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[jezwill]

It's finally Friday. I am just rewriting my Spanish and Chemistry notes for a better future Day 3/100

[jezwill]

Studying for my organic chemistry quiz tomorrow. I am writing all the important details from the book so I can compile all these short notes into a summary. I am using a new pen which I recently bought and I am in love. Day 2/100

[jezwill]

I was once a lurking creep and this is my first post. Our semestral break just ended now we're back at it again with boring lectures. Day 1/100

[medstudentgettingpersonal]

As promised I have made anatomy 101 post in which I share the best anatomy study tips I know, enjoy!

For starters

you don’t need to know how to draw or be artistically talented as it doesn’t influence your anatomy learning process

please don’t listen to people telling you how dreadful and complicated anatomy course is, just do your thing

try to reduce stress, there is nothing to be stressed about when you have your learning strategy sorted out

Tips

first of all check and print out your syllabus, as you need to make sure you’ll cover every topic featured while you study

there is a lot of stuff to be memorised:

use acronyms; for example: muscles of the rotator cuff are: SITS (supraspinatus, infraspinatus, teres minor, subscapularis)

make short sentences; for example: brachial plexus divisons Remember To Drink Cold Beer (Roots, Trunk, Division, Cord, Branches)

mind mapping comes in handy when you study intestinal blood supply (or any other); remember that you are doing it to be helpful not perfect! it should be intuitive and clear for you

in terms of learning muscles:

Use tables in your textbooks - Moore’s are perfect for this as they have all points of insertion, blood and nerve supply, action of a muscle; there are also drawings and short paragraphs provided. Read the paragraph, then refer it to the drawing, repeat what you have learned, test yourself.

Draw on yourself (especially helpful in case of upper limb) - use colourful markers. Sounds funny but you will appreciate it.

Photographic atlases are invaluable. Use McMinn/Yokochi’s one, they are super-detailed, properly described and have high quality photos of cadavers.

Go to the dissection room as many times as you’re allowed to. Bring your friend/study group and test yourselves, show, provide reasoning, search for similarities and differences, discover variabilities - real cadaver is much different from what you’ll see in a standard anatomy atlas like Sobotta/Netter where illustrations are very clear and show perfect condition of anatomic structures, in reality things may look a bit different.

Learn muscles as provided in groups (extensors, flexors etc) or layers because it just makes more sense. Seek characteristic traits in them, what makes them special, how would you differentiate one from another - practical attitude is very important.

The ability to tell the location of a certain structure is very important during exams but also helpful for you later. In order to know what are the neighbouring structures and on which side, it is useful to check in Netter/Sobotta Atlas. Analysing the drawings will help you a lot. Being able to visualise certain areas of the human body is crucial for anatomy course.

Repeating, revising and systematic learning is the key. Make sure you schedule your studying so that you won’t leave everything for the last minute (sometimes it is inevitable, but it is better to avoid such situations). For example make use of the time you spend in the bus or a train by revising anatomy using Quizlet app. It is a lot easier this way.

Diversify the way you study a bit so that you don’t get bored too easily. Listen to Dr. Najeeb’s lectures or any other lectures on YouTube.

It is crucial to have 3D imagination in this course which is why I recommend installing a 3D interactive anatomy atlas just like the one by Visual Body. You can add layers, see through them, select any area you need. I like this atlas in particular because it is very detailed.

Never be afraid to ask professor if you have doubts about anything. It not only shows that you are actively participating in the class but also it is a verified source of knowledge and takes up less time than researching things on the Internet.

Keep your notes simple, schematic. Use abbreviations, don’t get artsy, there is no time for it. 

Connect the facts later on. When you will be learning different topics, find connections, corresponding issues. You will learn anatomy system by system or an area by area but you gotta remember that it all sums up and makes one, integral piece, the human body.

Read the basic clinical aspects that refer to a certain system or structure (there are blue sections in Moore’s book for that). Not only it is interesting but also you acknowledge the most common diseases, simply: “what can go wrong in this case and what are the causes of it?”.

As the end of the year/semester is approaching start doing past papers. It will show you what is usually emphasised on the exam but also highlight areas that you know well and areas you need to revise.

