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  • What's going on guys!

  • In this video I want to talk to you about increasing efficiency as a pre-med and in

  • medical school.

  • Optimizing our time management skills and efficiency is paramount to success.

  • So, I want to help you be successful in academics but also have time to enjoy yourself and be

  • healthy.

  • The first thing is to study smarter not harder.

  • And what I mean by this is that more time studying does not always lead to a better

  • outcome.

  • Make sure you're using your time wisely.

  • In order to do this, it's important to critically look at what's working and what's not.

  • I made another video describing how to study efficiently, I'll put a link in the comments.

  • Second, do bursts of studying.

  • This goes hand in hand with studying smarter.

  • A lot of students make the mistake of trying to studyall day”.

  • But no matter how strong your willpower, you will have diminishing returns as your mind

  • gets fatigued, so it's important to take breaks.

  • I spoke about the Pomodoro technique in a prior video and this comes in handy here,

  • but taking a step back, lets apply this principle of burst studying more broadly.

  • So, plan your breaks around your life.

  • You have other things to do, you got errands to run.

  • Having those breaks timed optimally for those errands is gonna increase your overall efficiency.

  • So, for example, let's say you go to class from 8AM to 12PM.

  • You then take a break by eating lunch with your friends for 30 minutes to an hour.

  • Since you just took a break and should be relatively refreshed, you can use the next

  • 2-3 hours to get some work done.

  • Now, at this point you're probably getting diminishing returns, so break up the monotony

  • by going to the gym and getting a workout and that might take you 1-1.5 hours.

  • And go back home and study again for a couple hours.

  • Then your next break is gonna be dinner.

  • So, take an hour, have your dinner and from there you can either enjoy the rest of your

  • night or if you have an exam quickly approaching, spend that extra time to fit in more studying.

  • Next is to plan ahead.

  • Now there's a spectrum of how broadly or how finely you want to plan your schedule.

  • Some people prefer planning every single minute of their day, others just list a couple of

  • larger goals to accomplish throughout the day.

  • I was somewhere in the middle.

  • Find out what works best for you and stick with it.

  • So, again for example, let's say I had a class from 8:00 to 12:00, I would then plan out

  • some time from 12:30 to 2 for my PBL look up, 2-3 I'd keep working on you know, lecture

  • materials, learning objectives, things like that.

  • Then I plan to go to the gym from 3:00 to 4:30, make on Anki cards from 4:30 to 6:00,

  • work on research from six to seven, eat dinner around 7:00 and then after dinner, finish

  • any research tasks or anything left over and then wind down and go to sleep.

  • So this is an example of how I would plan my day, either morning up or day before.

  • Next is to practice discipline.

  • If you want to be successful in medicine, you need to prioritize studying, plain and

  • simple.

  • So, discipline is a muscle requiring regular exercise, so use it.

  • Find ways in your day to exercise your discipline and move closer towards your goals, don't

  • just rely on brute willpower.

  • So, for example, in my case I made a habit of sleeping and waking up at consistent times

  • even on days that I had late class where I could sleep in.

  • This helped maintain momentum, keep me motivated and overall just helped me focus.

  • And again, habits are stronger than willpower, so critically look at your habits that prevent

  • you from being productive or studying as much as you need to and find ways around them.

  • And last, use your downtime.

  • So one example would be listening to audio books on your commute, whether you're driving,

  • walking, whatever.

  • Audiobooks are a good way to make otherwise useless time more useful, make it work for

  • you.

  • Depending on your board exam you're studying for or the clinical rotation, find what's

  • relevant and use that.

  • Fill in brief moments of downtime with little bursts of studying.

  • I cannot emphasize this enough, this made a huge difference not only in my test scores

  • but also in the impression I made on faculty and residents with my knowledge during clinical

  • rotations.

  • I was shocked by how many Anki cards I could get done over the course of a day just by

  • doing it when I was waiting in line, waiting for people, walking between places, those

  • 5-10 cards here and there, they add up quickly and over the course of a day you will be able

  • to reinforce a lot of that material.

  • That does sound pretty intense and of course you're gonna need to figure out what works

  • best for you.

  • I personally did this quite a bit during my third year clerkships and closer to exams,

  • but to maintain that level constantly might be a little bit taxing for you, so figure

  • out what works best for you.

  • Alright guys, that's it for this video.

  • If you have any questions or comments, leave them below.

  • If you liked the video, make sure to press Like, hit subscribe and I'll see you in the

  • next one.

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