Study Tips and Methods by Zayha

Introduction

• Zayha, 4th year medical student in the UK.
• Changed study methods multiple times.
• Aim: Share effective study methods and resources.

Recording Voice Notes

• Favorite and underrated method.
• Auditory learning is more effective for her.
• Includes facts, rhymes, and stories.
• Uses iPhone Voice Memos app, skips silence, and increases playback speed.
• Benefits: Can listen anywhere doing other tasks (e.g., skincare, bus rides, exercising).

Avoid Buying Textbooks

• Universities provide free library accounts with electronic and physical versions.
• Better to save money for question bank subscriptions.
• Free library accounts have all necessary books.

Subscribing to Question Banks

• Depends on the test format at your medical school (mostly multiple-choice questions).
• Recommended question banks: Past Med, Past Tests.
• Benefits: Yearly subscription, explained answers, online textbooks.
• Importance: Practice questions help familiarize different question styles and applications.

Note Taking & Voice Notes

• Traditional note-taking (paper notebooks) seen as time-wasting.
• Focus shifts to doing practice questions and studying high-yield information.
• Voice notes are more time-effective and practical.

Watching Lectures

• Stopped watching lectures, not found to be helpful anymore.
• Pre-reading and Speed-watching initially tried but deemed less productive.
• Exceptions: Some lectures useful for real-life patient stories.

Making Anki Cards

• Anki cards are seen as an effective and easy method.
• Process: Split screen with Anki and question bank, make cards for wrong answers or high-yield info.
• Tags used for each block (cardio, respiratory, etc.).
• Ideal routine: Review cards daily.
• Extra resources: YouTube (Osmosis, Zero to Finals) and Electronic textbook of Clinical Medicine.

Conclusion

• Hope the study methods shared are useful.
• Encourages subscription and return for future content.