medstudent4422
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Hey, so I start medical school next week, and currently, I'm doing a summer academic program at my school. Since the program started I've been stressing how to attack studying for these courses. I have talked to upperclassmen and faculty that have been around for the program for their advice but I'd like to get some more realistic perspective. Some background about me is that I was a Non-Trad applicant. I didn't do a post-bacc after my B.S. in 2019 because I took the pre-reqs with my major (Business Admin) and did fairly decent on my MCAT. Overall, I have a weak science background (no Biochem, Micro, Immuno, etc.) and study skills. I did the summer program for the fact that It would immerse me in my first semester courses to get a brief introduction in them and I wanted to find out what methods others used for them.
The first semester I'll be in 1) Biochem 2) Histology 3) Anatomy 4) Neuroanatomy
From your own experiences how have all of you studied for these classes? When I say studying if you could go in-depth about how you prepped prior to the lecture, while in lecture, and after the lecture. I'm very confused about how students attack these courses.
What I've been doing:
If anyone can drop any kind of tops. But please if you can be as in-depth with your study methods and schedule. I did a lot of research from forums and youtube med students but I'd like for someone to straight-up give their process on how they go about prior, during, and after... anything that worked for you at all.
Even bigger help if anyone is a non-trad, older student, poor undergrad student, etc..
I'm just trying to figure out anything that could work for me.
Thank you!
The first semester I'll be in 1) Biochem 2) Histology 3) Anatomy 4) Neuroanatomy
From your own experiences how have all of you studied for these classes? When I say studying if you could go in-depth about how you prepped prior to the lecture, while in lecture, and after the lecture. I'm very confused about how students attack these courses.
What I've been doing:
- Biochem: Night before Pre-read the slides prior to the lecture (passively), In lecture go through the PowerPoint and write on it while the professor is lecturing, After lecture go through all the notes from the PowerPoint (lecture notes with my additional written notes), organize them, and make an Anki deck. I know people recommend using premade decks, but because of my weak science background and never taking biochemistry and I do prefer to make my own and making more in-depth cards for my own sake.
- Histology: Same strategy as above for the night before, in lecture, and after the lecture. The only thing I do differently is making "study sheets", "1-2 guides", and charts. Yes, it's extremely time-consuming but the professor is very particular about her words and information. I also do throw this information in Anki as well.
If anyone can drop any kind of tops. But please if you can be as in-depth with your study methods and schedule. I did a lot of research from forums and youtube med students but I'd like for someone to straight-up give their process on how they go about prior, during, and after... anything that worked for you at all.
Even bigger help if anyone is a non-trad, older student, poor undergrad student, etc..
I'm just trying to figure out anything that could work for me.
Thank you!