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Pastorjohn2:
Hello house

I'm about to write my first MBBs exam on March, I'd like if you folks could tag this message with common viva questions that are usually asked and viva questions you were asked in your time as well.

I wish you great success Doc. Viva isn't a child's play. It's a matter of luck or grace as you'll call it. For anatomy, I was asked the histology of vajay For biochem, I was asked reactive oxygen species and for Physiology I was asked post prandial somnolence.

Incase you've not seen this already, I talked about my own experience and the questions I was asked.

Discussing answers to my general and distinction viva questions

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnxWlrsOV1w?si=VVyMm1iTVCqw5yKP


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5G9ih3h-f4?si=Au83vmvHKhrHExxi

SF123:
Greetings everyone. Please can you all contribute to share with me what group study is actually all about.
Is it really a good way to share or to actually be in a group sharing ideas with fellow despite the large amount of time needed for personal study
What are the advantage and disadvantage of group studying. Because to me i do personally see it as a waste of time.

It all boils down to personal preference. There is no outright pro or con because it depends on one's personality and study technique. For someone like me who is a slow reader, it's a waste of time. I'll rather engage in group discussions on the night or morning of exams when I've done my own homework.

NL1960:
Thanks.

She was transferred to Physiotherapy which she has accepted. She will retake JAMB if she is still interested in going for Medicine.

Congratulations. it's a great course.

Hello Medics, incase you want to start a YouTube channel and you're not sure of what you need to get or buy, this will help you.

I listed and explained everything you need to get or buy to be able to start a YouTube channel.

I also added a note on the cheap data plan I use.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XnKSsjKuBY?si=gEpuFlh37N6w9Jvh

Team Softcopy VS Team Hardcopy

PROS and CONS of using Softcopy/Hardcopy to study. Which do you prefer?

Watch here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60rfJjTRJL0?si=VmUoBZ6f-uC8JVeZ

NL1960:
Thanks.

. Which medical course do you suggest?. As for trying another JAMB, is it allowed to chose the same Uniben while she is in Uniben?.

. Did not look at this or JUPEB as it seems it is always to difficult to get to 200Lvl through A/L or JUPEB .

Any Medical course will be good. If she is 100% sure that its MBBS she wants, any 4 year course would do. (E.g Anatomy, Physiology, etc) But if she's not so sure that it's MBBS she wants, Biko let her go for a 5 year professional medical course instead.(E.g Nursing, Pharmacy, etc)

And yes, she can choose same UNIBEN. There won't be any issue if it's same school.

Johnboom:
Then your medical school is not complete. All this Uni ilorin self. No wonder you have all this time on line. Dental student do housemaship,is even harder than medicine. While medical students do majorly 3 courses in preclinical dental do 5. Addition are oral anatomy, and oral physiology. If you can survive as dental student in Ife then you can survive any where in the world.

NL1960:
Please i need some advise here. I have a 16year old relation who got 65 aggregate for Uniben Medicine. She is from Edo.

Iam looking at some options for her.

(1) Retake JAMB next year.

(2) Take any 4year science course and try to switch to Medicine in 200Lvl. What 4year science will be appropriate for this?.

(3) If (2) is not possible, complete the 4year course and use it to gain entry to 200Lvl Medicine.

Please urgent replies are needed as she has been crying as the PUTME result was a great shock. There was total chaos in Uniben PUTME this year especially for those that wrote on the first day. Some students even fainted.

(1) should be a great option of course

As for (2), I have no idea how it works in UNIBEN or if it's advisable.

My concern is (3). With the way Nigeria is unstable, I won't advice it at all. Strikes are the order of the day. Medical school is no longer 6 years in most federal universities. It's now a minimum of 7yrs to a standard of 8yrs. 2021 made it 10 years since I started 100L in my first degree and as of now, I'm still in 400L. (Bear it in mind that immediately after my first degree I went for NYSC and immediately after NYSC, I started the MBBS degree). This option (3) should be a LAST LAST option. It should be considered IF and only IF all options have been explored and it's still not working out. It is a HUGE & UNNECESSARY waste of time if there are other options.

If money isn't an issue, I'll advice that she accepts whatever medical course she gets, instead of sitting at home. Then try switching in 200L and try another JAMB next year.

Alternatively, she could try the A'Level route (IJMB) if UNIBEN has something like that. Here, if she gets a particular cut off point, she'll get direct entry admission into 200L MBBS class.

Clinton39:
Thanks dear❤️

I’ll be needing your advice and that of my other bosses in order to navigate Med school successfully 🙌

Walking into 200L is like walking into another world. My advice will be to:
- get married to past questions
- find out from your seniors, what textbooks your lecturers use
- study during the holiday
- get a mentor
- utilise YouTube study videos
- and of course, don't miss practical attendance!.

