For any of you who have had medical training or been to medical school, can you tell me a little bit about the stresses involved and amount of work and studying I should expect in college and in medical school?
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Cannin
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For me personally and because I am 63 it has been a struggle to learn medical terminology. There are a lot of combining forms, suffixes and prefixes to learn that make up a word. In my search on effective ways to study I have come accross many books on how to memorize and have found books on rapid reading. With these suggestions on how to memorize everyday words, events, names and peoples faces it is hard to memorize medical terms. I take it that you are young and more than likely have a good grasp on your study habits you will do good. For me I have not been to school in more years than I want to think about. Whoever came with the saying "use it or loose it" is very true.
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expect to have no social life for a while :) Some people don't have to study that much, I think I am average and I had to study everyday. grades are the most important in that field, A's A's A's. Grades come from tests only, (In most classes) These tests are big. mine would cover a couple chapters at a time. And on average the chapters covered 80 pages. Good luck I don't want to scare you but you should expect what's about to come.
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Med school wont be much of a problem, however, you must get the top grades in college, so that you can attend a US medical school. Once you get there, you are babied into the system by the AMA. I know docs who just barely passed the steps and failed many times during med school, but were still chosen over international medical grads (IMGs) who perfomed unbeliavably well. If you dont get the grades in college, and go to the Caribbean as I did, you will work your butt off. However, you will be better prepared than most of your US-trained counterparts when you get your residency.
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