Try to preread before lectures, have any idea about the topic of the lecture you are about to attend because otherwise it will have no value for you.

Resources

I have listed all things I have personally used in my 1st year and which I finduseful and valuable. Links are added in the brackets.

Moore’s Clinically Oriented Anatomy [link]

Yokochi’s Photographic Atlas Of Anatomy [link]

Netter’s / Sobotta’s Anatomy Atlas [link Netter] [link Sobotta]

Human Anatomy Atlas - Visible Body [link]

Thieme Anatomy Atlas [link]

Quizlet [link]

Dr. Najeeb Lectures [link]

Let me know if this post is helpful to you, if you want to know something more or maybe a similar post on a different subject. Remember, there is a way out of every problem and if it is anything med-school-related I will be happy to help you:) Have a nice day y’all! Stay motivated.

[mynotes4usmle]

BRACHIAL PLEXUS

[bottleoftonic-blog]

Most bang-for-buck things every intern should know before starting inpatient wards

Source. A collection of Meddit resources and advice on what bread-and-butter topics interns would most benefit from brushing up on/memorizing prior to the beginning of their internship. 1) Fluids. How and when to use them, dosage, timing and other pearls.

Review of fluids (not how to use them per se) by Dr. Strong /u/ericstrong

Maintenance Intravenous Fluids in Acutely Ill Patients - NEJM.

Pretty thorough review of fluid management on openanesthesia.org

2) Nausea. When to treat, how to treat and at what dose.

3) Standard pn orders: pain killers, sleep aids and antiemetics aka how to reduce nighttime calls from nurses by 25%

4) “Reflex” antibiotic choice for routine inpatient infections.

http://www.bpac.org.nz/Supplement/2013/July/antibiotics-guide.aspx /u/ChristianM and /u/ive_been_up_allnight

5) Initial work-up and treatment of dyspnea. (more realistic to approach by symptoms as, unfortunately, you first have to diagnose whats wrong. E.g. heart failure, pulmonary edema, embolism, COPD, pneumonia).

6) Initial work-up and treatment of oliguria/anuria.

7) A sensible initial approach to suspected ileus.

8) Blood. When, how, why to replace.

9) Pain. Optimal management without inducing narcosis.

Managing cancer pain: Frequently asked questions: CCJM

10) Potassium. When, why and how to shift or replace.

A review on both potassium and sodium disorders by Dr. Strong /u/ericstrong (Not reposted in 12) hyponatremia but applies there as well) https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYojB5NEEakXVIAapcSEleP4doUdHVtld

11) Hyponatremia. Most common electrolyte disturbance, commonly mismanaged.

12) Resuscitation aka commit the ACLS algorithms to memory.

Current ACLS guidelines. https://www.acls.net/aclsalg.htm

Would love a video series, interactive cases etc.

13) Basic EKG interpretation.

Whole EKG video courses

A whole free youtube EKG video review course by meddit’s own u/ericstrong

An alternative EKG course that takes you through all the basics. This however has no free version and costs 96$ a year. The quality is amazing. Here are 6 basic sample videos on youtube. The paid course is available on http://www.ecgteacher.com/

I have to admit I haven’t used this course personally but his free youtube videos are on-point and he seems like a good teacher. Also behind paywall. Free youtube samples are here. The full course can be found here https://www.ecgacademy.com.

EKG video cases

Amazing case-of-the-week emergency medicine EKG videos on youtube by Dr. Amal Mattu

– If you like Dr. Mattu’s cases (and you most certainly will) he is still posting every single week on his new site https://ecgweekly.com. It costs 4 starbucks coffees a year and is going to save someones life.

Practice EKGs with answers

Watching videos isn’t enough, you still have to grind out EKGs to keep your game strong. Visit http://ecgmadesimple.com and http://ecg.bidmc.harvard.edu/maven/mavenmain.asp for this.

EKG blogs

I recommend signing up for some kind of RSS feed (e.g. https://feedly.com/) and subscribing to the following EKG blogs:

http://hqmeded-ecg.blogspot.is (Dr. Smiths ECG blog)

http://www.ems12lead.com

http://ecg-interpretation.blogspot.is

http://jhcedecg.blogspot.is

EKG resource libraries

Life in the fastlane has a nice resource to look up a specific EKG finding, criteria or concept.

http://www.practicalclinicalskills.com/ekg.aspx /u/collidge

14) Know when to order ABGs and how to interpret them.

