http://www.mexicomedstudent.com/2006/10/573 Every journey has a pitstop. Welcome to mine. Sat, 24 Oct 2009 23:12:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.mexicomedstudent.com/2006/10/573/comment-page-1#comment-6449 Monica Wed, 25 Oct 2006 05:07:32 +0000 http://www.mexicomedstudent.com/2006/10/573#comment-6449 Essays ARE a better way to test understanding. But, the professors care more about the ease of grading multiple choice questions than asking students to explain what they have learned. Stay in the rink rico, don't give up. Essays ARE a better way to test understanding. But, the professors care more about the ease of grading multiple choice questions than asking students to explain what they have learned.
Stay in the rink rico, don’t give up.

]]> http://www.mexicomedstudent.com/2006/10/573/comment-page-1#comment-6303 Sid Schwab Tue, 24 Oct 2006 04:22:21 +0000 http://www.mexicomedstudent.com/2006/10/573#comment-6303 There's no doubt you need to go through this stuff, if for no other reason than to know it's there when you might need it in the future. But the fact is -- making your misery worse, I'm afraid -- is that 90% of the stuff you learn in the early years of med school you'll never need again, at least not in the detail you need now. I guess it's like wiring your house. Once it's done, all you really need to know is that the light goes on when you flip the switch. Krebs cycle? Forget it. There’s no doubt you need to go through this stuff, if for no other reason than to know it’s there when you might need it in the future. But the fact is — making your misery worse, I’m afraid — is that 90% of the stuff you learn in the early years of med school you’ll never need again, at least not in the detail you need now. I guess it’s like wiring your house. Once it’s done, all you really need to know is that the light goes on when you flip the switch. Krebs cycle? Forget it.

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