Incase you want more, I've dropped 35 pieces of advice for 200L medics, if you've not seen it, please do. It will help you.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvNNGto9P-QMpivVhlej_a-cyGbjd-Pdq&si=6Y8El6UI-Egp4bPM

Do you study with music? Or do you prefer a quiet environment?

In 3mins, I talked about what I think about this.

What I think about studying with music.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0OXkHtHhF4?si=PYCFDr3UeJTlZne_

Clinton39:
Hello my people
Trust everyone is doing fine. Been quite a long while here. Just decided to greet everyone here

Will soon be writing my exams in 100L, can’t wait to start 200L and start jacking Anat, Physio and Biochem like my bosses😊

Pls oh, my bosses, advice for navigating medical school can start pouring in.

Congratulations dear

Cocopopsss:
Hey guys. So I just recently repeated a class in med school and I don't really know how to move past this. I worked really hard and still ended up repeating with 0.05 mark. I am terribly sad and I really do not know how to move past this

Hello Cocopops, repeating because of 0.05 mark is very saddening. I can imagine that you're disappointed in yourself and in the nigerian Medical school system as a whole. Please don't give up.

I can't even tell you to find out what went wrong because you were this close to getting the 50%. What I'll say is that you could get a survival mechanism. It could be staying off the social media of your former colleagues, it could be anything. Try to stay away from anything that will trigger your sadness.

Then pick yourself up and give it another try, however with a change in study strategy. [This is coming from someone who used to have 30's-40's (E's-F's) in a particular course in my first degree, but yet got a distinction in that same course in my second degree].

It will be hard at first, especially if you're an emotional person. But give it time. Remember to stay away from social media triggers if possible.

I wish you all the best. In several years time, you'll look back and tell the story to someone who's hurting like you did several years back. I'm able to talk to you about this because I was in your shoes 10-11years ago (as a 200L Ana student).


BTW if perhaps you're interested and you've not seen this, it could help. I spoke based on my experience.

What to do when your results do not reflect the efforts you've put into studying. How to change that situation.

Part 1:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYfMg46TiYg?si=AXGB7w-HtfncGNur

Part 2:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4bqdOdkuR0?si=5L1Bnirdz_34TZQf

spiritualmubi:
Hello Doc Ruyi, good day. I will like to ask if such method is also applicable to non medical course like botany, considering the fact that it is not as bulky as Medicine. Coz I do find it stressful and demanding taking notes while reading a material for the first time, what do you suggest? Thanks alot

Hello, I used same method for WAEC and JAMB biology (which included plant biology). It should help you too. You'll never know until you try it. I wish you great success!!

SF123:
Greetings medicos in the making. Please is it possible to use the general 100l (Physiology) study materials, textsbooks, handouts, Gs courses, pdfs and past question of Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka to study the general 100l courses of mbbs at the University of Jos.

Please bosses, is it possible?

Hi dear, I would advise against doing that. Please stick to what you get from your seniors. Different schools have their way of teaching, course content, method of grading, etc. Your seniors would give you what you need. That would prevent you from wasting your time in studying what's not necessary.

tunmexx:
Thanks for your help ma. I really appreciate. God bless you ma
How can I contact you ma?

Via email @ ruyinaeteng@yahoo.com
IG, LinkedIn: Ruyina Eteng

tunmexx:
Thanks for the advice and videos ma. But is it after the fast reading I'll now do intensive reading?
I also use study with me videos on YouTube. What to you think about that ma?

Actually, it's a flexible something. You can do intensive studying at anytime. But for me, intensive studying comes when exam timetable comes out. That time adrenaline is at work. I'm already used to the terms & I'm familiar with the words, diagrams & everything (after using fast reading technique 3 times already). Intensive studying + exam timetable fear = sweet studying + swift understanding.

tunmexx:
Pls bosses, what's the best way to read anatomy and remember? My style of reading is that after reading few lines,I write down what I can remember on a sheet of paper. But I feel it takes longer time.
How can I also increase my reading speed?

Hello Tunmex, As a graduate of Anatomy and a 4th Year Medic gearing up for 5th Year soon, I really can't speak for everyone. But based on my experience, using this your method will make revision for exams easy for you as you'll have a comprehensive note to fall back to..,,,, the downside of this is that it can make you to be very slow. You may end up not completing the course outline even once.

My suggestion is to study like as if you're meeting a potential "girlfriend". You go on "dates" with her just to get to know her better. The more dates you go with her, the more familiar you both become. When you eventually ask her to be your girlfriend, there is a high chance of receiving a huge YES.

