>>11729234Read first aid 2020 version once atleast when you still have some time, just skim over everything. Don’t bother memorizing but take time to grasp the concept on some of the things mentioned.
Label each and every section with those colorful bookmarks so it’s easy to find.
Get a book called Pathoma for all your pathology knowledge. In class, just go over everything you did for the day at the end.. make a summary of everything that you read and what you understood, what you didn’t and what doesn’t enter your head at all despite trying.. have a biweekly meet with your profs atleast to ask about these issues and tips on how to improve.
For microbio- get sketchy and learn about all the bacteria and stuff .. it’s extremely dense but you should be able to grasp it if you went over it in your first year.
Try to avoid whatever new meme book is being hyped, it’s most likely bullshit.. most kids in your class would be trying to learn from 5,6,7 different books, each around 300-500 pages in length, it’s a waste of time and in the end you’ll neither learn anything nor retain anything and only thing you’ll have is fear and anxiety about medicine.
Stick to first aid for deep learning of medicinal concepts (first aid groups different diseases, their symptoms, tests and treatment together- highlight or mark those and try to remember them as a concepts, memorization only takes you so far), Pathoma for pathology, sketchy for micro and Uworld for question bank
Start using uworld after 2-3 months of beginning your semester.. you’ll learn how questions are asked and how you are supposed to think in medicine
Other than that take class notes of important concepts.. or atleast write down stuff your profs emphasize on, its most likely the high yield stuff you gotta know..
Don’t panic, don’t buy into the fear mongering.. stay consistent, you won’t be able to cram everything in your head 3 days before the exam. Good luck
