Question for people who don't go to lecture

[remo]

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So I've been spending about 4 hours a day in lecture and I don't feel I'm really getting anything out of it. The problem is that the powerpoint slides for my lectures are either too detailed or not detailed enough (depending on which prof is lecturing that day - we have several for each class). The only point of lecture for me is to basically fill in the blanks on the bare bones slides or cross out stuff that I don't have to memorize on the ones with too much detail. I still like textbooks and I end up reading a lot anyway to make sense of the lectures. Any suggestions on how to deal with this? (we don't have recorded lectures or transcripts).

 

[jdh71]

So I've been spending about 4 hours a day in lecture and I don't feel I'm really getting anything out of it. The problem is that the powerpoint slides for my lectures are either too detailed or not detailed enough (depending on which prof is lecturing that day - we have several for each class). The only point of lecture for me is to basically fill in the blanks on the bare bones slides or cross out stuff that I don't have to memorize on the ones with too much detail. I still like textbooks and I end up reading a lot anyway to make sense of the lectures. Any suggestions on how to deal with this? (we don't have recorded lectures or transcripts).

It requires disciple. But if you made it to med school, you're probably a neurotic, perfectionistic, obessive/compulsive like the rest of us. Remember you're not working anymore, and since school is now a full-time job, you should be pulling those kind of fulltime hours with med school itself.

You should have been given a course syllibus, that is your ticket to everything you need to know or understand. Cover all the material there and you'll do fine. Not all lecturers are created the same, so at the end of the day, your syllibus will give you direction.

 

[Law2Doc]

The only point of lecture for me is to basically fill in the blanks on the bare bones slides or cross out stuff that I don't have to memorize on the ones with too much detail.

Seems to me that if you found one or two like-minded individuals you trusted, you could trade off on days to attend lecture and just share each other's notes.

 

[nightowl]

Hell, start a note service.

Every med school needs one. I would have lost my sanity without it. If there is no mandatory attendance policy, there should at least be audio recordings for students not attending class. But note service is nice because you cut out the crap and just get the high yeild info. Paste it into your power points and there you go. Saves a lot of time, and you're less tired from sitting in class ALL day. This especiallly works when it's a boring or just really bad lecturer. But if you can't do that, I'd say next best scenario is to team up with some people and split it up. Good luck, hope you work it out.

 

[SeventhSon]

rely heavily on any competent notetakers you have.

Another good strategy is to use your class notes/powerpoints as a guide and wikipedia everything, because it will always have better explanations of concepts than your class notes.

Lastly, you can just rely heavily on the books, but that makes it harder to ace tests, since there are always details tested that do not appear in your textbook.