My Comprehensive Guide on How To Study | Study Tips from a Med School Student

[@7vkat277]

1.Time management (weekly scedule ,block of classes sleeping and other times and manage time according) 2. Participate and question ur lecturer 3. The perfect study space( know what works best for you and switch places if required) 4. Avoid cramming.. study daily and do lot of questions 5. Get plenty of sleep before exams and stay on top of ur study material and dont be an all nighter

[@janeandjady]

Great tips jamie! I definitely agree with making sure not to fall behind

[@xshreyasi]

Day 1 of Med school starts tomorrow for me !! Thank the med gods, I checked my sub box before going to sleep. 🙌🏽

[@TheStrivetoFit]

Good luck!

[@AbhinavPReddy-sl6zf]

Tu tu congrats! its gonna be a wonderful journey. i am a med student too. can I have your contact number. cheers!

[@treepjet]

Abhinav P. Reddy lmao wtf. Brah you serious? You definitely must be from India sala tharki

[@AbhinavPReddy-sl6zf]

treepjet nee abba raa, lanja ko

[@Courtneykoon]

Tu tu How's it going? ☺

[@SmileyEssie]

the editing and style of your videos never cease to amaze me i love it sm! ☺️💓

[@itsMirandaGarcia]

Your videos are always so helpful, so can't wait to watch!

[@nafstudies8648]

Miranda Garcia ikr they always are #goals 👍🏻

[@TheStrivetoFit]

Thanks :D

[@kltt3]

I really want to thank you for making these. I hit a rough patch in school and this really helped.

[@LibertangoBaila]

Jamie, you're a huge inspiration to me. It feels amazing to have someone you can look up to. Thank you for that. That video was really helpful. You will be a fantastic doctor. I'm sure about it. Take care of yourself

[@TheStrivetoFit]

aww thank you

[@batmanwearsscrubs]

I've been struggling with setting up a proper studying technique while balancing jobs and research. As such, this video has been super helpful :D

[@alacebalatico4968]

thanks Jamie! you really are a big help to us med students!

[@luanhocong5892]

I'm a Vietnamese people and third medical student in Hue university medicine and phamacy. I have been known you for 3 weeks ago. I really like your videos.

[@merhoumrayane3400]

i swear to god you're a life saver!! your videos have been pushing forward this last month (exam month in my college) ; I would have given up if it wasn't for you, god bless you

[@perspectivelee]

love my lazy saturdays, and this is the perfect end to the day

[@mlb3672]

Starting my career in medicine this Monday and I'm supper exited, but a little bit nervous. Thanks for making this video I found it really helpful ❤️

[@TheStrivetoFit]

good luck!

[@TheRabidbunnies]

Starting med school this august, and gotta say recently most of my studying was done with your background music playing and it's been great haha

[@sostoked07]

Second semester is just starting, thank you for this! :)

[@abulmasroor8352]

Study tips for anatomy pls. it would be so helpful!😌

[@oliviaclifton704]

A lot of my content can't really be studied for as a Creative Writing major, but I still love watching your videos. I have one or two classes outside of CRW right now, and I'll be applying your tips to those materials.

[@marianna6799]

I've been waiting all day for this video!! also, i really love your new channel, i've been so productive thanks to the study with me videos and watching them when i study has basically become a habit😊 thanks for sharing your tips, they are so very helpful! Kisses from Italy xx 💖

[@TheAlgodaoRosa]

I've been waiting for this all week. I really like your videos, such good content xx

[@quirkemovez]

Thanks for taking the time to provide useful captions!

[@sophiex635]

thanks for the tips, it reminded me on what I need to focus on. time to organize!

[@DrWendy]

I am guilty of chronic procrastination :p

[@vidya1073]

me too!!

[@yjwu9535]

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[@tamaraj4200]

Yep me too

[@gtelle8579]

Can you do a video on how to teach yourself because I have to take this bio class and most students say you have to teach yourself basically.

[@ameryrose143]

Tana Boza +TheStriveToFit please do a self teaching video! Maybe include online classes with the topic?

