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How do I study for MedST?How the course is structured for 1st year? 3 Main Modules: ● FAB ● MIMS ● HOM 3 Smaller Modules: ● PfP ● SECHI ● FeBPFAB What is it? ● Cambridge’s fancy term for Anatomy ● Main topics learnt over the year: Upper Limb, Neck and Thorax, Abdomen and Pelvis, Lower Limb (i.e all of the body apart from head and neck anatomy!) ● Involves mainly self-directed learning through the dissection manual, facilitated with lectures, dissection room sessions (with full body dissection!), clinical anatomy zooms and supervisionsFAB Resources ● Dissection manual - the material in this is what the exam will be based upon so, it’s important to definitely use this as a guide for what you should learn ○ Supplemented this with an atlas (book of anatomical diagrams) - e.g. Gray’s Atlas or Netter’s Atlas (don’t buy these yourselves, check your libraries for them and ask them to loan it out if not) ○ Clinical information at end is really good for essays and expanded in clinical zooms ● Kenhub/Teach me anatomy ● Acland’s anatomy videos ● Netter’s anatomy colouring books Try out these various resources in the first couple of weeks and see what works for you - everyone works in different ways! As it’s self-directed and doesn’t have as much structure to it as the other modules, it can be challenging to work out how to learn at first but don’t worry, it gets easier with time, I promise!!HOM What is it? ● Physiology ● Topics covered; homeostasis, membrane transport, intercellular communication, muscle activation, cardiovascular physiology, heart and circulation, respiration, renal physiology, digestion, endocrine, thermoregulation, blood and lymph ● Clinical side is very interesting ● Practicals correspond to what you are learning so useful to see the applications of your lecture contentHOM How to study HOM? ● Diagrams (e.g. flowcharts, tables) are very useful as there are many processes. There are also many graphs you will need to be able to recognise and explain ● Quizlet/flashcards for equations ● Make good use of the practicals and their debrief sheets ● Take your time to understand electrical circuits ● Make sure you revise lecture content so that you can apply it to questions and see what you do not understand ● Essay plans are super useful to test you understand how it all linksMIMS What is MIMS? Biochemistry; you’ll cover a wide range of mechanisms and processes on a subcellular level. There’s lots of ‘therefore… therefore… therefore…’ learning Good if you like to think- especially in the essays and practical papers It covers a range of topics including metabolism, cell communication and the cell cycle to name a few.MIMS How is it examined? ● Essay ○ Think about the bigger picture ● Practical paper ○ Focus later on ○ Very low average mark- everything is a bonus ● MCQs ○ They repeat questions ○ Do past papers to get the gistMIMS MCQs ● How to study now: ○ Try to understand it as that’s one of the best ways to learn MIMS, but don’t miss out on those regular flashcards, if you can. ○ Look over past papers every now and then to keep track of how they’ll assess you but don’t use them up, more recent are better. ○ Ask supervisors for 5Q quizzes every week or so if you can ● How to study close to the exam: ○ Past papers are key here ○ Not only do they repeat questions, they ask you specific things in a specific way- try to get on their wavelength.MIMS Essay ● Practice, practice, practice ○ The more you do, the less you’ll be in your head ○ They don’t have to be perfect, they have to be done ○ Sometimes you sacrifice that las extra 5% to get it done so you can move onto other things ○ The more used to it you are, the less you’ll procrastinate it ○ Go over past essay corrections- go over marking and correct parts, rewrite essay plans to build confidence ■ Your second attempt will always be better than your first ● Think bigger ○ Enjoy this- its a very small scale course, think about large scales if you want to impress. What are the faults of these processes? Why has this evolved to this? ● Close to the exam ○ Trust yourself, write essay plans and swap with others to gain ideas and understandingMIMS Practical ● Don’t worry about it now- there’s a reason you don’t know a lot about it: ○ Makes you think, do past papers to work out how ○ No official mark scheme! Talk to supervisors, talk it through with fellow medics- the more you discuss it, think it through the better. ○ Based-ish on normal practicals ○ Here, discussion and practice in that way of teaching is keySECHI - one lecture a week - relies more on your own research and efforts to learn studies, laws and other things that you can reference in essays - Make own bank of references using the articles on Moodle/ own research THIS EXAM ISN’T GRADED, IT’S JUST PASS OR FAIL!!! So, don’t put your heart into getting 90% in this exam, there’s no point! This won’t give you any edge over someone who just scraped a pass (50%) because both of you will have ‘pass’ next to your name! - You will have supervisions arranged by the SCHI organisers, not by the college. - You will have 3 in Michaelmas and 3 in Lent. - This can be useful for getting essays marked so that you can see what you need to do to pass. Again, you just need The Exam (Taken in March) CONTRIBUTES TO THE 2ND MB SO MUST BE PASSED. NO TRIPOS CONTRIBUTION. - 90-minute exam, with 2 essays to write. - One must be from Section A (general question, reflecting on your experience with this course) and one from Section B (more conceptual, so to do with abortion/euthanasia/labelling/ethics etc). - important that you have names/studies/definitions to include in your essays.SECHI What constitutes a good essay - how can I pass well? Examiners will be expecting students to: • show good organisation and planning of