Memorization prep for Med School.

[Mungoose]

When ever I keep researching about the difficulty of med school, I keep coming up with info that shows that the material in med school is not necessarily difficult, however what's difficult is the overwhelming amount of information to remember.

So, I would like to know how can I develop and improve my memorization ability while I am still in college?

Thanks, Yuriy.

[tegraphile]

I agree, the material is not difficult, but there is a lot of it. Get in the habit in knowing concepts and filling in the details by memorization. I would say that more of medicine has to do with applying a concept to a new situation. Memorization is a secondary skill.

So far, the only straight memorization I've encountered has been with knowing anatomical names. So if you want practice, grab an anatomy book. For things like cell biology, you'll need to know the name of the protein and its function, but if you can relate it to the function of others, then you can make a mental map, which is much better than straight memorization.

[Mungoose]

Thanks for your answer. I feel like all I really need to do is develop this habit of discipline to study. And not be lazy.



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[jameslynton]

Anatomy memory work goes better if you know a bit of Latin. Normally eight passes of your notes and working a good area related q-bank a couple of times really helps.

For the last two years I have been mentoring a group of eight nursing students and five pre-med students in a post bac program. The nursing students had q-banks and notes to help them and were in the top 10% of their class. Previously they were all middle of the road 50th percentile types in danger of failing out.

The Pre-med students who did subject q-banks and MCAT questions related to the subject again were in the top 5% of their class and scored over 32 on the MCAT. None of the pre-meds were science majors prior to the post bac program.

Work+time spent = positive results.