[@nafstudies8648]

Tana Boza yes that would be good I feel like that with my current class

[@gtelle8579]

I though khanacademy was mostly used in high school. I need to teach myself college bio lol

[@Peoplehatethetruth]

Tana Boza it's helpful. A lot of medical students I know use it. So just try it. Also use the materials you are assigned. Real class material and take notes before class (basically don't wait until in class to be taught the material), read ahead, have a general understanding and use class for further questions or more so review/extra info. Good luck, you will be fine!

[@trollmeister3565]

get used to it. especially if you want to go to grad school.

[@rara27]

Thank you!! My spirit is still on vacation mode so I am 2 weeks behind my readings (yes, i am lazy :x) This got me motivated. Will definitely catch up.

[@christydalgaard]

Love your new study-with-me channel

[@TheStrivetoFit]

Thanks :D

[@lovelylivie14]

Currently binging all of your videos. I'm in Medical Assisting right now but I always like to know my options for furthering my education. I graduate this May (woohoo) and your videos are motivating me to make this last semester the best it can be! Thanks!!

[@TheStrivetoFit]

You're almost done!! Good luck with your last semester 😃📚✏️

[@antidote775]

I liked this before even watching 🙈🍉 love you, Jamie! 💗

[@summerbreeze7046]

i get soooo excited when i see that you posted a new video :*

[@alliea2063]

Where have you been 😭 FINALLY FOUND YOUR AMAZING CHANNEL 😭💜💜 thank you for your tips!!! SUBSCRIBED!

[@kameslily]

Absolutely Absolutely love this! Thank you so much! BTW can you do a video on how to avoid getting distracted especially by youtube? xoxoxo

[@jumanafathima8853]

This was as usual a fantastic video! Thanks ❤️ I look forward to watching your videos every week!

[@albertgiang7084]

This is much needed to start my day off. Thanks for the tips!

[@lajohnla]

Omg I read the same book but was confused about the title since my book has the other cover ! So happy idk why ! Great advice love your videos as always and keep up the amazing content even with your busy schedule! Much appreciated

[@ThatMedic]

make sure to check out my medical elective vlogs from cape town! stabbings, gunshots etc!

[@CYing21K]

Thanks for making this with relation to college students and not just high school students :)

[@catherinegreene7173]

Thanks for the awesome tips! Wishing you and everyone else a great semester! #Riseandgrind

[@shining359]

Hi Jamie, i'm a med student too. After all the lectures of a subject, i have 300-400 pages of notes (in docx and pdf with the pictures of the slides resized). Usually i plan the study in 3 phases and i split the notes in bocks of 30 pages. I study one block per day. After 10-12 days i finish the notes and the phase 1 is completed. Then the phase 2 starts and i repeat all the blocks in 10 days (1 a day). After that, the phase 3 starts in which i review all the block and it ends after 5-10 days. So in 30 days i'm ready for the exam. Often i get very good grades but i think that this method is too long. Do you have any advice? how do you plan the study of 300-400 pages of notes?

[@artemismoon1606]

Take all of those pages and start to condense them. Summarize a couple sentences into 1, do bullet points which take up less space, don't use complete sentences because it only makes it longer. Then divide the pages into 3 sections and read through them, not thoroughly though because you should remember this stuff more now that you have condensed it and then quiz yourself or have somebody quiz you. Or you could also take your condensed notes and get up an hour or two earlier, go to the library, find a table that you can sit at every morning, turn your phone down and start studying those notes. Find a study buddy who is preferably smart, hardworking and it will be easier to help you study and understand things more. Hope this helps. Also, if you condense your notes as you take them, that helps a lot too.

[@annied3786]

instead of reviewing the notes in phase two, I think you should make flash cards based on the info & then for phase 3, quiz yourself on relevant topics using the flash cards

[@poppychen13]

It’s really innovative how you compare study to full time job, which means 35-40 hours a week. Helpful video!

[@charithab2027]

this video is very helpful !! I'm going to make a weekly schedule now. I'm part of so many organizations and I have an on- campus job ... so I find it hard to study. This schedule should help with that :D Thank you

[@Liuhuayue]

Good general tips, but I'm really looking for how to handle the review portion- flashcards vs. study sheet vs. something else.

