Study efficiency and Concentrating the mind....

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Question One-How many hours of study does one need to be a competent doctor, per week, with say the entire Saturday off and the Friday evening off?

Question Two-Are there any methods where one can study EFFICIENTLY ,with the mind not wandering off all over the campus,USA and the globe?(Really need to figure this one out)

Thanks

 

[q.rana]

One needs to get maximum information in minimum possible time and that is why review books are more popular among students because they dont beat around the bush, they give you the needed information right away.I have learned and retained more information from a physiology review book than from a voluminous text like Guyton physiology. Lot of times editors and publishers ask authors to make their book more voluminous so that they can justify the huge price and students end up reading several pages in order to get a little piece of information. My suggestion to you is to stick to some good review book and put away the huge voluminous text book. Keep it on the shelf just to impress the visitors but stick to pocket size review book. Good luck in your studies.

 

[bluesdude]

Question Two-Are there any methods where one can study EFFICIENTLY ,with the mind not wandering off all over the campus,USA and the globe?(Really need to figure this one out)

Thanks

stuff like self-hypnosis,tai-chi ,listening to classical music while studying or meditation works for some people.

 

[BlackNDecker]

In response to your 1st question, there was a very intriguing article in Scientific American a few months back titled "Secrets of the Master Mind" (or something similar) which gives a very indepth discussion of what is required to "master" a given skill set (be it piano, chess, medicine, golf, etc.) and the conclusion was that it takes ~ a decade of DILLIGENT study to master any given area of study. They give very compelling evidence that effort is more important than innate ability.

I perused the article in my med school library, you might be able to do the same.

 

[Polska]

In response to your 1st question, there was a very intriguing article in Scientific American a few months back titled "Secrets of the Master Mind" (or something similar) which gives a very indepth discussion of what is required to "master" a given skill set (be it piano, chess, medicine, golf, etc.) and the conclusion was that it takes ~ a decade of DILLIGENT study to master any given area of study. They give very compelling evidence that effort is more important than innate ability.

I perused the article in my med school library, you might be able to do the same.

I read the same article. It had good data/examples. ie. Jordan was not a master til 10+ yrs.. Tiger Woods.. 10+ yrs (Started early as a child though).. Beethoven 10+ yrs... Renowned Cardiologist 10+ yrs...

So yea.. want to master something? 10+ yrs of intense focus on the subject at hand..

 

[basupran]

That Sciam study/article is a load of bull crap. I have been fishing for 15 years, and I would hardly call myself a master baiter or anything. Ha... haa.....nooooo

Well, two years into medicine, 8 more to go before I know anything...

 

[Callogician]

I have been fishing for 15 years, and I would hardly call myself a master baiter or anything.

Ah...but for a complex art like masturbation, it is more like 20-25 years.