Hey everyone. This is my first post and I really need help.. My mum was very sick the past month and this has made studying almost impossible for me. Now I have an exam in 11 days worth about 400 pages of lecture notes that I only read. By "read" I literally mean the way you read a novel. Not even close to memorizing or studying. I always scored very highly in the past year in medschool and now I really am afraid of failing. How can I tackle the material and how much can I do? Should I ankify everything or will this waste time in making the cards?? I really need all the tips I can get. I can't imagine not passing.
Really need help. How much can I cram?
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Well a couple things:
1) Are your exams professor written or NBME?
2) Did you attend the lectures or did you skip the lectures and just read?
If they're NBME => UFAP
If they're professor written => do the best you can
If you attended lectures => try to keep reading the lectures as many times as you can till the exam
If you didn't attend the lectures => do the best you can
Ankifying the material wouldn't be a waste of time for the long-haul on your final and Step 1. Can you do it in 4-5 days? Probably, if you're quick and concise (use cloze deletion). But you're gonna wanna make sure you don't get into the situation where you make the cards and then don't study them. Good luck!
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I second getting on the study group thing. It is shocking how well everything comes together when we talk.
It's a multiple choice exam on subjects on the GIT topic. That's the system my school uses. (I'm not in US). The subjects are anatomy, physiology, pathology, microbiology, pharmacology, parasitology, and histology. Not all of them have the same weighting, the biggest 2 bulks are anatomy and pathology.
If I put it all on anki in 4-5 days will I have time to master them in the 6 days beyond that?
I already have the lecture notes, and have read them but very superficially, as I mentioned the way you read a novel. Thing is I don't know how I'll tackle 400 pages of lecture notes in 11 days. I've never been in a similar situation before..
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Are there any powerpoints that highlight the key info? If not, I think Anki is too slow for the amount of material and limited time you have and would go with trying to make a study guide of key points as you read through on a second pass. Then try quizzing and see what you're missing with a study group if you can
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You are fine.
Go through 50 pages of material every day - slowly and in a notetaking way. It will probably take 5-6 hours per day.
Then, the last two days, do a speed review of the whole thing and test yourself. Just keep putting one foot in front of the other. Don't let the amount of material paralyze you!
Go through 50 pages of material every day - slowly and in a notetaking way. It will probably take 5-6 hours per day.
Then, the last two days, do a speed review of the whole thing and test yourself. Just keep putting one foot in front of the other. Don't let the amount of material paralyze you!
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70-80 pages of material per day is doable.
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Personally I would either Anki it or use a friend's Anki deck. I don't think I would be able to memorize that volume of information just by notetaking.
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Thanks everyone! I'm actually doing better than I expected. I decided to ankify the notes. I first put 10 pages on anki, study them and then put another 10 until I do about 50-60 pages per day. The day after I do my reviews then repeat as I know I won't be able to handle all the reviews the day before the exam. I actually think there's a chance I might do well. While studying I also realized that the pathology notes which are worth 120 pages are not as dense as I expected.