[@mahrezmahfoudhi5733]

Keep up Really inspiring channel to watch❤️😍

[@appledumpling2277]

This was very helpful! Do you have a video about preparing for exams / making and exam schedule for STEM classes? If not could you please make one in the future

[@jonaslover8246]

hey Jamie. can you make a video about studying for step 1 like how much time needs to be dedicated or any methods of approach or any other tip you might have ? that would be really helpful !

[@TheStrivetoFit]

I talk about it in this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Zp_af6dqatCFgqMm21s

[@cathyallen5629]

Love watching your videos!

[@Abdikarim-Ilkacase]

Thank you very much! As usual, it's helpful video.

[@mumtazkhan3576]

You are my motivation for studying , love you

[@mararz6419]

thankkk youuuu you saved my life literally

[@artemismoon1606]

the key to understanding it enough to be able to memorize (because memorization is based also on understanding) is to relate it to real life. For example, if something in the leg sounds like your favorite coffee or food, etc then think of that. Also, point out where bones and muscles would be on yourself and that will help your mind be able to process it easier. The same with organs and all that stuff. Point it out. Buy a skeleton and point it out on the skeleton. Hope this helps

[@kadiansenoj1849]

Thank you, just the motivation I needed

[@OneTwo-zu5jc]

I just wanna mention that im a fan of yours 😍you're amazing I wish i can focus as much as you,im a first year medstudent and i can't sit for more than 1h straight

[@kayleechoi5070]

Hey,Jamie! I know this is such a random question but where are your glasses from?I love'em! xo P.S I love all your videos. They're all amazing!

[@TheStrivetoFit]

Hey Kaylee! I updated the description box to include the links to my glasses. Hope this helps :)

[@07SoccerChick07]

could you do a video on what you used or recommend using when studying for the MCAT

[@Matamoroscamila]

I really needed this thank you! I'll be a freshman and my major is Speech language pathologist but if everything goes absolutely well on my first year of uni I'll try to change to medicine 💕 but I don't know maybe I'll love SLP

[@isabellacorelone3550]

study tips my fav video xxz

[@nafstudies8648]

Emm Garcia we all love them !! I insist on more 😊

[@cattuluschannel8527]

Love your videos! Btw, I noticed your highlighter pens in your previous video, I was wondering where you got them from?

[@shwxmb]

Such an awesome guide!

[@sofiasyed9973]

Hey Jamie! i've recently started following you. I am a dentistry student so your videos are quite relatable and thoroughly insightful! Keep up the good work! I have a question: what works best, studying at night or in the day time? I have read multiple articles stating one thing or the other and as i have a tendency to relate everything to science, it can get overwhelming at times. Whats your take on this?

[@Evelynscloset389]

Thank you so. much for sharing your advise tips it was very helpful. Let me know any new update videos. You are awesome!! :)

[@marguerite5962]

questions questions and sleeep that's it thanks for your advice

[@sariobeid8693]

Can you make a video where you tell us how to make a study schedule

[@PatrickMShaw]

You're amazing, thanks!

[@pelumidaniel734]

How do you get your video aesthetic. So chill. I need to know!

[@MedicEne]

Thank you very much for this video!

[@khoy1652]

Haha every doctor I meet recommends that book, and I'm finally starting to read it!

[@heavythinker16]

Having a problem with staying on top of things!

[@nicole-rb4iw]

heavythinker16 ME 2, keep going bby :)

[@artemismoon1606]

Plan it out, write down what absolutely has to be done today and what you have a little more time on. Focus on what absolutely needs to be done and then focus on what you have a little more time on. For example, focus more on a paper that is due tomorrow vs a paper that is due the day after that. It definitely helps a lot once you do this. Hope it helps you!

[@elisasardesalon7242]

THIS IS GREAT THANK YOU VERY MUCH In my university ALL THE CLASSES ARE MANDATORY!!! AND NONE OF THE LESSONS ARE RECORDED :(

[@PringleandCheese]

Can you do a video on how you studied pharmacology please?

