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Just finished my first year. I would say that physiology is the most conceptually challenging and histology is the least. What are your thoughts?
Cardio and Pulm phys are the easiest.
Everyone took physics in high school and college.
Neuro anyone? That class was boring, useless, and sucked.
Neuro anyone? That class was boring, useless, and sucked.
Most difficult aspect was neuroanatomy for sure. There is little to no reason why one tract twists and turns one way or another. Learning the cross-sectional functional anatomy of the brainstem SUCKED
I always felt like none of this has been conceptually difficult. What makes it challenging for is the volume of information and the level of mastery expected (ie how much should we remember). But, the concepts being taught are not difficult to understand I didn't think.
One certainly does not need to be especially intelligent to do well in med school, just have the ability to prioritize and manage time well. I still contend that in regards to the education, PhD programs (real ones, not social "sciences") are much tougher and actually require independent ideas.
I agree. No one topic is conceptually difficult in medical school, it's all about being able to learn a bunch of details on many subjects at once. I had undergrad classes that were much more difficult conceptually.
I feel much more like I'm learning the ins and outs of machine than science. Guess there was something to what I once heard a b*tchy PhD say once: "Doctors are technicians."
More conceptual and more memorizing. Via reinforcement, the huge amount of memorizing in multiple systems aids in the overall conceptual understanding.Does 2nd year become more conceptual (ie less pneumonic memorizing)?
Guess there was something to what I once heard a b*tchy PhD say once: "Doctors are technicians."
Cardio and Pulm phys are the easiest.
Everyone took physics in high school and college.