Hello, citizens of tumblr!
I’m currently in my second year of Medicine in the middle of this pandemic. Two weeks in with my online classes and I’m having love/hate relationships with online learning. So if you guys are also struggling trying to get through the day— I have some motivational juices and tips if you need some inspo on developing your study habits during quarantine.
PRODUCTIVITY
I have tried dozens of productivity apps and even made a bujo journal on goodnotes but nothing quite works like magic like Microsoft’s To Do app. For lazy people like me, this one snaps just fine because you can organize your to-do lists by subjects. What attracted me the most was the remind features and the satisfactory sound effect when you get a task complete. Interestingly, this app is available for free. If this doesn’t spice up your productivity idk man…. It also syncs in all your devices which makes it easier for you to track. 
TIME MANAGEMENT
There’s a lot of things that we need to cover in second year, so studying smart and time management is the ultimate solution to this. I study shorter and easier lessons first because this gets my productivity setting the day—seeing that I get a lot of stuff done makes me push harder. I study around 15 hours day and I know it sounds boring but I managed to turn it around with a bit of discipline. I’m an active lifter and once I achieve my goals for the day, I reward myself with a workout as some sort of brain break, or watch an episode or two of Grey’s anatomy. It pays off because you start studying efficiently once you know you have to earn something. I don’t recommend cramming unless it works for you because the information retained is short-term.
STUDY HABITS AND TIPS
The first thing I make sure in the morning is waking up with a fresh mind. If something is bothering the moment you wake up—face it first or else it will bother your for the rest of the and disturb you in your peak productive hours. Organize your time by studying the essentials parts first and then if you have time, supplement with good-to-knows. If you have a hard time trying to comprehend a topic, watch a youtube video. It’ll help you retain information easier too. Remember, essentials first before flexing good-to-knows. Take short breaks to refresh your brain from all the things you learned today. If you continue to push studying, you retain nothing and just have a severe headache. Remember that it’s important to rest or else you will hardly comprehend anything. I’ve stuck with my study habit since college – I read my notes and books and list down information that are either:
Need to know
Hard to Remember
Confusing to remember
Values
I reread my lessons twice if I have time in preparation for an exam. If not, I just simply read my flashcards and I know I’m good to go. I prefer writing it down because it’s sort of easy to remember as well for me. 
HEALTH
Girl, get your workout done. Studying all day sitting is straining on your posterior chain, so stretch once in a while, if you need breaks— do a 15 minute workout that’ll keep your energy running. Also, it’s a good substitute for a cup of coffee. You have to take care of yourself although you’re a medical student trying to study how take care of others— getting sick is the last thing you want. I hope you are all safe, happy and healthy, luv!