[@RachelHannah363]

Thank you!!!!!!!!!! so helpful!

[@lianiadvincula9628]

Hi! I'm from the Philippines, and in our school our content outline is given just a week before the exams. How do I find time to review while at the same do the given homework for that specific day? (I get to go home at 6pm and have to wake up at 4am, so I don't really know what to do anymore loll) Thanks!

[@rosegold.sunset4749]

thanks for this!

[@MrsBartha]

Hi! Can you tell me which type of exams you take in med school? Oral exams or tests? Here in my country we have a different learning system, after high school we go in med school for 6 years ( the first 3 years pre-clinical courses, after that clinical courses but we don't have exams like USMLE) and every exam (anatomy, pathology, internal medicine etc) consists of 3 parts: test, practical exam and oral exam. I love your videos, thank you! Wish you the best!

[@krishnanclips]

These are evidence-based tips. Most apply for medical students but modify them for general studies. 1. Study smart, not long. 2. Use Feynman System of studying and Cornell System of Note-taking. Paste colour labels on side of 200-page notebooks for each subject, such as anatomy, biochemistry, physiology so that you can stack all of them together easily; list contents on cover, make one-line key words for each chapter on separate coloured sheet subjectwise. At end of of medical school, for instance, you will have only 20-25 sheets for entire period of study for quick revision. Load them on ANKI too. 3. List all topics the professor will cover in a subject that year in Google Spreadsheet or Excel. Mark them in various colours as you finish them, first review, second review, third review... Before exams, each time you recall the points in the topic--studying your book does not qualify for this-enter date in col 1. The next time you re-read it, mark in col 2. Third time in col 3. Colour code these dates as how well you recalled-easy (green), medium (orange), hard (red) to get instant picture of your weak areas. Concentrate on the difficult ones. Skip the easy ones. 4. Focus on high-yield material and books. (For medicine, four types of books: Reference books for further study, Standard books for daily studies, Review books for exams, and Question Bank or MCQs. Use just one study book and one question bank). Concentrate first on what your professors teach. They have read all the important books and their questions will be from the material they teach. If the prof says "this is important", pay attention! Attend all classes and especially practicals. 5. Use mnemonics, vulgar sentences & images to improve recall. Doctors remembered the vulgar cranial nerve mnemonic even after 30-40 years! 6. Use mental and physical pictures, mind maps, memory palaces, nyaasa technique of memorisation. Ancient Greeks, Romans and Indians memorised large texts this way for centuries. 7. Use cartoons (Picmonic and Sketchy Medicine). The more bizarre the better. 8. Sing medical songs or set to popular tunes, chants, slokas (many medical songs on youtube). Ancient cultures transmitted information orally through chanting. If you want to remember something really well, write down key points and read it 15 times just before going to bed and 15 times within first five minutes of waking up. 9. Google the topic “punch words”, which differ for each subject. These 10-15 punch words for each subject are high-yield and all questions are set on these. Example: You can't complete Harrison's Medicine in your entire life. But in electronic form, if you Google "the drug of choice", it will list 200 of them. Do it with all subjects. Punch words for anatomy are different from punch words for physiology. Make ANKI decks of punch words too. Revise them daily. 10. Use Pomodoro technique to study. Buy small alarm clock, not phone alarm. Study in 25-min blocks, then do anything else for five minutes. Do it again. After two hours, take a 30-min break. Reward yourself. Try to study with a friend or two (not more than four people in the group). Always get 7-9 hours of sleep daily. Try to sleep by 10 pm and wake up at 5 (no wonder military institutions worldwide do that). Immediately study for an hour, then exercise vigorously. There is more ATP in the morning and by the end of the day more adenosine. More ATP = better studies. Sleep and it helps convert it back to ATP. Most medical students stay awake all night, sleep for 4-5 hours, wake up 15 min before class and run there unbathed! 11. Watch videos on subject previous night, review in morning, scan textbook’s chapter heads, subheads and bold-type points, pictures, tables, and, most important, the questions at back of chapter, then attend lecture. At home read text book and Q bank. 12. Spaced repetition. Read, then re-read next day. Use ANKI free software. Many readymade decks are available for each subject but it is better to make your own decks. Put sticky notes (also called Post-It Notes) above your desk for every topic. Scan them for 15 min daily. By the end of the year, you would have seen them hundreds of times,sometimes while doing other tasks. Unlike ANKI, it jumps at you any time you stand there or walk by. 13. Practice-testing yourself is a great technique, research shows. Instead of writing point-wise summary of the lesson, make questions to cover the topic. practice active recall: Do not open your textbook or notebook after listening to a lecture. Instead, make notes by recalling as much as possible. Check the textbook and list in another colour all the points you forgot. Focus on them repeatedly by adding it to Anki. Most students think reading books or class notes is studying. Reading a lesson is only passive recognition. It is useless. Instead, focus on active recall and spaced repetition. Recall the points in the topic. 