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Re: The medical students and aspirants thread by zenbancrofti(m): 5:17pm On Oct 06, 2018
osamagbesmart:

She can only transfer to nursing if she gets a very good result.and hope people fails out from the department,transfer is mostly feasible at 200level,because hardly anyone fails at 100level
oh thanks
Re: The medical students and aspirants thread by Salarys: 8:49pm On Oct 06, 2018
AnonymousLee:


Congrats bro I'm currently a student of delsu 300l but I'm considering writing jamb again cause medicine to me is a passion..


Please what was your jamb and putme exams scores to be precise, So I can set a practical target for myself??

How exactly was the putme?? Was it just quantitative and verbal reasoning all through??

What useful tips and you help a brother with,Especially with the putme preps..

PS: The year I entered putme wasn't used hence the questions

1) 302 and 66 respectively. Agg 71. I'll advice you aim way higher because last year's cut was 74.

2)English and general aptitude questions

3)hmm..This one is very complicated because I actually spent time with sciences(phy chm and bio) but that wasn't what was set. The major setback though is the system and the network. 50 questions under 30 mins. Theres no time for you. You stop when they ask you to. Questions take about 10secs to load, answers refuse to register and sometimes the server would crash.God be praised, I scaled through. With such stuff, you'll feel like you're losing your mind in the exam hall. Its one thing to prepare for an exam and another to be organised enough to put down what you've read. So pray well.

Thank you.

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Re: The medical students and aspirants thread by AnonymousLee: 9:09pm On Oct 06, 2018
Salarys:


1) 302 and 66 respectively. Agg 71. I'll advice you aim way higher because last year's cut was 74.

2)English and general aptitude questions

3)hmm..This one is very complicated because I actually spent time with sciences(phy chm and bio) but that wasn't what was set. The major setback though is the system and the network. 50 questions under 30 mins. Theres no time for you. You stop when they ask you to. Questions take about 10secs to load, answers refuse to register and sometimes the server would crash.God be praised, I scaled through. With such stuff, you'll feel like you're losing your mind in the exam hall. Its one thing to prepare for an exam and another to be organised enough to put down what you've read. So pray well.

Thank you.

Kk thanks a lot for the reply. One more thing; I noticed your scored quite high in your use of English, That has always been a problem for me.. What textbooks did you use in preparing for the exams, English and Physics in particular??

What other Englishtextbook did you read in addition to ' Invincible Teacher' ??


Sorry I'm asking too much questions. I'll make it up to you next week when I'm in Abk at macathy or rivotel if you're up for it wink
Re: The medical students and aspirants thread by scholarshipfree: 10:35pm On Oct 06, 2018
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Re: The medical students and aspirants thread by Nobody: 9:29am On Oct 07, 2018
Which school is this? Who can guess?

Re: The medical students and aspirants thread by Acecube(m): 10:35am On Oct 07, 2018
stemmez:
Which school is this? Who can guess?
wow, 3 million naira
Re: The medical students and aspirants thread by fantasticone1(m): 10:48am On Oct 07, 2018
stemmez:
Which school is this? Who can guess?
That should be Bowen University
Re: The medical students and aspirants thread by Nobody: 2:40pm On Oct 07, 2018
Acecube:
wow, 3 million naira

You can imagine.

It they are smart, start writing usmle.

3 times 5years, 15million.

Write usmle, blast it, get tha fkkk outta that useless country and make back ur 15milla in a year in US.

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Re: The medical students and aspirants thread by centitan(m): 5:22pm On Oct 07, 2018
stemmez:
Which school is this? Who can guess?
igbinedion university I think..
Re: The medical students and aspirants thread by James150: 5:55pm On Oct 07, 2018
stemmez:
Which school is this? Who can guess?
igbenedion or Babcock
Re: The medical students and aspirants thread by Salarys: 9:56pm On Oct 07, 2018
AnonymousLee:


Kk thanks a lot for the reply. One more thing; I noticed your scored quite high in your use of English, That has always been a problem for me.. What textbooks did you use in preparing for the exams, English and Physics in particular??

What other Englishtextbook did you read in addition to ' Invincible Teacher' ??


Sorry I'm asking too much questions. I'll make it up to you next week when I'm in Abk at macathy or rivotel if you're up for it wink

For Use of English, just Dele’s Invincible Teacher.
For physics, The science physics by Afolabi.

Lol,indeed. I’d rather you wire the “chikini” money into my “akant”. grin
Re: The medical students and aspirants thread by Julidab: 10:28pm On Oct 07, 2018
pls any COOU medical student or aspirant here
Re: The medical students and aspirants thread by Acecube(m): 11:22pm On Oct 07, 2018


You can imagine.

It they are smart, start writing usmle.

3 times 5years, 15million.