Almost too detailed video lecture series on ABGs and how to interpret them by Dr. Eric Strong (/u/ericstrong)

Practice makes perfect. ABG interpretation generator. https://abg.ninja/abg

Bonus 15) Basic CXR interpretation

CXR video lecture course

Again, Dr. Eric Strong has an excellent video course for free on youtube

Step-by-step guides to basic CXR interpretation

The Radiology Assistant: Chest X-ray - Basic interpretation

Radiology Masterclass step-by-step basic CXR

University of Virginia’s step-by-step basic CXR

All inclusive resources

The art and science of thoracic imaging All inclusive resource for all things thoracic! Jokes aside amazing resource.

UPenns CXR learning website

Loyola Universities excellent CXR Atlas Most outdated look but amazing content.

Checklist approach to CXR

Bonus 16) Overnight o-shit-what’s-that Head CT interpretation

Midnight radiology: Emergency CT of the head

University of Virginia’s guide to the Head CT

[sothisisnursingschool]

Hey, self: review before NCLEX. Xo, me.

[md-admissions]

Oh hell yes

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For future reference.

[doctorkintsugi]

Must. Study.

[boligraff]

Printable: Assignment tracker

Requested by @diyaanat

So, this one is for adding the assignments you do during the month, write down the due dates, fill the progress bar, include the grade you got and calculate how much of the percentage you have for every assignment and for the end of that month.

You can also give a color for each assignment and add the colors to the mini calendar on the right.

I included a little guide to use it on the subfolder.

I hope this one is useful!

Download in my requests folder in my dropbox studyblr folder.

[rosallindfranklin-blog]

got a couple anon asks about making flash cards so I made a quick picture set of the way I make flash cards based on the level of complexity of the flash cards.

note: this is just my way of making flash cards.  in order for flash cards to be truly effective, you should adapt the system so it works best for you and the subject you’re studying.

questions? requests? let me know!

[mochi-studies]

[ acids, bases and alkalis, oxides ] some of you guys have requested for me to scan and post these :D @hannahpangjx @emilijayedinak @embarrassingtrain @elatriestoblog

[studyign]

aaaaaaa u guys!!!! im taking the ap biology exam in less than a month and so i wanted to share a buNch of resources ive found to help!

study with me: ap bio [video]

collegeboard exam description

mendel laws / genetics review

playlist of lectures from teacher

sodium/potassium cell rule

khanacademy biology playlist

practice questions by topic

#1 tip for ap biology + ap class

sciencenews is interesting!!

genetics/cell% powerpoint

biology simulation clips [yess]

tumblr post notes for the year

scanned notes for bacteria

biology crash course playlist

pretty human bio flashcards

gastrointestinal system graphic

animation library for biology

2009 exam review cram pckt

bozeman science channel !

animated guide to human bio

enzyme review tumblr post

free online flashcard game

ppts/worksheets/notes ooh

ap bio reading guide links

tips from a fellow studyblr

sparknotes biology series

1000+ quizlet set for ap bio

frq examples / guidelines

playlist of biology songs ***

free pdf of a bio textbook

drake doing na+/k+ pump 

neurotransmitter structure

+ masterposts

productive summers

note taking methods

starting a study blog

time managements

journal page ideas

succeed @ school

ap world history

study instagram

web resources

ap psychology

study + health

bullet journals

school advice

happy things

ace ur exams

study sounds

stress reliefs

annotations

essay writin

study 101

printables

top 5 tips

sat help

+more

hope this helped someone + good luck on the exam if ur taking it!!! i also have study ig and yt channel! xoxo sareena

[biomedicool]

Mendel’s Laws

1. the Law of Dominance 2. the Law of Segregation 3. the Law of Independent Assortment

The Law of Dominance 

In a cross of parents that are pure for contrasting traits, only one form of the trait will appear in the next generation. Offspring that are hybrid for a trait will have only the dominant trait in the phenotype.

