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    How to Study in Medical School, 2Nd Edition
    How to Study in Medical School, 2Nd Edition
    How to Study in Medical School, 2Nd Edition
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    How to Study in Medical School, 2Nd Edition

    By Armin Kamyab

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    #1 best selling book in its class!


    How to Study in Medical School, 2nd Edition provides a thorough and comprehensive method for studying the Basic Sciences in medical school and leaves no detail behind. Dr. Kamyab's unique system of studying is an effective study process that not only helps you understand the material and stay-up-to date, but also helps you retain the information for your medical school tests, your licensing examinations, your clinical rotations, and beyond.


    Unlike similar books written by authors with Education Degrees or PhD Professors, this is one of the few books in its class that is written by a Medical School graduate. It is therefore written by an author who has gone through the process, and knows how to study effectively and succeed in Medical School.


    The 2nd Edition includes new chapters and a new frequently asked questions section. If you are starting medical school and are serious about succeeding, pick up your copy today!
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse
    Release dateJan 27, 2011
    ISBN9781449099299
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      Great and practical exposition on how to actually do well, not only in medical school but at any academic institution of learning. The approach in the book is both practical and reasonable. Please I need the book, how to pass usmle.
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    How to Study in Medical School, 2Nd Edition - Armin Kamyab

    Table of Contents

    Preface

    To The 2nd Edition

    Introduction

    Chapter 1

    Take Notes

    Chapter 2

    Review in Less Time

    Chapter 3

    More Note-taking Benefits

    Chapter 4

    Why?

    Chapter 5

    Do Not Sleep

    Chapter 6

    No Right or Wrong Way of Writing Notes

    Chapter 7

    Stick to Your Notes and Only Your Notes

    Chapter 8

    Look it Up

    Chapter 9

    The Zebra Bit My Cookie

    Chapter 10

    The Test Is on Monday

    Chapter 11

    Study Groups

    Chapter 12

    Questions to study?

    Chapter 13

    Skipping

    Chapter 14

    Tutoring

    Chapter 15

    Studying Anatomy

    Chapter 16

    Relax!

    Frequently Asked Questions

    Final Thoughts

    Preface

    To The 2nd Edition

    First off I would like to thank all those of you who emailed me with comments, questions, and feedback subsequent to the release of the 1st edition. As mentioned in the 1st edition, the sole intention of including an email address and requesting comments was to help improve this 2nd edition.

    I have decided not to include too many additional chapters or to expand on the text too much, based on the many comments I received from readers who were extremely glad that the book was as straight-forward and concise as it was. Still, in retrospect, I realize that there are a few topics that were not well covered in the 1st edition, and should therefore deserve their own chapter. So apart from a new Frequently asked questions section, this 2nd edition also includes a few new chapters.

    I hope the next set of students who read this book will enjoy it just as much as the previous readers have. With that said, I am sure you will all triumph in your studies. I wish you the very best and good luck!

    Armin Kamyab MD

    Introduction

    I used to see it all the time, the weekend before the test: the stress, the frustration, students going to the library with loads of lecture notes and textbooks. I would tell them:

    Are you kidding me? You’re going to read all of that for Monday’s test?

    Well, yeah; this is all the material that’s covered, we have to review it ALL. You have a better idea?

    Actually yes, I do! I’m going to go work out, then I’m going to go to the beach. I’ll see you back here at the library with only about fifteen pages of notes. See ya!

    * * *

    Medical students who know me know that I spent A LOT of time tutoring students and helping others out. To this day, I get almost daily e-mails from many students, asking me how to study.

    I used to spend much of my time replying to each and every one of those e-mails, revealing my method of studying, telling them what I think they should do, explaining why my method works, and why their method of studying does not work in medical school.

    After a close friend of mine e-mailed me asking me how to study, the idea dawned on me to write a short book about my study method. Being a close friend, I wanted her to have nothing short of the full version of my study method. So after starting the reply, the e-mail got longer and longer, until I realized how substantial my method actually is when I leave no detail behind. As the e-mail kept getting longer, I jokingly thought to myself, I could probably write a book about this! So I did.

    So why did I constantly get e-mails from various students asking me how to study? I asked a recent e-mailer that very same question. She told me Because you’re Armin! Her answer did not really answer my question, but if I had to guess, it would be because even though I am just your average guy, there is one exception: I breezed through all my medical school exams, rocked the USMLEs™, and yet always had time to tutor, often spending twenty to thirty hours a week tutoring students in various semesters. I also held various student leadership positions, including one in the student council, as well as in departmental focus groups. All in all, I probably spent a good forty hours or so per week on non-medical-school-related activities, and still managed to get ninety-plus on all my medical school exams.

    So how did I do it?

    Allow me to start out by mentioning that despite what you have been led to believe, success in medical school is most definitely NOT solely a function of baseline intelligence; it’s a matter of knowing how to study properly. That being said, my method of studying is one that can be used by absolutely anyone and it is fail-proof. All it requires is genuine dedication and a real desire to pursue medicine.

    My study method has been proven to be effective by the many students I have tutored and guided through medical school, many of whom turned failing grades into A’s, simply by switching over to my study techniques. I have made every effort to thoroughly illustrate in this book my method for learning the basic sciences. Medical school may seem intimidating at first, but believe me, it is doable.

    The task then falls upon you to figure out how strongly

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