OK, is it me or does anyone takes notes while reading their study guides?

[jl539]

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So I am almost done with my third year and just a little burnt out.
Does anyone take notes from their study guides such as blueprints, first aid or pretest during their rotation. I feel like I am the only one that take notes on my rotation. I don't learn anything unless I take the time to read and make notes on every topic for each clerkship. I am just tired of third year waking up early to go to hospital and coming home late having to study.
I keep on reading threads about "all you need to do is to read blueprints or pretest 2-3X". I always wonder how someone can do that.
My bad, just venting and hoping that 4th year will starts tommorrow.

 

[dingozlife]

Im in the same boat, currently on ob/gyn, preround 530am-6pm mon-fri, sat and sundays 6am-7pm, then doing a week of night shifts is really getting to me, i dont really take notes, i usually just read, get thru material, but maybe less soak, but perhaps its the repetition.. im counting down the weeks 3rd yr is over..

 

[Law2Doc]

So I am almost done with my third year and just a little burnt out.
Does anyone take notes from their study guides such as blueprints, first aid or pretest during their rotation. I feel like I am the only one that take notes on my rotation. I don't learn anything unless I take the time to read and make notes on every topic for each clerkship. I am just tired of third year waking up early to go to hospital and coming home late having to study.
I keep on reading threads about "all you need to do is to read blueprints or pretest 2-3X". I always wonder how someone can do that.
My bad, just venting and hoping that 4th year will starts tommorrow.

Ignore what other people are doing. Do what works for you. Everyone is going to be different.

 

[Anka]

I have to either take notes or recite to myself in order to retain information. Taking notes tends to work better when I'm tired, so I do that whenever I'm on service. The key to the whole thing for me was realizing that I don't use my notes to actually study, so I stopped spending time making them look nice, etc. and just started taking them into the margins of my books. It takes a lot less time than making formal notes.

The other thing I've found is that it's hard for me to study after spending all day doing scut or standing in the OR, so I wake up an hour early to study. Yes, at times it's a psychotically early hour to be waking up, but an hour early is worth about two hours late for me (and, when I get home, I can just crash).

Anka

 

[vtucci]

I highlight and obsessly annotate in the margin. You are not alone.