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.
Learning 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 readBenji's Shot
Now, when a person is really unconscious the arm will hit his face. However, if he is faking,...
1 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 Neuroanatomy
It occurred to me that the learning of a subject has a lot to do with the grasping...
3 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 readComplementary And Alternative Medicine (CAM)
CAM includes not only Acupuncture, Homeopathy, Chiropractic Therapy, and Herbal Medicine, but many other approaches to diagnosis and...
2 min readThe Placebo Effect
The placebo effect, apart from the medication itself, also includes the bedside manner of the practitioner.
2 min readWhat Constitutes Quackery?
A patient may say, “What difference does it make if it’s a placebo or not? I feel better...
4 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 readRevamping The Med School Curriculum
While this may seem to be a “minimalist” approach to education, it is not.
5 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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