Hey, I just started med school and it has been so overwhelming. I failed my first internals and second one is in a month . I have no motivation to study. Could you please help me?
First things first, lemme bring a quote by pop proctor: “ Your past results have absolutely nothing to do with what you're doing right now.”
You gotta deal with your previous exam as an experience not an incidence. Let's try to figure out what you did wrong and what you didn't do completely.
I'd suggest you to sit down and write on a piece of paper all the materials you have to cover for your next exam. This should take about an hour if the materials are too complicated to gather.
Write the titles and go through them. Use highlighters to categorise them . For example; hard= green, easy = pink, med = blue. Start by the hardest topics.
Go to your book and if you can get your hands on past papers or past questions that'd be great, because we need to know what's the most important information you need to focus on the most.
Use YouTube for reference videos. It helps a lot, you can use Osmosis, khan academy or any other channel because videos make information stick better.
After that, write down a few questions regarding that topic and try to answer them by yourself. It's not a big deal if you couldn't answer them all, just put a mark on the spots you are weak at so you can re-revise them later.
And that's on until you are done with all the materials, solve past papers and off you go.
Now what I think is very important for you is to prepare a good, quiet place to study. Environment is very important.
Log out of all social media except the ones you need for help.
This one is very important because we don't have time to waste! You need every minute.
Make a routine that enables you to wake up early, eat healthy food and make a to do list first things in the morning so you have a clear idea of what your day is going to look like.
Food and sleep is as important as studying! Because your brain needs nutritions in order to focus and concentrate.
Pomodoro technique is very helpful. There are many apps that can help you such as ; pomodoro smart timer. There, you can organise your study sessions and breaks.
Breaks are very important to keep up because you need to study for more than 25 days so please avoid burn out.
Best of luck with your exam, dear! Please start as soon as possible and you'll do just fine! Believe in yourself and do your best 🙏🏻❤️
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