Returning after 4 years. Your boy has become a doctor now.

[Ibn Sina]

I find it pretty nostalgic returning to this site. As a medical student I liked reading and discussing in this forum, but later I decided not to be here, as I found arguing with others pretty unproductive and distracting. But still this site reminds me of those days in my past , and there is this feeling of 'good old days'. I see that the Mods have changed and I don't recognize many users here. But glad to know that the site is running as before. It's like I am returning to my old days again. 

Edited January 4 by Ibn Sina

[Rishabh R]

Congratulations 👏

[Ibn Sina]

@Rishabh R Thanks 

[Thought Art]

Congrats!

[OBEler]

Congratulations and welcome back. 

 

Actualized changed for sure but I am visiting this forum too often so you may be recognize more what changed here

Edited January 4 by OBEler

[Ibn Sina]

@OBEler

@Thought Art

Thank you guys. Although I may not be as active as before, this site will forever be associated with my days in Medical school. After college I often found myself relaxing here. The mods may change, the users may be dfferent, but I don't think I will ever stop revisiting here time and again, as this site represents a phase in my life. Its kinda like revisiting school once in a while. 

Edited January 5 by Ibn Sina

[Ramanujan]

@Ibn Sina which is the best technique  for studying

[Carl-Richard]

Haha I don't think we've interacted much as I only started to be more active just before you left. Welcome back though, Doc 

Edited January 5 by Carl-Richard

[Ibn Sina]

@Ramanujan
I think that the best study technique for someone depends on the individual and the type of content be studied. But after doing a lot of research on 
the study methods , if I had to choose just 1 then that would be - Active recall and spaced repetition. There is a book called - Make it stick, you might wanna look into it.  In the book the psychologists do a lots of experiments on various study techniques and showcase their findings. 

So using flashcards like Anki can be a good way. 

But personally I use a lot more study methods suited to my own needs and specially catering to the needs of Medicine.

eg - 

I often use a randomizer.

I randomize thousands of diseases and symptoms and see if I will be able to deal with such a case. 
I keep a file for all medical terminologies. 
I try to differentiate a lot between diseases and terminologies as many diseases are very similar in their presentation so properly 
differentiating between diseases, and what makes each disease unique, is vital. 
For anatomy, it's all about visualizing diagrams and images and only THEN memorizing the theory.  Same goes for any Skin related conditions.
Use Freeplane for Mindmaping and get a big picture thinking . Onenote is also good. 

There are many study methods and softwares that I have employed in various situations and it would take hours to get down to every detail. 
All in all, my method is to to learn based on the content you are studying and what suits you. Discard what is not working for you. 

 

Edited January 5 by Ibn Sina

[Ibn Sina]

@Carl-Richard Thanks  , pleasure to be here.

[Ramanujan]

@Ibn Sina based