Studying (a language) before med school

[sabsaf123]

Hi everyone,

So I know that everyone says you should not to study anatomy, physio, biochemistry, etc. before med school. I am actually studying another language and I wanted to know if there are ways I could improve my study habits so that they might help me in med school. Obviously I'm not studying this language for med school, but I figure if I'm studying it anyways then I might as well try to use techniques that could possibly help me in med school. I've had a couple of years off between med school and undergrad.

So far I've been using Anki to remember vocab and how to conjugate verbs and I feel like its helped a lot. I've learned that spaced repetition is awesome for my learning style! Is there anything else I could do that would help me better understand my learning style/help in med school?

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[Mr Roboto]

Getting used to Anki is a good idea. I used it to work on my Spanish comprehension before school.

 

[sabsaf123]

Getting used to Anki is a good idea. I used it to work on my Spanish comprehension before school.

Thanks. So would you say that conceptually, learning a language is similar to some of the classes in med school?

 

[Mr Roboto]

Thanks. So would you say that conceptually, learning a language is similar to some of the classes in med school?

Only in that you are learning a lot of words that you didn't know before. Med school is more about memorizing a large volume of information in a short amount of time, then forgetting 90% of it a week later.