14.That is why teaching it to someone without using notes is the best form of active recall. Else, stand (don't sit) and lecture to empty room. Use drawings, write points on blackboard/whiteboard and especially gestures improve recall. Keep a whiteboard in your room. Try to dramatise the situation. Can you make a skit of the topic? Like an action potential running down the stairs, ion channels consisting of students opening or closing! 15. Use ANKI app (free) to test yourself DAILY, even while walking to class or while waiting for next patient (you can scan two cards in 10 seconds). Make decks with fill-in-the-blanks cards, add illustrations, cartoons in “extra” col. Make coloured decks of “must know” “desirable to know”. Revise “Must Know” more often, based on school syllabus that professors will give you in detail. Try to practise as many past question papers as possible, even several times. Focus on learning the concepts rather than memorising things. 16. Make most notes with pictures rather than words as more exams are increasingly photo-based. Download pictures in Anki. The more you draw, the more you will rember. Spanish neuroscientist Santiago Ramon y Cajal drew complex neurons from memory (Google his drawings). 17. If studying five or six topics in one session, don't study one after the other. Do topic 1&2, then test yourself by recalling topic 1. After studying topic 3, test on topic two. Do same with the rest. 18. While studying several subjects at night, jump from one subject to another and come back to any of them at any point rather than doing it sequentially. Example anatomy, physio and biochemistry. Don’t study one by one. Study a little in each and come back to do other chapters in each. 19. At the end of the day, write out plan for tomorrow. 20. Before sleeping, mentally review what did you studied today. 21. Studying daily for one hour over a week is better than studying the whole thing in seven hours in one day. Just before exams, sleep rather than study. If you study without sleeping, you will not remember what you studied. During exams, stop every 30 minutes and take three breaths of 4 sec inhalation, 7-sec hold and 8-sec exhalation. Sure, you could have answered a few questions in those 57 seconds but did you get them right? Doing this exercise will boost oxygen level and make you more alert to tackle the other questions correctly. 22. Focus on quantity of topics recalled than quality. 23. Concentrate on studying and recalling areas you are poor in rather than re-reading stuff you are good at in the "revision period" before exams. Read the red chapters more than the green ones (which you know already). Do 10-year test papers, if possible repeatedly, under test conditions. 24. Spend maximum time in practicals and clinics. Really try to do as much dissection as possible. After a few months, most students are watching their phones and not dissecting. That is your chance. Seize the opportunity. Volunteer as much as possible to dissect. Only those who do become good surgeons. 25. Watch videos of candidates who stood first in various medical exams and learn from them. 26. Spend weekends and holidays and whenever possible helping and meeting people and listening to their stories in cancer wards, old-age homes, schools for children with special needs, work with physically and mentally handicapped people. Be empathetic. Never be arrogant. Everyone is a teacher. Nurses have a lot of experience as they spend more time with patients unlike doctors. Ask them for suggestions. Learn from them. Be extra courteous to nurses. Ask seniors and professors for tips. Ask them about their interesting cases. Talk to a lot of people. Listen to patients without interrupting them or getting impatient. If you listen long enough, you will know the case correctly. Let them talk without interruption. 27. Don't focus on money in life. Don't be greedy and seek commissions or do unethical things even if others are doing it. Prescribe cheaper drugs. Read inspirational articles about doctors who went out of the way to serve people, often getting no money. 28. Really focus on improving your handwriting. Nearly every doctor has terrible handwriting! Many drugs have similar names with only one letter different. 29. Sleep early and for 6-8 hours daily. Exercise vigorously. Do pranayama & meditation. Write a daily journal (list three things you are grateful for). Study Mon-Sat like hell and totally enjoy on Sundays. Go crazy on Sundays and really have a good time. Indulge in your hobbies.