Mendel crossed many different combinations of pea plants

When pure tall plants crossed with pure short plants, all the new pea plants (referred to as the F1 generation) were tall.  

Similarly, crossing pure yellow seeded pea plants and pure green seeded pea plants produced an F1 generation of all yellow seeded pea plants. 

Instead of creating medium height plants or yellowy-green seeds that might have been expected, one trait came out as dominant

Ie there is a gene that codes for height. One allele (form of the gene) codes tall and another short. In this case, the tall is dominant

The dominant is represented with a capital letter (eg T for tall) while the recessive is lower case (t)

The cross Mendel performed was

Parents (P):  TT x tt

where T = the dominant allele for tall stems &  t = recessive allele for short stems

The punnet square looks like:

A plant that contains the dominant T will be tall, explaining why 100% of the plants he crossed came out tall.

The Law of Segregation

During the formation of gametes (eggs or sperm), the two alleles responsible for a trait separate from each other.  Alleles for a trait are then “recombined” at fertilization, producing the genotype for the traits of the offspring.

Now, Mendel decides to cross the offspring from the above experiment - all Tt

Two of the “F1” generation (tall) are crossed

 Would assume to get all tall again as tall is dominant

HOWEVER some come out short

“F2″ generation is about ¾ tall & ¼ short

Therefore:

Parent plants for this cross each have one tall factor that dominates the short factor & causes them to grow tall.

To get short plants from these parents, the tall & short factors must separate (allowing the possibility of 2 short factors coming together without a dominant tall) otherwise a plant with just short factors couldn’t be produced

The factors must SEGREGATE themselves somewhere between the production of sex cells & fertilization

Two hybrid parents, Tt x Tt.

The punnet square would look like this:

This splitting happens during meiosis.

The Law of Independent Assortment

Alleles for different traits are distributed to sex cells (& offspring) independently of one another.

Previously Mendel addressed one trait at a time.  

He noticed that different traits had no effect on each other, eg being tall didn’t automatically mean the plants had to have green pods

The different traits seem to be inherited INDEPENDENTLY.

The genotypes of our parent pea plants will be:

RrGg x RrGg where "R” = dominant allele for round seeds “r” = recessive allele for wrinkled seeds “G” = dominant allele for green pods “g” = recessive allele for yellow pods

The results from a dihybrid cross are always the same:

9/16 boxes (offspring) show dominant phenotype for both traits (round & green), 

3/16 show dominant phenotype for first trait & recessive for second (round & yellow) 

3/16 show recessive phenotype for first trait & dominant form for second (wrinkled & green)

1/16 show recessive form of both traits (wrinkled & yellow).

Summary:

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[meaganstudies-deactivated201505]

GIVEAWAY!!! 

I have recently had some really good fortune in my life and I would like to pay that forward to someone else, so I have decided to do a giveaway! Yay!!

The winner will get:

1 iPod shuffle in their choice of colour

2 Large Moleskines - one ruled, one plain

3 of my current favourite books, the winner will be able to pick from a list

a 25 pack of Stabilo Point 88 0.4mm Fineliners 

and a little study care package with some snacks and candy that get me through my study sessions.

You don’t have to follow me.

Likes and reblogs both count.

Winner will be picked randomly on May 13th at midnight Australian Eastern Standard Time

I will ship anywhere in the world!

You must have your ask box open, so I can notify you if you win.

I hope you are all having an amazing day :)

[meaganstudies-deactivated201505]

GIVEAWAY!!! 

I have recently had some really good fortune in my life and I would like to pay that forward to someone else, so I have decided to do a giveaway! Yay!!

The winner will get:

1 iPod shuffle in their choice of colour

2 Large Moleskines - one ruled, one plain

3 of my current favourite books, the winner will be able to pick from a list

a 25 pack of Stabilo Point 88 0.4mm Fineliners 

and a little study care package with some snacks and candy that get me through my study sessions.

You don’t have to follow me.

Likes and reblogs both count.

Winner will be picked randomly on May 13th at midnight Australian Eastern Standard Time

I will ship anywhere in the world!

You must have your ask box open, so I can notify you if you win.

I hope you are all having an amazing day :)