Advice for first year medical students
Advice for first year medical students
1. Thank you for filling out this questionnaire. Now that you’ve completed the first year of medical school, what advice would you give the incoming MS1s who are about to start this year? You can fill out this survey as many times as you wish, so come back often to share your piece of advice!
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2. What is your Myers-Briggs personality type? Extroverted vs Introverted Sensing vs Intuitive Thinking vs Feeling Judging vs Perceiving Ex. ENFP
Extroverted, Intuitive, Feeling, Perceiving
3. What equipment did you purchase? Eg. stethoscope, sphygmamometer, tuning fork, etc.
Stethoscope Sphygmomanometer Tuning form + reflex hammer (needed later for BMB)
4. What do you wish someone had told you when you first started your first year? What would you do differently if you could do it all over again?
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5. Please comment on each topic below:
Scholarships you applied to – Osher (received)
Managing extracurricular activities and academics – extracurricular is very important! I’ve been involved in Homeless clinic (1-2x /week), Medlink, Medical Humanities, Writing workshops, and various other things that come up
Summer activities – research abroad
6. How did you study for small group? What’s the best way to prepare for small group and to do well in small group?
work through questions as best as you can, but don’t stress too much if there’s a concept you’re stuck on. I thrived on group learning/explanations together.
7. What resources (books, websites, etc) did you use for:
Anatomy – Netter’s, Grants
Physiology – Checked out Bouron and Boulpaep
Pathology – online slides
Histology – ditto path
Biochemistry – college biochemistry notes
Pharmacology – Katzung online
Neurology – Blumenfeld book
Respiratory system – syllabus mostly
Cardiovascular system – syllabus
Gastrointestinal system – syllabus
Muskuloskeletal system – syllabus
Advice for first year medical students
Categorised as: ENFP, Equipment, Extracurricular Activities, Research, Scholarships, Small Group, Studying Anatomy, Studying Histology, Studying Neurology, Studying Pathology, Studying Pharmacology, Studying Physiology