The review books that you are given at falcon consist of powerpoint slides, so it really only takes a 3-4 hours to read them into your tape recorder or other device quickly. Its meant to jog your memory about stuff you already learned in class, not a whole new experience, its for rote memorizition basically. You don't repeat the hours of explaination and examples and anecdotes given by professors. You can then listen to the notes the next day in the early morning or before bedtime or whenever you excercise, etc. You pick up 3-4 hours whenever in spots. I'll be honest, at first I diligently recorded and listened to all my notes but I eventually found that I am not an audio learner, but a visual/reading learner. The key is that I tried out a couple of different methods of studying and didn't quit until I found what worked for me. Other students found re-writing the notes was helpful. My room mate at the time found listening to his own recordings the best method for him. In the end, we both did well on the USMLE, because we were diligent and utilized the ready made structure as a guide to studying. Falcon just gave us ideas and a starting point and a good, easy scaffold to improve our study habits. Hope that helps.
Good luck to you!
~W

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