Anybody of a good resource for downloading mp3s to listen to that can help soon-to-be med students get a jump start on the material? thanks!
I'd suggest maybe reading a book that somebody has written about medical school, residency, or about becoming a doctor. I know USF asks their students to read a Tolstoy short story:
The Death of Ivan Ilyich in preparation for the medical ethics course taught.
The only way I've heard that you can prepare for medical school is to take undergraduate courses that teach the same material. Even then, it won't be at the same level of medical school but should help. Like, I've already taken Human Gross Anatomy and Histology, so the medical school versions should be much easier than if I hadn't taken them before. However, there is little that you could study on your own time during the summer before medical school.
My plans this summer are to learn how to play the guitar, brush up on my spanish, learn some medical spanish, get my fill of roller coasters in the Orlando and Tampa areas out of my system (which will never happen), travel some, volunteer 150 more hours at the hospital ED to reach my self-imposed goal of 1000 volunteer hours, sell lots of crap I've collected in my garage over the years on ebay, and work at school for a few weeks to make some cash.