Med School Made Ridiculously Simple

The information explosion in medicine causes significant student stress in medical, nursing, and other health professional schools. The big problem: There is too much to know and not enough time to learn it. This book offers medical students, nurses and other health professionals a guide to the 13 best methods for rapidly learning and memorizing medical information, and how to access reliable medical information quickly through 35 key medical search engines and selected apps. The book also provides advice on dealing with stress, particularly depression, anxiety, and fatigue, which are significant impediments to learning, as well as thoughts on career choice.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Specific Memory Tools
Understanding
Visualization
Ridiculous Associations
Substitute Words and Pictures
Ditties
Link Method
Peg Method
Memory Palace
Acronyms
Chunking
Hands-on
Case Problems
Pattern Recognition
Chapter 3. Studying in the Clinical Years
Chapter 4. The Importance of Patient Followup
Chapter 5. Memory Tools for Different Courses
Anatomy
Neuroanatomy
Biochemistry
Physiology
Pharmacology
Radiology
Cardiology
Histology and Pathology
Chapter 6. Study for the USMLE
Chapter 7. Medical Search Engines
Chapter 8. Medical Apps
Chapter 9. Career Choices in Medicine
Chapter 10. The Medical Curriculum of the Future
Chapter 11. Dealing With Stress