So how was first year?

[studentdoct69]

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L m a o

@Psai

You gotta admit.....the questoin is a good one, and fair

 

[gocavs]

So for first year.. Is anki good or a waste of time?

 

[Jabbed]

L m a o

Thank you for preserving that quote for internet history.

 

[xffan624]

So for first year.. Is anki good or a waste of time?

It's like AA, if you work it, it will work for you. That means either finding high quality decks or making your own, not letting your cards accumulate by keeping up with them daily, and adding/editing your cards as necessary. It also won't teach you the concepts, only aid in memorization, so keep that in mind.

 

[Mr. Vandemar]

It's like AA, if you work it, it will work for you. That means either finding high quality decks or making your own, not letting your cards accumulate by keeping up with them daily, and adding/editing your cards as necessary. It also won't teach you the concepts, only aid in memorization, so keep that in mind.

Unless the cards are formatted to teach the concepts. This probably works best if you make your own cards.

 

[runnergal]

I'm doing ~65 hrs/week in class+studying+research. This is actually towards the higher end at my school. Average probably falls ~50hr/week.

edit: 4 hours class, 6 hours studying to more directly answer your question

That's 10 hours. I'm just curious what else you do with the rest of the time. Could use the tips

 

[runnergal]

you are literally killing patients by not knowing that.

Lord here come the HAIs and sepsis lol

 

[olivarynucleus]

We need to start attaching our class rank as of MS1 to our comments about how MS1 was.

The people at the bottom of my class didn't think first year was that hard at all.

How do you know what they think?

 

[olivarynucleus]

To answer the OPs question, First year was harder than I thought it would be. All the classes were manageable except for Neuro anat/phys. I barely got out of that damn class. Medicine definitely demands a lot of your life, and I'm not sure a 300k income as an attending will make up for all the stress and negative impacts this process has on my mental and physical health.

 

[Anicetus]

How do you know what they think?

I don't know what they think. I know what they said. Sorry for the confusion.

Everyone just needs to remember that everyone is different.

 

[Jabbed]

First year has made me appreciate how there are simultaneously too many hours in a day, but nowhere near enough.

 

[Lifeman]

Unless the cards are formatted to teach the concepts. This probably works best if you make your own cards.

Do you have experience with making cards that teach concepts? Could you explain a bit, maybe give an example? Thanks!

 

[Jabbed]

Do you have experience with making cards that teach concepts? Could you explain a bit, maybe give an example? Thanks!

Pro tip: stick to question and answer cards as opposed to cloze deletions and start every card with "why", "what is", or "how".

 

[Mr. Vandemar]

Do you have experience with making cards that teach concepts? Could you explain a bit, maybe give an example? Thanks!

I agree with the person above me. My goal is to be able to justify my answer, and not just recall a word in the context of the rest of the sentence (e.g. cloze). I go through the lecture .ppt and essentially convert the important bits into to Anki cards while trying my best to keep each card as simple as possible. This often requires me to rephrase and put the lecture notes into my own words and so on. It can be a struggle to adhere to the minimum information principle. I start a lot of cards with "why..."

I do also use a lot of cloze because they're quick to review, but generally they're redundant cards in my deck.

 

[Yadster101]

The bigger problem for me is the question of "did I make the right decision? Is this where I'm supposed to be in my life right now?" That's where the real fear is. That and how much am I going to sacrifice at the alter of medicine? Those aren't exactly questions with easy answera.

So after 1 year, do you now feel it was the right decision.

edit: not a full year..