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February 23, 2010

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!

You don’t have to buy any textbooks because syllabus is sufficient. You also don’t have to print slides for each lectures because you can take notes directly on your syllabus in lecture. Prepare for small group sessions. Try to understand each lecture content as the class progresses and be sure to go over every objective for each lecture before test dates.

2. What is your Myers-Briggs personality type? Extroverted vs Introverted Sensing vs Intuitive Thinking vs Feeling Judging vs Perceiving Ex. ENFP

ESTJ

3. What equipment did you purchase? Eg. stethoscope, sphygmamometer, tuning fork, etc.

Stethoscope. Borrowed every other equipment.

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?

That online assessments exist for lectures topics that are organized by weeks.

5. Please comment on each topic below:

Research in medical school – Talked to advisory college advisor and upperclassmen.

Summer activities – Talked to advisory college advisor and upperclassmen.

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?

Go over relevant lectures for topics and look up information online on not-so-clear topics.

7. What resources (books, websites, etc) did you use for:

Anatomy – Netters and Anatomy DVD

Neurology – Clinical Neuroanatomy book (borrowed) for brainstem lecture

Advice for first year medical students

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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!

Try to keep balance in your life. Don’t overload yourself on electives. Try to build some time into your schedule every day that is just for you to relax, watch TV, read a book for fun, etc.

2. What is your Myers-Briggs personality type? Extroverted vs Introverted Sensing vs Intuitive Thinking vs Feeling Judging vs Perceiving Ex. ENFP

EIFJ

3. What equipment did you purchase? Eg. stethoscope, sphygmamometer, tuning fork, etc.

Stethoscope Sphygmamonometer (the cheapest kind, mostly for practice) Tuning fork (need it for B&B) Reflex hammer (need it for B&B) Opthalmascope/Otoscope (you definitely don’t need to buy one of these, but its nice for practice.)

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?

Don’t feel pressured to change your learning/studying style. (i.e. If you never liked making flashcards in the past, you don’t need to start using them now!) Stick with the routine and techniques that got you here!

5. Please comment on each topic below:

Whom to go to if you need help – MSP teachers (second year med students), your big sib, your College Advisor, Dean Loeser

Managing extracurricular activities and academics – Don’t sign up for TOO many electives. 1-2 per quarter is plenty.

Research in medical school – Good for the summer, but I think doing research while in class would be very hard.

Summer activities – Going abroad is great, as is the Curriculum Ambassador program. Build in some time when you can totally relax too.

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 the questions in advance. If you get really stuck, there’s no need to obsess over it — your questions will be answered during the small group.

7. What resources (books, websites, etc) did you use for:

Anatomy – Netter’s, Syllabus

Physiology – Syllabus

Pathology – Syllabus, online modules

Histology – Syllabus, online slides

Biochemistry – Syllabus

Pharmacology – Syllabus

Neurology – Blumenfeld (get this book!), Syllabus

Respiratory system – Syllabus

Cardiovascular system – Syllabus

Gastrointestinal system – Syllabus

Muskuloskeletal system – Syllabus, Netter’s

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February 22, 2010

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!

Enjoy.

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?

No Response

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

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Advice for first year medical students

Advice for first year medical students

UCSF medical student survey

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!

STUDY! you are used to having to work for good grades, and most of you are used to being at the top of your class… you will soon find that it gets easier to slack off because your grades no longer matter, and you’ll find that lecture is optional… however, be aware that there are consequences, but you wont realize it until you start to study for boards and you don’t know the information as well or as deeply as you should… so even if you think you can pass the exams without a problem, keep it in the back of your head that you are going to have to remember this information for the boards…

2. What is your Myers-Briggs personality type? Extroverted vs Introverted Sensing vs Intuitive Thinking vs Feeling Judging vs Perceiving Ex. ENFP

EITP

3. What equipment did you purchase? Eg. stethoscope, sphygmamometer, tuning fork, etc.

stethoscope, tuning fork and reflex hammer

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?

to get involved early on, to keep my life balanced, to keep my notes/studying organized to make it easier when it came time for boards, begin boards prep earlier than the school tells you… go to student well being if you are getting frustrated or down or just need someone to talk to…

5. Please comment on each topic below:

Scholarships you applied to – none

Whom to go to if you need help – find a teacher you connnect with or a student in the class above you

Managing extracurricular activities and academics – you need to find time to have fun or you’ll go crazy! don’t neglect the people in your life outside of school

Research in medical school – sucks, but you are going to need to do it, so think of something early on so you have plenty of time to work on it

Summer activities – do something you’ll enjoy, you only get one summer so make it a good one, travel, research, study, relax… just be sure you do something that when you look back you are glad you did it

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?

be prepared, its easy to go in without any preparation, but you will get more out of it if you have been to the lecture and done the reading and at least read through the questions… the best way to survive is to be willing to talk, even if you are wrong or not sure… it will help you when you are on the wards and asked questions or have to give presentations… this is a safe place to start learning those skills

7. What resources (books, websites, etc) did you use for:

Anatomy – got netters and never opened it, just went to the lab

Physiology – used syllabus and a boards review book

Pathology – went to lab

Histology – went to lab

Biochemistry – syllabus

Pharmacology – syllabus

Neurology – syllabus, borrowed the text book from the library

Respiratory system – syllabus

Cardiovascular system – syllabus

Gastrointestinal system – syllabus

Muskuloskeletal system – syllabus

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