The Goldberg Files
Crush med school stress with tips and tricks to excel in your journey to becoming a top-notch clinician.
Crush med school stress with tips and tricks to excel in your journey to becoming a top-notch clinician.
Memory Techniques for Med School #7 Lists (Peg Method)
If someone were to give you a list of 100 words or ideas to remember and then asked...
4 min readMemory Techniques for Med School #8 (Memory Palace)
In the Memory Palace you simply visualize a walk through a place that you know well.
3 min readMemory Techniques for Med School #9 (Chunking)
In chunking, you try to break up a large list of items into smaller chunks, each of which...
1 min readMemory Techniques for Med School #11 (Hands-On)
Despite the value of the 10 memory methods discussed in the preceding posts, perhaps the best teacher of...
1 min readeBooks Versus Print Books: Pros and Cons
When I was a medical student, the saying was that the highest grade would go to the student...
2 min readStudying In The Clinical Years
It can be difficult, particularly when tired, to come home and focus attention when the literature does not pertain...
2 min readLearning Speeds In Medical School
If you are having difficulty keeping up, you may not be as far behind as you think.
1 min readMedical Curriculum In The First Two Years Of Med School
The juggler is more likely to succeed by practicing one skill at a time, and then, after learning...
2 min readShould Lectures Be Eliminated in Medical School?
Some students do not show up at lectures, and others do so because it is more likely that...
2 min readHow To Study Anatomy
It is better to learn the anatomy conceptually, as through line drawings, and then fine tune this knowledge
2 min readHow To Study Biochemistry
While Biochemistry has much clinically relevant information, the material students are taught often does not reflect this.
2 min readHow To Study Pharmacology
What is the best way to learn Pharmacology? This goes to the question of what facts are important...
2 min readHow Reliable Is Your Medical Information?
A lot of information is passed around, and since some of it is wrong, it is important to...
2 min readLearning Through Case Problems
There are so many case situations that have to be mastered, and spending too much time on just...
2 min readeBooks vs Print Books: Med Student Survey
As a medical student, which do you prefer, eBooks or print books?
2 min readIs Remembering Harder With eBooks?
Does reading on an eBook interfere with the remembering of what was read?
2 min readEbooks Or Print Books? Which Should You Use?
Comparing medical student needs with those of general readers in other areas of interest is not necessarily useful.
2 min readStudy For The USMLE
Have you at the end acquired a broad understanding of the fields, or are you left with isolated...
3 min readThe Best Ebook Readers And Reading Apps For Med Students
If you want to read using an ebook, which is the best tablet to purchase, and which ebookstores...
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