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Hi.
I'm an M1 at an MD school in VA. I have a question primarily aimed towards med school grads but I guess my fellow med school students can offer their 2 cents too...
How relevant are the preclinical years to future performance as a physician? I'm pretty much straight passing my classes but can't help but feel like I'm forgetting so much more than what I retain...I do plan to study at least 5 or 6 hours a day for the boards this summer, rehashing what I learned this M1 year. But still, I can't help but feel an overwhelming sense of uneasiness about the whole experience. I'm told that most doctors feel they retain very little of what they learn in med school. But my professor told me that an actual study was done where they made physicians take some preclinical exams and the doctors actually did quite well. Anyways, do you think she may have been mistaken?
Do you think that a record with straight passes during the preclinical years would be weak for residency application should I want to enter a residency like, say, gastroenterology?
Thanks!
I'm an M1 at an MD school in VA. I have a question primarily aimed towards med school grads but I guess my fellow med school students can offer their 2 cents too...
How relevant are the preclinical years to future performance as a physician? I'm pretty much straight passing my classes but can't help but feel like I'm forgetting so much more than what I retain...I do plan to study at least 5 or 6 hours a day for the boards this summer, rehashing what I learned this M1 year. But still, I can't help but feel an overwhelming sense of uneasiness about the whole experience. I'm told that most doctors feel they retain very little of what they learn in med school. But my professor told me that an actual study was done where they made physicians take some preclinical exams and the doctors actually did quite well. Anyways, do you think she may have been mistaken?
Do you think that a record with straight passes during the preclinical years would be weak for residency application should I want to enter a residency like, say, gastroenterology?
Thanks!