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Hello folks! Sorry to be clogging this PT thread up with an annoying 1st year PT student rant but I need to vent for my own sanity.
I am in my 5th week of human gross anatomy and we have just finished the first two units, the back and upper extremities, and the abdomen/thorax/pelvis.
We are currently in our third unit which is head and neck. I have been doing well on both my written and practical exams so far but what's been the hardest part about school is that I always feel like I am behind. It always feels like other people know more than I do whenever.
I know that since all studying is self-directed, it often is just a case of someone else studying material that I haven't studied yet so. This is a good thing too, since it motivates me to catch up on material I don't know.
Studying for anatomy is SO overwhelming because of the enormous amount of material and also the enormous amount of resources at my disposal. With a limited amount of time, it is overwhelming.
Things I have tried:
Anatomy Coloring Book (not too high yield for me and not the best use of my time, I've found)
BRS (I hear people sing the praises of BRS, med students included, but not high yield for me so far)
Youtube (Anatomy Zone, Dr. Preddy, Acland, Clinical Anatomy Explained; these channels have saved my life. Super high yield studying for me)
Gray's Anatomy (Our required text. I've only read it during the first week)
There is so much more material. The TAs give so much great stuff to us and my classmates are always coming across awesome things.
Despite all this at my disposal and despite having done well so far, I find it incredibly difficult to study for anatomy because of the non-linear format of studying. I was so used to just reading a textbook in undergrad and doing well on my exams. For anatomy, I literally attack it from every single angle. Books, videos, flashcards, drawing, converting good videos into MP3/podcast format (thank you Dr. Preddy for your forearm videos) . . .
Anyways, if you've read this far, thanks! The stress of anatomy is killing me.
I am in my 5th week of human gross anatomy and we have just finished the first two units, the back and upper extremities, and the abdomen/thorax/pelvis.
We are currently in our third unit which is head and neck. I have been doing well on both my written and practical exams so far but what's been the hardest part about school is that I always feel like I am behind. It always feels like other people know more than I do whenever.
I know that since all studying is self-directed, it often is just a case of someone else studying material that I haven't studied yet so. This is a good thing too, since it motivates me to catch up on material I don't know.
Studying for anatomy is SO overwhelming because of the enormous amount of material and also the enormous amount of resources at my disposal. With a limited amount of time, it is overwhelming.
Things I have tried:
Anatomy Coloring Book (not too high yield for me and not the best use of my time, I've found)
BRS (I hear people sing the praises of BRS, med students included, but not high yield for me so far)
Youtube (Anatomy Zone, Dr. Preddy, Acland, Clinical Anatomy Explained; these channels have saved my life. Super high yield studying for me)
Gray's Anatomy (Our required text. I've only read it during the first week)
There is so much more material. The TAs give so much great stuff to us and my classmates are always coming across awesome things.
Despite all this at my disposal and despite having done well so far, I find it incredibly difficult to study for anatomy because of the non-linear format of studying. I was so used to just reading a textbook in undergrad and doing well on my exams. For anatomy, I literally attack it from every single angle. Books, videos, flashcards, drawing, converting good videos into MP3/podcast format (thank you Dr. Preddy for your forearm videos) . . .
Anyways, if you've read this far, thanks! The stress of anatomy is killing me.