The first 2 years of medical school are a lot like college - if you study hard and play enough you'll do great. It's not uncommon for students to have plenty of time for other activities. The key in all these cases is discipline - studying in medical school is a JOB. Plan to b...e in class or studying 40-50 hours a week, and you'll succeed. Here are a few tips that will help you:
1-Take advantage of students who've gone before. Track down someone who's a year ahead. They'll tell you which courses are bears, which professors are bores, and how to study for specific tests. Forming a relationship with them is also helpful for subsequen...t years.
2-Have fun. This applies to what you're studying and what you're doing outside of class work. Enjoy what you study - find ways of making studying fun. Get a study group together, make flashcards for pharmacology, work medical crossword puzzles, or do whatever you can to make the material less dry.
3-Equally important, keep active outside of class. Third year of med school isn't the end of your life outside of medicine, but it sure does change your lifestyle. Take advantage of first and second years - get out hiking, play basketball, learn to fence (you know you've always wanted to). The physical activity will be a good break from the books, and you'll come back refreshed and ready to rumble.1- If allowed, get old tests from the course. Exams are often built from a question database.
4- Use on-line tests. There are a lot of practice questions available on the web.
5- Study for the national board exam section. This is great advice, especially if your final exam is the national board.
6- Go to class. The people who rely solely on their notes and their textbooks (this is can be 30 percent or more of the class) fare much worse than the people actually who go to class regularly.
7- Study for the test. The problem here is that there can be so much material for a course, it's easy to lose track of what you need to concentrate on. Remember they'll be testing what's important to medicine. The questions you see on med school exams keep coming back - on national boards, in the wards, and in dealing with patients.
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