Making the rest better

[pdxhopeful]

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Hi all -

I'm finishing up my first quarter of med school, and while I should pass everything I'm hoping to do better from here on in. Two issues I was dealing with will hopefully not be concerns - I've had a minor medical issue all quarter that has sapped some of my energy and am seeing a specialist over our break for it, and as a nontraditional student it took me a little to get back into the groove of being a full time student.

What I could still use some advice on is further improving my 'study stamina' and (we take all our classes at once, rather than doing blocks) developing and keeping to a schedule so I'm staying up to date all along.

One thing I'm trying already is the rubber band around wrist, snap when attention wanders idea. Thanks!

 

[NickNaylor]

I noticed improvement with this when I started approaching school as a 9-5 setup (or, in my case, more of a 8:30-6:30 sort of situation). I do the best I can to get work done during those hours but stop working unless absolutely necessary at 6:30pm. This gives me something to look forward to and helps provide motivation to work hard so that I can enjoy my evening time.

 

[evilbooyaa]

I never had the discipline to do it more than a few days, but treat med school as a job. Take a break for lunch, but otherwise focus on good quality studying over extravagant quantity studying.

 

[FIREitUP]

I never had the discipline to do it more than a few days, but treat med school as a job. Take a break for lunch, but otherwise focus on good quality studying over extravagant quantity studying.

yeah i agree. the only time i could really approach it as a job is when I didn't have required sessions to sap my energy and waste my time. lucky me, i have required sessions every day, awesome.