I don't want to ask them, I know what they said. Anyone that is giving you advice to "not attend class" is a ***** to say the least.🙂 Being a Doctor is not only about thinking, it is about work ethic and effort.
What's a typical day like for a DO student?
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The idea is to figure out how you learn best and do it. Some are audio learners. Some visual learners. Figure out what kind of learner you are and go for it. The volume of information is such that you can't afford to not be timely in your learning methods.
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That is under the assumption that you learn best in the classroom. Some people have the uncanny ability to understand nearly anything on their own by reading. Watch some of your classmates during lectures. I bet you will see more than a couple people with wandering eyes and impatient body language. Not just for THAT lecture, but every lecture. Many people don't view lectures as a work thing. They view it as a waste of their time when they could be working hard and learning. It just depends on the person and their learning style.
I would never give a blanket statement saying to skip classes, but still, there are people that would benefit more from just giving a syllabus and books and a pat on the back. Most people are a hybrid of different ways.
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I thought DO students got to massage hot chicks all day.
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I'm one of those who finds going to class VERY helpful. Nova has an attendance policy (though to be honest, I'm not sure it's actually enforced) but that's not why I go. I go because we really have some seriously awesoem teachers (and a lot of times they tell you to omit stuff for the tests!) plus, a lot of times the clinical aspects of what they talk about wont' be tested on our written exams but are very useful to learn/understand for the boards. My typical day first semester:
Class from either 8-12 or 9-12 This is the same T-F
Luncy (during which I'd study) 12-1 (T-Tr)
Monday afternoon: Test days, so we didn't have class. I would take this time to relax just unwind. Sometimes I'd go home and take a nap, sometiems I'd clean/run a few essential errands, but this was NOT the time for me to be productive/busy, it was time to enjoy myeslf. Once a month I'd go get a massage. Soemtimes I'd go to the beach or read a book, pretty much aything that was non-school. Then I'd come home and study for 2 hours (from about 4-7, while cooking/cleaning...so 2 hours of studying while broken up by cooking/cleaning). My friends/classmates would come over at 7:30 or 8 for dinner (either I cooked or one of them did). Strict ban on school stuff at dinner 🙂
Tuesday afternoon: I had OPP lab from 1-3. Honestly, sometimes it can be pretty boring, but other times (mostly) honestly, pretty cool. After lab I'd come home and unwind for a bit, then hit the books fror a few hours, normally not any more then 4 or maybe 6 (broken up)
Wednesday afternoons were really rough on me. I had histology lab from 1-3 and then CP lab from 3-5. By the time I got home I just wanted to chill out and NOT think about school. Which is exactly what I did. About 8:00 I'd sit down to study and get in about 4 hours before midnight. THen watch TV for an hour or so and go to bed.
Thursday afternoons were my productive days! I had anatomy lab 1-3 but I'd normally go in over lunch and power through the lab from like 12-1:30. So i'd be done just as my classmates were arriving. This was TOTALLY the way to go. I'd really start hitting the books hard for the test i was gonna have on the following monday. Maybe 6 hours or so of good study time. Then relaxing/seeing friends.
Friday afternoons I'm out at noon or I have IGC (shadowing a doc) if I'm out at noon, i'm out at...well...noon. If I have IGC I'm normally back here by about 5. Friday's were good, but not as productive as thursdays. Maybe 4 or so hours of studying then relaxing. By th eend of the week I'm kinda drained.
Saturdays: Sleep in! Run errands/do whatever, get in about 10 hours of studying total. Normally broken up by errands or some such.
Sundays: hit the books by about 11am, and have it as my goal tofinish by between 5 and 9, dependig on the subject. By 3:00 I will have shifted to "review mode" out of "learning stuff" mode. There's a difference 🙂
This semster I have one less lab (no histology) so I have a nice 3 hour break 12-3 on wednesdays, during which time I study so I don't really have to do much when I get home that night.
Everythign else seems to be pretty much the same, except some monday afternoons we have a class.
I have a life, I have friends, I even have *gasp* a boyfriend who I get to see occasionaly. There's a lot, but it's manageable. Going to class really helps (at least for me!).
Class from either 8-12 or 9-12 This is the same T-F
Luncy (during which I'd study) 12-1 (T-Tr)
Monday afternoon: Test days, so we didn't have class. I would take this time to relax just unwind. Sometimes I'd go home and take a nap, sometiems I'd clean/run a few essential errands, but this was NOT the time for me to be productive/busy, it was time to enjoy myeslf. Once a month I'd go get a massage. Soemtimes I'd go to the beach or read a book, pretty much aything that was non-school. Then I'd come home and study for 2 hours (from about 4-7, while cooking/cleaning...so 2 hours of studying while broken up by cooking/cleaning). My friends/classmates would come over at 7:30 or 8 for dinner (either I cooked or one of them did). Strict ban on school stuff at dinner 🙂
Tuesday afternoon: I had OPP lab from 1-3. Honestly, sometimes it can be pretty boring, but other times (mostly) honestly, pretty cool. After lab I'd come home and unwind for a bit, then hit the books fror a few hours, normally not any more then 4 or maybe 6 (broken up)
Wednesday afternoons were really rough on me. I had histology lab from 1-3 and then CP lab from 3-5. By the time I got home I just wanted to chill out and NOT think about school. Which is exactly what I did. About 8:00 I'd sit down to study and get in about 4 hours before midnight. THen watch TV for an hour or so and go to bed.
Thursday afternoons were my productive days! I had anatomy lab 1-3 but I'd normally go in over lunch and power through the lab from like 12-1:30. So i'd be done just as my classmates were arriving. This was TOTALLY the way to go. I'd really start hitting the books hard for the test i was gonna have on the following monday. Maybe 6 hours or so of good study time. Then relaxing/seeing friends.
Friday afternoons I'm out at noon or I have IGC (shadowing a doc) if I'm out at noon, i'm out at...well...noon. If I have IGC I'm normally back here by about 5. Friday's were good, but not as productive as thursdays. Maybe 4 or so hours of studying then relaxing. By th eend of the week I'm kinda drained.
Saturdays: Sleep in! Run errands/do whatever, get in about 10 hours of studying total. Normally broken up by errands or some such.
Sundays: hit the books by about 11am, and have it as my goal tofinish by between 5 and 9, dependig on the subject. By 3:00 I will have shifted to "review mode" out of "learning stuff" mode. There's a difference 🙂
This semster I have one less lab (no histology) so I have a nice 3 hour break 12-3 on wednesdays, during which time I study so I don't really have to do much when I get home that night.
Everythign else seems to be pretty much the same, except some monday afternoons we have a class.
I have a life, I have friends, I even have *gasp* a boyfriend who I get to see occasionaly. There's a lot, but it's manageable. Going to class really helps (at least for me!).