the essay • answer the question, not simply write everything you know about the topic; • draw on social science research evidence to support claims • draw on examples from patient contacts or materials relaying patient experiences • give examples that are well thought-out and that help to illustrate the points made; • make appropriate reference to current health-related topics; • show evidence of reading beyond lecture notesSECHI Why do people fail? Students generally fail because they: • do not draw upon social science research to support their claims. • do not answer the question (sometimes literally, sometimes because they haven't read the question carefully and supply answers to questions that have not been asked); • are flippant and dismissive in approach to the wider concept of medical practice in which they will be working in the future; • have not put in enough work on the course; • have difficulty planning and writing an essay (not structuring a cohesive piece of writing through lack of planning or practice, poor spelling, and grammar are all possible factors).SECHIFEBP - Normally one lecture a week although some weeks there will be no lecture. - This course looks at very basic epidemiology and statistics. If you did some statistics at A-Level, this will come quite easy to you. - Go over the lecture slides that are on Moodle and do all of the past papers (on Moodle and Google Drives). This will be enough to pass. - As with SCHI, this is just a pass or fail exam, it isn’t graded so don’t stress over getting 100%. - Again, you may decide your time is better spent learning the content yourself instead of going to lectures The Exam (Taken in March) - Contributes to 2nd MB only. - 15 MCQ questions, each with 5 possible answers. You have 45 minutes. The last 5 questions are applied to a particular scenario (eg: a study that someone has performed). - Some questions require simple calculations. - Just keep practising and then you’ll be a pro! - Pass mark is usually around 11/15 PfP - 3 coursework assignments. My advice is to get these done quickly and send them off so that they are out of the way. - These are not graded, it is just a pass/fail subject that is part of the 2nd MB qualification. There is no tripos contribution. - If you submit something that answers the questions and isn’t ignorant or offensive, you will pass. Don’t spend hours writing pages and pages of work – you won’t gain extra credit and you’ve used up time that you could have been using to learn handouts that are examined in the graded tripos exams in other subjects. Your 3 tasks are: - 1) You must answer approximately 3 questions about a GP surgery that you visit. You only need about 200 words for each question. You can research the answers online or ask the GP directly when you visit. - 2) You will visit a patient at their home and answer approximately 5 questions about your experience. Again, don’t spend hours on your write up; you don’t need to write a lot to pass! - 3) You will talk to patients in a GP practice about their experiences. As with the home visit, you’ll write a short piece that answers approximately 5 questions about the visit Note, your experiences with patients here can be useful for the SCHI exam so try to retain patient experiences on this course; I was able to use 2 patients that I met in PfP for my SCHI exam!General Advice ● Blurting: ○ Easy to feel like you know little/lose track of what you know and understand ○ Especially good if you learn by getting things wrong ○ Especially good because it’s quick ● Flashcards ○ Get that spreadsheet out/track it in some way ○ Start early ○ Little and often ○ You can steal other peoples flashcards- you don’t have to make them yourself if that isn’t productiveGeneral advice- working with others ● Stricter timings ● Neutral setting without distractions ● Hold each other accountable ● Make it clear in advance how much you actually want to work in advance ● Seems obvious but you don’t always have to work with your besties; ○ look out for those supo partners you understand well and enjoy the company of etc. ● Use each other as the breaks! ○ Put the phone away, talk to your mate for 5 minutes when you’re taking a break from work ● Work to everyone’s strengthsGeneral Advice- procrastination ● The key here is to recognise it and get to the root asap ● Due to your general feelings/vibes: ○ Be clear with yourself. This frequently comes from snowballing effects (you haven’t given yourself enough breaks, you really really need a nap after MASH etc)- people don’t stop and give themselves the time/energy they need to recover and be productive. Don’t be afraid to take a large block of time for yourself. ● Due to fear of failure: ○ Let’s go there. It’s better to get it done badly than not at all. If you do it ‘badly’ you will still learn. ● Due to lack of understanding: ○ If you know you don’t fully understand what to do, it’s okay to ask for clarification ● Also, it’s okay to get those ‘less important’ tasks done first, if you’re being productive it’s better than not at all.A note on studying with learning difficulties 1) If you are struggling, it doesn’t have to be diagnosed but you do need to recognise it in order to enact change and help yourself 2) Supervisions can be a really difficult environment- its okay to try to get them to work for you a) (I’m starting to ask supervisors for a 2 minute break halfway through) b) Also make sure you are comfortable with who you are supervision partners with. It can be really tough and it’s always nice to have someone there you can feel comfortable with irregardless 3) Give yourself different deadlines (earlier), find the organisation system that works best for you a) It doesn’t have to be fancy or developed, it just has to work for you 4) Give yourself some credit 5) Cut yourself some slack