Looking through "First Aid"

[TexasTriathlete]

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Fellow soon-to-be medical students,

We have a **** ton of information that we are going to have to learn.

That is all.

 

[EEL08]

Fellow soon-to-be medical students,

We have a **** ton of information that we are going to have to learn.

That is all.

I guess maybe it's a good thing I might have over a year until matriculation.

 

[chaser08]

Fellow soon-to-be medical students,

We have a **** ton of information that we are going to have to learn.

That is all.

You don't know the half of it. Remember, First Aid is for REVIEW - after you've learned the material in detail! 😱 But don't worry - you'll learn it.

Call me a nerd, but when I was in elementary/middle/high school, I used to flip through my math book on the first day and initially be confused because the symbols didn't make any sense but then I'd be excited because I knew before the end of the year, all of it would.

Yeah, I'm a nerd.

PS I hope y'all don't mind me commenting in your forum. I'm a 4th year MD student, but I love this pre-osteo forum - definitely one of the best on this board. All of you have such great attitudes and are so supportive of each other. I wish I had this when I was applying to school. Good luck to you all!

 

[BCLumas]

Yea it is going to be a lot of information, but think of it this way.. at least we can eat pie. Heck, I might go eat pie for lunch!

/out

 

[ShyRem]

As a second year, I can say that when I looked at First Aid before I started I thought it was WAAAAAAAY too much to learn. Now looking back at it for review in preparation for the boards, I'm thinking it's WAAAAAAAY too simple and definitely not enough. We learned so much more than what's in that book.

Brace yourselves. The first year of school is an eye-opener. my 21 credit semesters of upper level math and chemistry classes look like elementary school in comparison. And on another note: I would do it again in a heartbeat. 🙂

 

[Eudjinn]

you just realized this?

 

[mastamark]

I have heard medical school was like trying to take a sip from a firehose. You want to get as much as possible, but it is almost impossible to remember it all when you're done. This is why you see residents with their lab jacket pockets stuffed full of notes, manuals, dosing guides and a PDA.

 

[Powdermonkey]

Brace yourselves. The first year of school is an eye-opener. my 21 credit semesters of upper level math and chemistry classes look like elementary school in comparison. And on another note: I would do it again in a heartbeat. 🙂

Thanks for that. After hearing all these I wouldnt go into medicine again answers from some doctors, thats very comforting and inspiring.

 

[Buckeye4life]

We are scheduled for 49.5 credit hours next semester.👍

 

[ShyRem]

Yup. you get scheduled for a TON of credits that make undergrad look like a nap in the Caribbean. Not that the information is terribly difficult by itself - but the rate at which you need to assimilate the information is something entirely different.

 

[Powdermonkey]

We are scheduled for 49.5 credit hours next semester.👍

Thats it? Piece of cake young Padowan.

 

[TexasTriathlete]

Actually the material doesn't look that hard. I've seen a lot of it before, and some of it I know pretty well. But it is such a freaking high volume of material. And I'm guessing they're going to want every detail.

 

[Bacchus]

I thought it was just pressure and gauze and a splint made out of branches?

 

[DrMidlife]

I thought it was just pressure and gauze and a splint made out of branches?

"First Aid" in this context is a board exam prep book.

Here's a great way to learn the other kind of first aid: http://www.rescuespec.com. Wilderness first response rocks.

 

[MJB]

Actually the material doesn't look that hard. I've seen a lot of it before, and some of it I know pretty well. But it is such a freaking high volume of material. And I'm guessing they're going to want every detail.

😀

 

[Bacchus]

"First Aid" in this context is a board exam prep book.

Here's a great way to learn the other kind of first aid: http://www.rescuespec.com. Wilderness first response rocks.

A counselor at the career center said I should become vertified in first response. Never looked into it though.

 

[Gold 5]

Texas,
I just got Netter's Anat flash cards. Oh boy...... It puts my 8 credits of undergrad Anat & Physio to shame.

 

[gida]

Call me a nerd, but when I was in elementary/middle/high school, I used to flip through my math book on the first day and initially be confused because the symbols didn't make any sense but then I'd be excited because I knew before the end of the year, all of it would.

I did this SAME THING!!!

Yeah, I'm a nerd.

I guess so am I!!

DOs....never have an inferiority complex that you are not an MD and know that you are just as good or better than many MDs!! My brother is a DO and he is a much better resident than I ever was. They are equivalent degrees in my mind, and should be in everyones' !!

Year 1 was like my most difficult semester of college...very challenging but not impossible
Year 2 is out of control...Year 1 on whatever Barry Bonds was taking!!

It's not rocket science...its mostly just pure memorization....but it is the VOLUME that eventually just gets OOC (out of control)!!

You have a long, exciting, scary, fun, difficult, and unknown road ahead!!
Good luck....and finally at age 33 I just took Gastroenterology Boards...and with any luck no more exams for the next 10 years until recertification!!!
It is so unbelievable to actually be practicing medicine on your own!

Best Wishes!!

 

[Gold 5]

Thanks for the words of encouragement

 

[cyclohexanol]

Fellow soon-to-be medical students,

We have a **** ton of information that we are going to have to learn.

That is all.

As a couple others have said, first aid should be used as an OUTLINE. There is a ridiculous amount of other information that many people annotate into the pages until the pages are practically unreadable.

Don't worry though, you'll manage like many others before you have.

 

[cyclohexanol]

And on another note: I would do it again in a heartbeat. 🙂

Girl, you crazy.

 

[DiverDoc]

Hey TT, please tell me that you were just lookin through FA out of curiosity at Borders. I thought I was the only pre-DO compulsive enough to be looking at COMLEX and USMLE step I books pre matriculation.

 

[endocardium]

Fellow soon-to-be medical students,

We have a **** ton of information that we are going to have to learn.

That is all.

FA is just an outline... There's soooo much more. 😉

Okay, back to studying for my four hour exam tomorrow that covers 1000 pages of notes, some of which I haven't even reviewed yet.

 

[TexasTriathlete]

I have no intention of doing a lot of studying before school starts. I'll probably review a few things that I already know, but any hard core studying at this point would be useless. Its just too much information, and I'd forget it all.

 

[endocardium]

I have no intention of doing a lot of studying before school starts. I'll probably review a few things that I already know, but any hard core studying at this point would be useless. Its just too much information, and I'd forget it all.

Agreed. Use this time to rest up...before the storm begins.

 

[TexasTriathlete]

At the same time, I'm glad I took such a rigorous biological science courseload at UT, so that I won't be seeing this stuff for the first time. I have a good feel for a lot of the concepts. I will just need to suck down the info when the time comes.

 

[nlax30]

It's amazing but I swear you'll just start learning and soaking stuff in and at times you'll have NO freakin' clue as to what you know or how you know it.

Getting ready to finish up first semester here and it's just amazing just looking back a few months what all I've been exposed to and how much I've learned, even though it's the tip of proverbial iceberg and my brain just feels like mush.

During the first 10 weeks of anatomy just trying to read Gray's was mind numbing with all the details and never thought I could get through it. Now as we're reviewing I was going back through abdominal viscera was amazed at how much smoother I could get through the material, and this time I was picking out all sorts of little details and facts that I never noticed before.

So if you think about it too much it is definitely overwhelming..... but it's not rocket science. I think as long as you have a strong/dedicated work ethic and put in the time and just dive into the material everything else will work itself out.