This is a non-exhaustive guide to studying in medical school. I do plan on making a more complete guide one day but until then here’s some words of wisdom.
I rarely made comprehensive notes. I mainly studied by doing pre-made flashcard decks, my own flashcards and a bunch of practice questions. Closer to exams for my OSCE exams in particular, I would try to learn by approaches to presenting complaints.
TIP
I used to take notes using notion during medical school. I found it to be fairly reliable and meant that I did not need to bring a laptop to placement to take notes. I could simply just login to notion and take notes or even review my notes from any computer I had access to on placement. You can find my notes here https://mango-cellar-b90.notion.site/. Another alternative is Remnote, which provides a more unified experience with flashcard support but it can be a bit buggy at times. Personally I have been moving towards trying to use more FOSS (hence this website).
Useful Resources
- Your university resources (my university resources have been kept private)
- State based/hospital based guidelines (e.g. RCH, ACI, PCH, KEMH guidelines)
- National guidelines (e.g. RACGP Red Book, RANZCOG guidelines)
- Other national resources (e.g. eTG, AMH Online)
- Other useful Australian resources: LITFL, deranged physiology
- Other useful resources: Teach Me Series (e.g. Teach me surgery, Teach me Obgyn), Amboss
- Qbanks: I used eMedici but there also exists passmedicine and armadex