor? Is treating patients a totally different type of practice and thus is not impacted by your ability in chem or bio labs? What about gross anatomy lab and other med school labs? Thank you.

I think I must have been the WORST student in chem, bio and ochem labs in college (physics was more computer simulations, which is why I didnt list it). Long story short, I did great in gross lab (enjoyed it a TON too), and I ended up TAing gross lab for a semester (yes, in med school). Totally differnet experiences.

 

[The Angriest Bird]

1. For most specialties, you rarely use chemistry and experimental biology.

2. Even though you have never learned anything about chemistry and biology prior to med school, assuming you study REALLY HARD, you can out-perform most of the class.

 

[Feynmann]

1. For most specialties, you rarely use chemistry and experimental biology.

2. Even though you have never learned anything about chemistry and biology prior to med school, assuming you study REALLY HARD, you can out-perform most of the class.

That is true because the rest of the class , majority of whom were great chem and bio students in undergrad, won't be studying as hard as the OP in medschool. Somehow, medschool changes everything. 🙄

 

[sprinkibrio]

Hello all. I am a post-bac going to med school after a year off. In chem and bio lab in college I tended to drift off a lot and not realize things that I was supposed to do. Somehow I managed to get through it and I did really well in the lecture classes, I've just always had trouble with those labs. I was wondering how that will hurt in medical school and in practice as a doctor? Is treating patients a totally different type of practice and thus is not impacted by your ability in chem or bio labs? What about gross anatomy lab and other med school labs? Thank you.

According to my premed basic science courses, I should be in the bottom of my med school class... and I'm definitely not. I think after sophomore year something clicked and I buckled down, so maturity has something to do with it. I'm guessing you'll like med school classes more, too, so you'll do better.