Write usmle, blast it, get tha fkkk outta that useless country and make back ur 15milla in a year in US.
abi
Re: The medical students and aspirants thread by Dvd4: 10:11pm On Oct 08, 2018
Salarys:


For Use of English, just Dele’s Invincible Teacher.
For physics, The science physics by Afolabi.

Lol,indeed. I’d rather you wire the “chikini” money into my “akant”. grin
And BIO and Chemistry?
Re: The medical students and aspirants thread by Pilate2016(m): 11:44pm On Oct 08, 2018
raje914:
Hello doc..
pls I want you guys to give me assurance about admission. I chose ATBU bauchi to study medicine, the first list was out and funny enough they're even updating the list and my name is not there yet, I scored 292 in jamb and 5Bs and 4Cs. Even those that scored less were given admission or is it because I'm from north central ?
My parent are making things worse coz they are saying that I should write another jamb (at this old age of mine)...
should I still keep my hopes alive or write another jamb ?
I was thinking of choosing unilorin now for MBBS, pls what are my chances of getting admission there, what do I need to do ?
#confused
Bro, come to Unical.
Re: The medical students and aspirants thread by Elzak(m): 11:55am On Oct 09, 2018
Any udusok medic here
Re: The medical students and aspirants thread by AYM123(m): 9:11pm On Oct 09, 2018
Elzak:
Any udusok medic here
yes just been admitted
Re: The medical students and aspirants thread by phrancis99(m): 11:33pm On Oct 09, 2018
To start reading Anatomy, which should I go for
Moore's or Chaurasia's
Re: The medical students and aspirants thread by dkstv: 6:44am On Oct 10, 2018
Which school is this? Who can guess?
Doesnt make sense. Why expose this?
Re: The medical students and aspirants thread by dkstv: 7:48am On Oct 10, 2018
Can someone pls tag pieces advising new medical students entering pre clinicals? I am apprehensive already.
Re: The medical students and aspirants thread by NeonDee(m): 10:53am On Oct 10, 2018
Good morning.
Pls wat OTC drugs can I use for Tonsillitis
Pls I'm in pains here
Re: The medical students and aspirants thread by Encorecasmie(m): 11:23am On Oct 10, 2018
damilola8775:
i have posted it bro
Thanks chief
Re: The medical students and aspirants thread by Naldogen(m): 6:13pm On Oct 10, 2018
Which school is this? Who can guess?
Afebabalola or Babcock
Re: The medical students and aspirants thread by Naldogen(m): 6:14pm On Oct 10, 2018
phrancis99:
To start reading Anatomy, which should I go for
Moore's or Chaurasia's

depends on your school. Better you ask your senior colleagues
Re: The medical students and aspirants thread by stred: 7:03pm On Oct 10, 2018
Guess Allied students aren't wanted here angry
Re: The medical students and aspirants thread by Donpre(m): 12:24am On Oct 11, 2018
dkstv:
Can someone pls tag pieces advising new medical students entering pre clinicals? I am apprehensive already.
https://www.nairaland.com/1049407/medical-students-aspirants-thread/546#70773316

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Re: The medical students and aspirants thread by dkstv: 5:11am On Oct 11, 2018
charleymed:
MY ADVICE TO THE NEWEST PRECLINICAL STUDENTS.

Congratulations to you all. I'm using ISIs and venmotors as a point of contact.
In as much as I would like to commend you all for a job well done, passing the premed and moving on to the promise land, I also want to reiterate that your journey to becoming a doctor/dentist just got started. Premed is notorious for painting the wrong picture of what the medical school truly entails, and the earlier you begin to disinhibit your senses from the euphoria of your premed accomplishments, the better med school might be for you. It's no longer a myth that the correlation between premed and medical school proper is almost nonexistent or very thin so to say, that's why in places like the USA one can study music at premed and still doing very well in medical school. Indeed, Medical school is an entirely very different 'pot of soup' not similar to anything you've ever come across before. Your degrees in pharmacology, pharmacy, anatomy, biochemistry, physiology etc, often becomes redundant once you set your foot into medical school.
Things are just different here and even the military can't boast of such rigour and organisation. That's medical school for you.

Learn to be serious: One important mistake preclinical students often repeat is the culture of taking things for granted. This is often orchestrated by the fact that most of us started reading even before the commencement of lectures or even worse, when we already have a degree in one of the preclinical subjects, let say anatomy. This often makes us feel there's no need learning "flexion and extention" since we already knew the circle of Willis. Attitudes like this often leaves us less attentive in class especially when very simple concept are being discussed, because we feel they are too simple and doesn’t deserve our time. The problem here is not that anybody will ever ask you flexion and extension in exams, but that we are starting on a wrong footing, which is "inattentiveness" in the the class. This often results to more episodes of inattentiveness, until it becomes a habit. Don't even make the mistake of thinking that you get serious when more difficult concepts are discussed, often at times it results in a vicious cycle, where you continously see every concept being discussed as below your standard. In as much as I will like to advice you to start reading as early as your premed days, please whenever you're in class, always keep your knowledge aside and pay close attention to whatever concept the lecturer is discussing, that way you will get the opportunity of adding more to your knowledge and becoming better. Seek knowledge like a hungry lion, don't ever take anything for granted in medical school.

