Nutrition

[meido]

i have already taken in depth nutrition classes at my old school and i recently found out that at my med school, i can exempt out of nutrition. i get an automatic 'satisfactory' grade. im pretty damn confident i can honor it if i take it again but its tempting to just exempt out of it and focus on other classes.

is it worth it for the grade and maybe step 1 review? i can always audit it i suppose. i don't know what i want to focus on specialty wise, so im aiming high preemptively. would any, even competitive, residency/specialties care either way?

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[witzelsucht]

There's really only 2 ways this can go

a) you know the material as well as you think, so you honor it

b) you don't know the material as well as you think, so you learn it better

The only exception I guess is if you are taking multiple other difficult courses at the same time, in which you might want to audit. In general, med school nutrition is less "eat x% protein" and more "this is what happens with some random B vitamin deficiency" so keep that in mind as well

 

[theshellyb]

i have already taken in depth nutrition classes at my old school and i recently found out that at my med school, i can exempt out of nutrition. i get an automatic 'satisfactory' grade. im pretty damn confident i can honor it if i take it again but its tempting to just exempt out of it and focus on other classes.

is it worth it for the grade and maybe step 1 review? i can always audit it i suppose. i don't know what i want to focus on specialty wise, so im aiming high preemptively. would any, even competitive, residency/specialties care either way?

Take the pass, and never look back.

This will not hurt you for residencies, and the nutrition you need for Step 1 is covered in the part of Biochem in First Aid that covers vitamin deficiencies.

Be super glad when your friends are studying some insanely vague or ridiculously detailed PPT from a nutritionist and you are DONE.

 

[Anastomoses]

If you know your vitamins and minerals and deficiencies like the back of your hand - eh, metaphorically, then skip along. Use that time for something else.