5 Habits of Highly Successful Medical Students

Being a medical student, you have to make major adjustments in your life and lifestyle. You have to leave your pre-medical habits behind in order to become a successful student and stay ahead of others. Here are some of the highly effective and efficient habits that you need to adopt in order to become a successful medical student. 

1. Don’t Procrastinate

If you have to do something, just do it. Don’t dawdle in hopes of getting it done later on because doing it later will take twice as much time.

Learn to value your time more than anything if you want to excel as a medical student. 

2. Study Smart 

Say goodbye to the habit of poring over every word of the books. Instead of cramming your head with information that will be no good for you during exams, memorize stuff that will help you gain marks and will be useful during the clinical scenarios. For example, the year a drug was discovered is simply useless information. Its mode of action and side effects is what matters. 

Secondly, instead of referring to 3 different books for a topic over and over, jot down the information from other books onto the one that suits you the best so that you can economize your time. Start using highlighters and colored pens to highlight the text that is useful for you out of the lengthy paragraphs. 

3. Seek Study Aids

Don’t hesitate to take help from technology for the purpose of facilitating your studies.

Similarly, make study groups with class mates in order to discuss things since group studies have been proven to be effective for making concepts and learning. 

4. Identify Your Strengths and Weaknesses

In order to stay ahead of others, probe yourself for your strong suits as well as weaknesses and learn to exploit them to your advantage. If you have a weakness for studying thoroughly, use it to make your concepts and later, memorize only the stuff that is likely to help you in exams and clinical scenarios.

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5. Work On Yourself

Don’t let yourself get lost amidst a pile of course books. Spare some time for co-curricular activities too. Most of the medical schools offer a hoard of fun activities like adventure clubs, literary circles, dramatics, sports and other such events to relieve the pressure of strenuous medical studies. Take active part in the fun activities of your choice so that your mind does not become overburdened. Such activities prove to be the best antidote for depression and burn out syndrome. 

Being a medical student can take a heavy physical and psychological toll on your life. Only by taking a proactive approach to stay positive and by ignoring all the negative influences can you aspire to become a top-notch and successful medical student.