Your style of studying: I have to talk about this because it's very clear that most medical students especially preclinical students do not know how to and what to study at any instance. The problem here is not that we don't have a good reading culture and cannot not 'jack' till day break. No, the issues pertains to the fact that we don't study smart. Earlier on this page, I shared an experience of how I studied with last anatomy and clinched a distinction in anatomy. We all need to understand that MBBS is an undergraduate degree and as such we have to make studying more appealing and realistic, not cumbersome as though we are doing PhD. Sincerely, there's no sense in reading Keith Moore or guyton cover to cover, apart from the fact that you barely have time for that, it's very difficult to retain information in such books. Your aim should be, retaining as much information as possible not filling your room with big books. Pick a single textbook that's concise and straight to the point, then kill yourself on it. Repetition is the key to knowledge, so why not choose reading ganong for a third time, when your peers are still yet to finish Guyton for the first time. Who do you think will be better of? Also, another important blunder I have seen most medical student commit, is reading too many textbooks at a time. My brother you will end up confusing yourself and burning up your energy for nothing. Sincerely, you don't need so many resources, just master one and make others your reference resources. There are other ways we learn in medical school, lectures, practical sessions, tutorials, and even online. Explore this alternatives, and don't kill your self on tons of BIG BOOKS. You should know that the best student is not he who has tons of textbooks, but he who has tons of information.

Setting goals: We should all learn this. I'm happy whenever I meet young preclinical students talking about how they want to get distinction in all the subjects. This is a very good way to kick off your medical school. Set goals, even high falutin ones. One important thing about setting goals as this is that, it keeps you on your heels always, you might not be able to acheive most of these goals at the end of the day, let say getting a distinction, but for sure you will never struggle in medical school. There's a very thin line between passing and failing in med school, unfortunately everyone is predisposed to this two spectrums. But passing becomes normal and natural, when you set goals far higher than just to pass. You will discover that when people are running helter scelter during an MBBS exams, you will calm because the worse that can happen to you is to pass.
Another aspect that you shouldn't ignore is working on these goals and bringing them into fruition. It takes great efforts, and at no time should ever deviate. Fight to the end, and you will reap the fruit of your labour.

Handling success and failure: Both success and failures could be a double edge sword, and you should be careful which edge you've choose at a particular time. Handling success in medical school is very paramount. If you mismanage your raining days, be rest assured you will plunge yourself into dry season prematurely. Whenever you do very well in a test or an exams, please learn to be humble, remain focused and fix your eyes on the price. Whatever success you acheive should act as a catalyst for more success, more like a positive feedback. But I have discovered that people often allow there success get into their heads, and you shouldn't be found in such category. Whenever you do well a test, you become popular and the next is that everyone wants to be your friend, you begin to organise tutorials, moving from pillar to post, always on the go. I'm not saying you shouldn't share your knowledge with your peers, off course you should, but don't develop short term memory as to how you arrived at your point of success. Don't abandon your books because you felt you've arrived. It will surely backfire. Handle success with care in other to acheive more sucees. Failure on the other hand should be handled with upmost care. Never dwell on your failure. When you don't get it right, forge ahead with good spirit and determination to get it right the next time. Never look back at your failure and don't ever get depressed because you failed.

Dissociate yourself from toxic people: There are this category of people that always see the negative side of everything. It will do you alot of good never to found yourself mixing up with such people. They will infect you and soon you will become like them. Discover people that see the two sides of everything, and make them your friends, if you must have any. Be with people that inspire you always, people that share similar dreams with you, that way you will enjoy medical school. More importantly, never allow people's negative opinions get to you, especially when you are doing well. People often mock excellence and excellent individuals, and you should get used to the fact that their opinions has no bearing on your life. Shame them with more success and excellence, that's their remedy.

Get involved: Finally, don't be carried away by the rigour of medical school. Get involved in other things. Broaden your knowledge.
Try sports, politics, history, art, movies. Be refreshed all the time. Because the best doctor is one who knows little about everything.

I wish you all the best.

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Re: The medical students and aspirants thread by dkstv: 5:11am On Oct 11, 2018
Re: The medical students and aspirants thread by dkstv: 4:19pm On Oct 11, 2018
ebsuguy:
Hi....by Jehovah's undeserved kindness i will be a 300L EBSU medical student cos am about writing my last exam in 200L
Ur schl is slow. My friend gas been there since 2010, never repeated yet havent grad.
Re: The medical students and aspirants thread by dkstv: 4:34pm On Oct 11, 2018
Would read fron page 1 till the end, so help me God. I hope it would not take me a month to finish it though

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