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Hello all,
I will be starting my second year of med school in August. Our schedule recently came out and the exams occur in a BLOCK format. Classes start August 19th but my first exam block does not begin until October 3rd. That is roughly 1.5 months into the school year till my first round of exams. I will have 5 exams in 6 days..Oct 3rd-Oct 8th.
My question is what is a good way of studying for these block exams. I have never had this type of format. In first year, the exams were spread apart every 2 weeks or so. Thus, this is a big change for me. Some former second years at my school tell me to skip every class (except the ones where attendance is mandatory such as ICM and Path lab) and straight memorize from the notes. Is this good advice? The student who used this method did fine. I don't know..any suggestions?
V MS2
I will be starting my second year of med school in August. Our schedule recently came out and the exams occur in a BLOCK format. Classes start August 19th but my first exam block does not begin until October 3rd. That is roughly 1.5 months into the school year till my first round of exams. I will have 5 exams in 6 days..Oct 3rd-Oct 8th.
My question is what is a good way of studying for these block exams. I have never had this type of format. In first year, the exams were spread apart every 2 weeks or so. Thus, this is a big change for me. Some former second years at my school tell me to skip every class (except the ones where attendance is mandatory such as ICM and Path lab) and straight memorize from the notes. Is this good advice? The student who used this method did fine. I don't know..any suggestions?
V MS2