Not appreciating the gendered language (not everyone with a vagina is a woman and not every woman has a vagina) but otherwise this is good information.
Agree with previous comment, this is super gendered, but makes good points. It drives me crazy how people always refer to vulvas as vaginas and have no idea what the difference is.
Along with the gendered language, not a fan of some of the gendered imagery, but still cool.
Launching the Art-Res Artistic Anatomy Notes Ebook!
Hi guys! I worked a long time on this ebook!
What’s This?
I make most of my resources available for free on my website, artres.xyz.
However, I do need a way to pay for the domain name and keep up the art-res discord sever, create tools like the idea generator, and buy my college books.
This ebook made for those who want to read a compilation of anatomy articles and resources in a cleaner, offline format. It also includes some master posts not seen on the art-res site.
It’s currently 21 pages but will continue to grow.
Note: no external resources or images are posted, only a link to the original source so 100% of the traffic is viewed on the creator’s social media/original site.
I am so glad to announce that I just finished the second year of med school! I am sorry for having not being active on Tumblr during the last months, but now I am here to share my study methods for the exams of this session, beginning with neuroanatomy.
Neuroanatomy was, for me, the better part of the anatomy exam. It may seem chaotic when you start studying it, but I find so fascinating the way we are precisely organised and the abilities our brain allow us to have.
Since neuroanatomy might be hard to understand at first-lecture, I advise a layeredstrategy to approach this exam.
Also, I strongly suggest using an atlas to memorise the structure of the nervous system. I found Netter’s Atlas of Neuroscience very complete and understandable, and it is cheap too (I paid less than 20 euros).
Here are the steps of my preparation for this exam:
1) Reading all the material
When I first faced this subject, it seemed to me that I could not understand anything. Everything was so confused, with unclear terminology and references to structures that I did not know.
That is why I preferred to have a general look at all the material, without focusing on understanding in depth what I was reading, but trying to catch as much information as I could to have a basic knowledge of neurosciences.
During this phase, I attended classes, read my notes and read the book. After that, I drew a minimal mind map with main topics to start building a scheme in my mind.
2) Active comprehension and schematisation
After having gone through all the material, I quitted the classes and favoured studying on my own. I guess this is a personal decision: generally speaking, I find it vital to go to classes, but in this case, I felt I was losing my time. I realised I needed much more time than a two-hour lesson to comprehend a topic, so I could not focus, ending up distracting and wasting my time.
I started reading all the material again, trying to grasp the point.
I also began to schematise the topics. I selected the most helpful images of the atlas, and I copied them on my notebook, adding a description.
It may seem time-consuming, but it was easier to memorise anatomical structures after having drawn them.
I also compared my notes with the professor’s slides to have a more schematic view.
3) Memorisation and recalling with a friend
I based the last part of my studying on trying to remember all the information.
I used mnemotechnics for the most mnemonic parts, such as the peripheric nervous system. By the way, I think neuroanatomy is not one of the more mnemonic exams in med school.
The technique that helped me the most to fix the information was recalling them with a friend. I am not a fan of studying with someone when I still have to comprehend the topic, but I find it vital some weeks before the exam. Having a study buddy allows you to see the subject from a different point of view and to understand whether you missed relevant information.
Also, I recalled all the topics out loud on my own. It helped me test myself and perceiving if I was able to build a speech on that point.
And that’s how I prepared for one of my favourite exams in med school so far. Let me know whether you agree with this method or you would have changed something.
