During my undergraduate time, I felt that if I studied the lecture material presented in class, then I will understand the topic at hand. It does not exactly work like that in medical school. During medical school orientation, one of my advisors made an analogy: studying for medical school is like drinking water from a […]
What I Wish I Would Have Done Differently During 1st and 2nd Year
The number one thing is to focus on LEARNING and NOT memorizing. For the most part, I really did try to do this. But sometimes it gets down to crunch-time the night before an exam and you just have to memorize a bunch of stuff. All of the things that I just memorized the night […]
Study (Break) Tips
I am a firm believer in the whole ‘study smart, not hard’ thing. If you are tired, bored, or just cannot focus, you really aren’t going to retain very much of what you are studying, and this perpetuates burnout. Sometimes not studying can stress people out even more than studying and not being focused. But […]
