I’ve officially survived my first semester of podiatry school and am rolling straight into the second.
What last semester taught me:
- Be flexible
- Office hours have been a chef’s kiss for my study habits, forcing me to keep up with material so I’m prepared with questions and concepts to review.
- Tutoring has been a chef’s kiss. It combines the concept review of office hours with the added benefit of getting practical tips and tricks from students who have already taken the course.
- Know your limits to prevent burnout
- Don’t forget to check in with old friends
- It’s not always about finding time but making time. It’s helpful to reevaluate what’s most important to you and build your schedule around that.
- Organization is not a choice but a requirement
New Semester Goals:
This semester, I am going to challenge myself to do better than last semester. I know the structure and how information will be tested compared to my first semester, when I was still adjusting to the medical school shift. Here are a few ways I plan to achieve this goal
- Use my calendar better
- Plan 1-2 hours on Saturday or Sunday to plan out my studying and book tutoring or office hours
- Be better about upcoming anatomy quizzes.
- Looking ahead to see what we will be tested on and trying to learn it before the quiz.
- Use my anatomy lab time better
- Try to go to the lab a few days before and identify as many structures as I can.
- Build my study plan using research-evidence methods
- Spaced repetition
- Pomodoro method
- Interweaving topics