SECOND YEAR 1st semester: ✔✔✔ 2nd semester: 🗸

Short emote:

I just finished the first semester, and GOOD GOD, this was by far the most challengingI kidd you not.  It was as if I was neck deep in mud and I had to force my way through every single exam week (what's new?) There were days where I would just constantly ask myself if I really wanted to be here. (For the life of me, the answer will always be a resonating YES.) If this dream is for me. (I'm still wishing it is.) I would even sit on my bed, stare off my dark room, and let these doubts crawl under my skin. Let the silence-- let everything--- consume my thoughts because I didn't want to do anything with them anymore. 
I lost friends (take note: plural. Three, in fact.) because life demanded it. It was a big plus to the struggle. I relied on God through all of these. I would always pray. I would always talk to Him. Somehow, He got me through. I outright passed every subject. No removals. Pure Grace. 

***I'm well aware that the succeeding years would be a lot harder, but for now let me linger in my little warm achievement--- I got out of that hell hole of a tunnel still in one piece!


Tips for the subjects you'd be taking:

GOOGLE DRIVE Uploaded by Brian Marin (thanks, kuya!!)
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B5v1lkKKsaj6djNHQk5mNjRjaU0

Patho lab: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ey73K_Vges7D-eDi7HrKvHJp69NzTrRO


1. Pathology A: 
>Patho Lec

Sooner or later, Transes are the answer
          I have 2 copies of the book from my undergrad (thank you undergrad friends!), at first I told myself I'd always be using them. Clearly, I have never been wrong in my entire life. The material is no doubt LONG. I tried finishing the first chapters for 9 hours straight, and retained little. I mean, the book is wonderful, but the words are placed in a way that isn't for retention. You still have to declog the words into a structure you can easily re-call. 
          At first, it'll be bearable. But then, as the program will progress, chapters will pile up one after the other. Then, next thing you know, you wont have enough time for all of your readings! ( I mean, assuming you're like me.) This is where the transes come in. Transes have re-arranged topics from books and lectures suited for reviewing. The important words are isolated if not underlined. Everything, even if it's 25 pages long, is organized. So the flow of information is much more easily retained. 
          BUT, if you're more comfortable with the book, please don't let my little essay dishearten you. Besides, transes have errors. They're not as completely reliable as the book since it's our classmates who made them (or us). 

> Patho Lab
Do the manual. Review the slides. Easy as pie. You got this.

Exams: 
Focus on the important ones. (But, doktora everything is important!)
Cramming tip: This is where Robbin's book comes in handy. All the tabled, boxed up information in a chapter are the most important ones you have to recall. They're the usual ones that pop up in exams. Just focus on the big things, don't be too detailed on your review if we're talking about the major exams.

Shiftings: Review even the slightest detail. Sorry. 

Patho lab quiz: Everyone always crams this 10 minutes before the actual quiz. 😂

2. CD A
CD LEC: Just go with flow. Print the transes and review them. They're quite few, compared to the others.
PD: Same as IPD, but you get to go to wards and take actual history from actual patients. That's it. History and a little physical examination.
RADIO: Review like the way you reviewed before, focus on the ppt.

3. OB-GYN
Manual. I relied on the manual and transes. (I'm sorry book lovers, I've let you all down.)
You'll learn about anatomy and physiology of women. How labor is and all the shenanigan along side it, like the hormone rise and shedding of the uterine lining. You'd even learn about maneuver's like leopold's. I mean, this subject is really interesting.

4. Pharma
DEVIL
It's like learning a new language. Youtube helps from time to time. Read and memorize.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZBtQ0rDnG4

5. Microbiology
Medtech: Easy
Newbies: Memory work. Pain in the ass. 

6. Research
No exams. Paper work. But, it'll be easier since half of the class is going to be doing one paper. 

Goodluck Y'all!



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