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Samoas unforgettable you twist to fit
the mood I'm in
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hey guys
so I've got to the library I decided
today that I do a different one instead
of my house saved out of the house it's
a nicer background and this library is
super nice so I'm gonna be here for
pretty much most of the day and I'm
gonna try to get a bunch done so it's
actually the weekend the week before we
start and it's been two months of
nothing but a holiday mode so I thought
I'd you know refresh myself check emails
check what's the actual curriculum
urology's apparently really hard block
so I want to have a good look and a good
like overview of what I'm going to
expect this year I've got pretty much
the whole room to myself which is
brilliant and I've got a lot of things
on my checklist which I have to sort of
go through so I'll get out a laptop and
start going into it
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see you Leon one to study at home I have
my little sort of study desk that I set
up and it's really nice but I thought
that'd be pretty boring to film you've
seen my room before and playing my other
videos so I think this is a lot better a
lot nicer a lot more different it's a
little after 10:30 and I decided to
scope out the course I'm starting second
year of medical school and the first
body system we'll be looking at is the
nervous system our brain the central
nervous system and the nerves through
our body the peripheral nervous system
neurology which is the formal name for
it deals with diseases like Alzheimer's
and Parkinson's disease head trauma and
multiple sclerosis so to first get a
grip on the system I go through the
course outline and I start mapping out
the lectures what's great about the
program structure is that every week is
focused on a specific topic or theme for
example in our first week we learn about
neurological development which
encompasses neural tube defects like
spina bifida and in other weeks we focus
on vascular issues or demyelinating
diseases like multiple sclerosis so
after getting a good idea on how the
next few weeks will run I quickly check
through emails read through the
assessment schedule and make sure I'm up
to date on any administrative tasks I
need to complete before Monday also
quick tip when studying I find that
music without lyrics really helps me to
concentrate and 95% of the time you'll
find me listening to a low-fat playlist
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when I'm planning on doing a big long
day of study I like to split it up into
one to two hour sessions so after I've
had a quick break scrolling through
social media and watching the yad
youtube video i fill up my water bottle
and find a new study spot i find that
when you're in the library the whole day
moving around every now and then makes
the whole experience a lot more
interesting once I'm all nice and comfy
I start revising some of the procedural
skills we learned during our hospital
days last year I go through the more
basic skills like how to properly take a
patient's weight height waist
circumference and BMI on revising
content where I'm reading through a slab
of text I like to scroll down the
standout points even though my
handwritten notes pretty messy and I
might not look at them again I find that
the simple act of writing them down
helps me to remember it way better I
touch up on my knowledge of vital signs
the Cora cough sounds which to be honest
I can't hear all of them most of the
time and spirometry going through
spirometry reminds me of all those pesky
flow volume loops that we had to stick
to memory and for a minute I almost hear
the soothing voice of John West speaking
respiratory physiology to me but after
looking at the long list of skills and
hematology and cardiology I decided to
finish on spirometry and I open up past
medicine to refi my brain with some
questions if you haven't heard about it
already past medicine is an excellent
resource for medical students at any
stage it provides exam style questions
for every body system and is catered to
your expected level of knowledge I walk
through the Anatomy questions for
neurology and even though we haven't
been formally taught about the nervous
system as of yet I like to do the
questions anyways because at the end of
each section you're provided with a well
explained answer along with extra
information covering everything related
to the topic as you can see I like to
have a second page where I create many
questions on anything I found tricky or
think will be assessed after trialing
with making notes last year I found the
process of just typing everything up or
writing everything up just takes way too
long and now I opt to copy and paste
whatever information I need so whether
that be through past medicine or a
textbook and I stick it in a convenient
location so I can look back and revise
on it
I head over to the nearby shops and grab
a quick sandwich from Subway then head
straight back to the library to get out
of the 44 degree heat
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the library's super quiet I find another
cozy little spot by the window and I
decided that I should probably learn a
little bit more about nervous system
Anatomy as well as some common
neurological conditions the blood supply
to the brain seems like a pretty good
place to start and I stare real long and
hard to try put terms like the superior
cerebellar artery and anterior
communicating artery into my brain
lacunae stroke comes up and I find that
the meaning is in the name because
following the ischemic event the damaged
brain forms cysts that look like lakes
and lacunae originates from the Latin
word Leykis I probably said that wrong
my bad but it means a lake and I think
to myself that learning Latin in high
school wouldn't have been such a bad
idea the time quickly passes by and I
finish up by going through some unki
flashcards until the library closes if
you've never come across an key it's a
really really good digital flashcard
system to help you remember pesky little
facts or difficult pieces of information
and it's been extremely useful for me
for my knowledge retention there's
plenty videos online praising Anki and
giving guides for it so I definitely
consider checking them out they announce
that the library's closing soon so I
start packing my things and make my way
up
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alright guys I'm back home now the
library closed at 4:30 so as soon as
that that we all left and I've made my
way back and it's really hot outside
it's 44 degrees right now so the
Australian summer is absolutely brutal
but I got most of the objectives that I
wanted to do completed as you saw I
still have a little bit left more of the
Anki deck that I want to finish off and
I'll probably plan to do a little bit
more past med questions just to revise
on my previous blog cardiovascular just
to give us a bit of a refresher but I'm
gonna meet my friend later so a few more
hours of hard work and then I can just
relax through the rest of the evening
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alright guys so I am off to go
bouldering with my friend I've done rock
climbing in the past but not really
properly bothering so should be should
be good fun but that will bring us to
the end of study day I feel like I got a
lot done and I'm pretty excited to get
underway with next week I'll have play
more content and regarding med stuff
soon away from all the holiday stuff but
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this but until next time this is
Sebastian stay sharp
I need a second oldest licker got me
second-guessing yeah now we fight shots
deep knowing points two three four five
shots deep well let's set a game