Category Archives: Studying

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Clerkship Pearls – Introduction

September 11, 2011   medaholic   2 Comments

Starting this week, I’m going to start a short series of posts of clerkship tips and advice. It won’t be anything too ground breaking but instead be a collection of advice I have gotten in this past year that has really helped me in all my rotations. With a brand

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What should you do the Summer Before Starting Medical School

June 18, 2011   medaholic   3 Comments

Dear Medaholic, I am starting medical school this fall and was wondering what advice you could give me on how to best prepare for medical school? Sincerely, Medical Student (Year 0, Class of 20XX) How Can You Best Prepare for Medical School? I have previously written that Nothing Can Prepare

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Top 10 iPhone Apps Every Medical Student Must Have

June 03, 2011   medaholic   7 Comments

If there’s one medical tool I use all the time when I’m on the wards, it’s my iPhone. In fact, from personal experience, over 80-90% of my classmates, residents and staff physicians use an iPhone or iPod Touch. The reason why the iPhone is so popular is because it’s got

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Premed Exploitation

April 17, 2011   medaholic   13 Comments

Inspired by the incredible amount of students lining up outside the science library this morning (A Sunday!) as they waited for the library doors to open. It’s been a while since I have been a pre-med, almost three years to the date. It’s strange how fast you forget sometimes. Looking

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Learning to Learn in Med School

December 31, 2009   medaholic   2 Comments

Learning in medical school is quite different from learning in a undergraduate setting. The concepts of medicine themselves aren’t that hard to grasp or different from the biochemistry, physiology and general biology in a typical premed course. Simply put, each individual concept in medicine is easy to understand; connecting all

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5 Simple Tips to Start Off the School Year Right

August 26, 2009   medaholic   No comments

Whether you are just starting university or just beginning medical school, there are simple things every student can do to ensure their school year gets off on the right foot. Most of this advice is generic and old, but despite how many times you have heard it before in the

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How to Self Study For the MCAT

October 06, 2008   medaholic   59 Comments

Can You Study for the MCAT by Yourself? – Have you ever thought taking an MCAT prep course offered by Kaplan or The Princeton Review (TPR) totally unnecessary? Not only are they expensive, they are also time consuming, inflexible and may not be the best option out there for you.

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