Sunday, January 16, 2011

recall bias: how to succeed during 1st and 2nd year

The first and second year of medical school is basically BRUTE MEMORIZATION and some thinking. I found the most effective/simplest way to succeed was by just going through the materials 4 times before the exams.

ie

#1) Read lecture notes/syllabus before lecture
#2) Go to lecture, take notes
#3) Read other source material after lecture (ie Harrison's, First Aid)
#4) Review notes before exam

If you make ppt flashcards (really useful for histo), it's more time-effective to split the work between a group of friends.

The above is simple and easy to apply to Anatomy, Histo, etc but still hard to do with only 24 hours in a day. But we all knew that.

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