[@carmilamaytaping1565]

happy jaime day!!!!!!!🎉🎊

[@oliviagracella94]

thank u soooo much for the videos💛

[@pchavez6938]

Hello there! Can you try making a video where you help those in college create a study space within their own room? I don't have an office or much space within my home so my room is all I have, yet I can not stay focused. Please help! Thank you! :)

[@napoiskafarming669]

tomorrow is finals and I'm watching this when I have 3 chapters left 😔

[@cristinascripcaru1544]

Waleed Muhaned Suham Good luck!

[@nafstudies8648]

Waleed Muhaned Suham same I have exam on Monday and I am watching this but have a bit to go through yet By the way good luck !!

[@TheStrivetoFit]

good luck on your exam!

[@animesearch32]

Wow, your dp (emiya shirou) is what attracted me hahagahaha

[@jessaanndelacruz7638]

hi. When I study i often end really late since i have classes that end late and when i attend lectures the following day i drift or fall asleep.. how can i improve this?

[@_biomacromolecules7782]

yayy new video!! :D

[@genesisfernandez1339]

super helpful vid:)

[@1davidro]

Great video, looking lovely.

[@shasnak879]

really helpful..👍

[@polinakrasnopolskaya9859]

You made it sound like you only have one major exam at a time. What about having like 6-7 big tests, just like high school had? Is that a thing in college?

[@siwar1844]

miss your videos

[@Shunt_Park]

Full Time Job: 35~40 hours a Week. Part Time Job: 15~20 hours a Week

[@evepolanski7114]

Hey, I tried clicking on the audible link in your description but I got an error from the website. You should check it out! Have a great day!

[@TheStrivetoFit]

Thanks for letting me know! It should work now :)

[@evepolanski7114]

Yay! It works now. Thank you!

[@mia654cooliscute]

greate video!

[@r.m5883]

When breath becomes air

[@SuperHtownswag]

jamie lee

[@michaellewis5218]

When not working / or taking a more leisurely approach to getting shifts is not an option. :(

[@9ACP]

I know this has nothing to do with the video, but do you sleep and shower with your Withings watch everyday? I have one and still don't know if I can shower with it everyday 😊

[@bernadettecabrera282]

Lol not gonna lie... by watching this video, I'm actually procrastinating on my work.. #Howironic 😂

[@Mini-w6t3u]

Do you mostly study at home or at the library?

[@Mct2424]

Where did you go to undergrad?

[@AnnaaDaniellee]

I don't know if you have a job or not, but how do you manage your schooling and your job together

[@aurenfaie00]

AnnaaDaniellee She is a full time medical student. That is different from being in a residency program where you have to work and study at the same time.

[@VicMarie26]

I'm working full-time and I just can't keep up. I keep trying and there just isn't enough time.

[@mohammadkammar7355]

How much does the residency program costs for international students?

[@aurenfaie00]

I don't think you need to pay for residency program. just pass your usmle with good scores.

[@mohammadkammar7355]

I will study medicine outside America, I will come to finish my internship in America.

[@aurenfaie00]

Mohammad Kammar Very well, USMLE step 1 is your passport to America. Good luck!

[@mohammadkammar7355]

Thank you

[@abeeraaslam6414]

Study tip: just study study study study all the damn time😂

[@tofaelahmed6816]

I love you❤

[@Hrithiktvstudio05]

What Med School you go to?

[@samanthahowells6113]

when you watch study tip videos in order to procrastinate so you don't have to study

[@chempanda6388]

nursing school can't skip class :P but good tips though!