Medical School Lectures

[HopefulHardWorker]

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In undergrad, none of my science professors have ever put anything of value in the powerpoints. For example, in a lecture on enzyme mechanisms, the professor will put a cartoon of the enzyme on the powerpoint and do the entire mechanism on the blackboard. Of course it's not recorded either. They also always teach way beyond what's covered in the book. So the only way to learn what we need to learn is to hang on to and transcribe every last precious word during lecture.

Is this what medical school is like? Or is it common practice to make what you need to know actually available? Do I have to rely on PhD's to begrudgingly mention in lecture what I need to know? Or is the necessary medical knowledge written down in books/notes?

 

[CaliforniaDreamer]

I watch most of my lectures on my couch in my underwear... so maybe that gives you a bit of an idea?

 

[WedgeDawg]

Moving to pre-allo

 

[libertyyne]

I watch most of my lectures on my couch in my underwear... so maybe that gives you a bit of an idea?

Do you have access to previous years lectures? If i wanted to watch double speed and bulk up on lectures one day of the week and study from notes three other days and test myself the last day would that be possible?

 

[FindMeOnTheLinks]

Do you have access to previous years lectures? If i wanted to watch double speed and bulk up on lectures one day of the week and study from notes three other days and test myself the last day would that be possible?

Depends on the school but yeah you could do this, though I wouldn't advise it. But if you're not in medical school you don't really need to worry about this yet. To answer your first question, most ppt's will have everything they want you to know for that lecture except maybe a few small things.


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[CaliforniaDreamer]

Do you have access to previous years lectures? If i wanted to watch double speed and bulk up on lectures one day of the week and study from notes three other days and test myself the last day would that be possible?

We do, but I don't know if I would do what you are suggesting, even at double speed I wouldn't want any human to try to watch a week of lectures in one sitting. I don't know if you could even retain that much memory in a single day, you have got to give it some time to transition to long term storage.

 

[redferrari]

At my school, MOST of our important information is on the slides, which we are given beforehand. ALL of our lectures are recorded and available from anywhere with an internet connection. Some lecturers have interactive components to lectures which I find enjoyable, but others watch at home or at a coffee shop. Neither approach is better or worse than the other, it's just personal preference.

Also, tread carefully when talking condescendingly about PhD's. Many of them will be smarter than you, and even perhaps more invested in your success than you are.

 

[HopefulHardWorker]

I watch most of my lectures on my couch in my underwear... so maybe that gives you a bit of an idea?

That doesn't really answer the question of whether the human component of a lecture is necessary for learning the required knowledge. Is the information made available in written form, or does it come solely from a person's mouth?

At my school, MOST of our important information is on the slides, which we are given beforehand. ALL of our lectures are recorded and available from anywhere with an internet connection. Some lecturers have interactive components to lectures which I find enjoyable, but others watch at home or at a coffee shop. Neither approach is better or worse than the other, it's just personal preference.

Also, tread carefully when talking condescendingly about PhD's. Many of them will be smarter than you, and even perhaps more invested in your success than you are.

Thanks for the info.

Also, tread carefully when telling people to not talk condescendingly about PhD's. Many of them will not be condescending, but rather frustrated with the way school is structured and the way PhD's present information. The fact that some PhD's are smarter than some medical students is irrelevant to the fact that lecture the way I've described it is inherently inconsistent, frustrating, and inferior to a set of written notes.

Also, tread carefully when assuming that PhD's care more about your success than you do. No one really has your back.

 

[theonlytycrane]

I watch most of my lectures on my couch in my underwear... so maybe that gives you a bit of an idea?

Do most of your classmates also just do lecture from recordings on their own? I keep seeing this in threads and it sounds like it is common.

 

[Goro]

At my school, we have no problem teaching to Boards, and so we stick what's relevant on slides. UG professors have no skin in the game if you fail out and never become a doctor. If med schools (outside the Caribbean) had this mentality, LMCE would shut them down.

My clinical colleagues have told me that research faculty are fond of teaching about their research, though.

In undergrad, none of my science professors have ever put anything of value in the powerpoints. For example, in a lecture on enzyme mechanisms, the professor will put a cartoon of the enzyme on the powerpoint and do the entire mechanism on the blackboard. Of course it's not recorded either. They also always teach way beyond what's covered in the book. So the only way to learn what we need to learn is to hang on to and transcribe every last precious word during lecture.

Is this what medical school is like? Or is it common practice to make what you need to know actually available? Do I have to rely on PhD's to begrudgingly mention in lecture what I need to know? Or is the necessary medical knowledge written down in books/notes?

Most of my students don't attend lecture. I'd say at any given time, I have ~33-50% of the class present. That's fine by me because I firmly believe that adult learners are the best judges of how they learn. There will always be some people who have to hear things as well as see them.

We'll see more of the below in the future. There is a massive shift in medical education to flip the curriculum and move to TBL formats.

EDIT: Do most of your classmates also just do lecture from recordings on their own? I keep seeing this in threads and it sounds like it is common.

 

[redferrari]

That doesn't really answer the question of whether the human component of a lecture is necessary for learning the required knowledge. Is the information made available in written form, or does it come solely from a person's mouth?



Thanks for the info.

Also, tread carefully when telling people to not talk condescendingly about PhD's. Many of them will not be condescending, but rather frustrated with the way school is structured and the way PhD's present information. The fact that some PhD's are smarter than some medical students is irrelevant to the fact that lecture the way I've described it is inherently inconsistent, frustrating, and inferior to a set of written notes.

Also, tread carefully when assuming that PhD's care more about your success than you do. No one really has your back.

Maybe not you as a person do they care for, but you better believe they care about how well you do as a student. Their job depends on it.