Studying Pharm — A Look At My Notes
Written by Jeff W on September 24, 2009 – 9:37 pmPosted in Medical School, My Life | View Comments
“They” say that one way to aid memorization is to use drawings and diagrams (the crazier and more vivid, the better) because the brain more easily remembers spacial relationships that just straight lists. So as I have started this second year of medical school I am studying in a totally different way than I have in the past and using a lot of drawing/diagrams and writing out of my own notes.
Here is what my Pharmacology notes look like. It is the drug list for the autonomic drugs I need to know.
Sorry for the blurry video. I didn’t realize the video was out of focus until after I was done. The Flip Ultra doesn’t do very well this close to an object.
Hopefully I will be able to continue doing this throughout the year. I think it will really help me with the memorizing. If I can push through every day and avoid getting too far behind, I think the chances look good.
Again, sorry for the vid being blurry. If I do this again I’ll film from farther away or use my other camcorder.
Tags: Medical School, notes, pharmacology, studying
September 26th, 2009 at 5:50 pm
hahahahahaha. nice. “me pee pee”. classic and definitely memorable. the very thought of med school slightly horrifies me, but this sucks quite a bit of the air out of it’s intimidating image. thnx.
September 26th, 2009 at 5:52 pm
oh yeah… and if in the next 20 years i get my stuff together and actually get in, i’m lifting this… just saying. =) so don’t you dare delete the vid. =)
best of luck.
September 26th, 2009 at 6:55 pm
Awesome. Inspiring. I watched the whole thing.
September 27th, 2009 at 6:29 am
good info keep it coming
September 29th, 2009 at 1:19 am
Yep, you are so right. Thanks for posting this interesting article.
September 29th, 2009 at 8:26 am
Thank you! You often write very interesting articles. You improved my mood.
September 29th, 2009 at 5:05 pm
Don’t know where else to post this, but I was trying to sign up for your RSS feed and I got a ton of error messages and my computer froze up and I couldn’t join the list. Well, that’s okay, I can always just come back and read it for myself.
October 2nd, 2009 at 7:51 pm
lol.. Nik, i think the drug list I am required to memorize will be different in about 2 years…..
that’s medicine, i guess… constantly progressing (hopefully)