SAME thing applies to whatever I'm studying. I go on "dates" by using a fast study technique to study that material several times. All 3 times I'm studying, the aim isn't to understand, but to get familiar with the diagrams, the terms, the strange words. This will help you to have a mental picture of the whole material.

By the time exam timetable is out, with the help of adrenaline, understanding will be made wayyyy easier if you're already familiar with the terms, diagrams and strange words.

Study anatomy with atlas. Use YouTube as well.

I've uploaded comprehensive videos that will help you if you're interested in a deep explanation of all this.

How to increase your study speed:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuAweFNvnlY?si=Aht1fQLzrtjVeokl

How I study a material and learn a diagram without ever penning it down:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JK3K9bgUW8A?si=yHck1U290c0pxklx

My memory strategy:
PART 1:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9LTyNxaTWg?si=pfWGF1vMUNZpPGMx

PART 2:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpXOL5bi1Ys?si=grglLHIOcCB9Udxf

How to answer questions in exam:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvNNGto9P-QNtb_5AHQ0ohPWWEh09Bn3Q&si=371KaAq9zkGNX02k

In summary, Medical school doesn't have only one formula. Try out several methods, ask other medics how they do their studying. Stick to what is working for you. Once you find out it's not working, don't waste time,,,, switch to another strategy IMMEDIATELY!

Emma2Seconds:
Abeg boss which site can I download nice textbooks needed for radiography students entering 200level

"PDF drive" and "Z library". PDF drive is a website and Zlib is an app.

I hear people brag about the number of hours they study in a day. It's a valid topic for argument & discussion. In this 2min video, I talked about what I think about this and the number of hours I study in a day.

How many hours should a medic study in a day?? Is it necessary to pay attention to the number of hours?? Let's find out!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-T0i79kJ28?si=mc_2plaN9JS9ZpcJ

Waramiedema63:
Please can I convert 2022 utme to direct entry 2023

Wow... First time I'm hearing about such. Is this possible at all? I'm curious about it's possibility and mechanism of action.

Some medics are night readers, some are day readers,,, sleep is too important for them.

In this 2-minute video, I talked about my preference based on my situation. (IYKYK)

Studying at night or studying in the day, which do I think, yields better results?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gk8ADF18_u8

Oova:
All the websites to the PDFs for medical books are all showing errors, please can anybody give were the books can be found or if the Ruyi or the OP can compile everything in a drive so it will remain. Thanks.

Your MSA may have a link that contains lecture materials and textbooks pertaining to your school.CMDA too may have something like that. I'll suggest you find out from the MSA &/or CMDA leaders of your school. They will know better.

PS: if you choose to use unconventional methods to get what you want, Zlib will help. Search for the apk on telegram and download it. It could have the textbook you need. Or, a simple google search may help. I wasn't lucky enough to have materials handed over to me. I searched for them myself.

SF123:
Greetings all. Please why is it that not all medical student are showcasing that they are studying medicine or maybe writen boldly on their social media profile, medic or a sign of steth...please i want to know the motive behind this omen.

Interesting observation. I think it boils down towards personality,,, not the fact that they are medics. Some people are just private in nature.

wizi44:
Good day medicos, please I am a medical student of the Federal University of Technology Owerri and I am passing through text book madness, I am about to enter my pre-clinicals, and I don't know the books to get, please can you guys recommend my able chiefs

Congratulations on getting to Preclinicals!!

Based on my experience,
For gross anatomy, I prefer Chaurasia
For Embryology, I prefer Langman
For Histology, I prefer JP gunman
For Physiology, I prefer Jaypee Essentials
For Biochemistry, I prefer Satyanarayana

Incase you need indepth review of each textbook, you can watch here:

Best textbooks for Preclinicals:

For Anatomy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ht4__hKkNQM

For Physiology & Biochemistry:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stXQ7lnokvM

In summary, I'll advice you to get the softcopy of the textbooks and flip through and be sure you can understand it, before buying. Also, ask your seniors for the textbooks your lecturers are using.... It's safer to go for that one (esp for mcq/obj sake).

Wondering if it's possible to learn a diagram without drawing it in a book several times?

This is how I do it. Detailed tutorial on how to learn a concept without making notes and how to learn a diagram without having to waste time drawing it on a piece of paper.

This strategy may work for you, or it may not. Who knows


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JK3K9bgUW8A

In case you're wondering if making notes while studying is a productive way to study, I spoke about it. (2mins video)

Is it advisable to make notes while studying (Considering the volume of work and the limited time)

Watch here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDJ-9XpKWLk

Lordsagna:
Hello Ruyi, I want you to make a video or talk about multitasking in medical school, e.g a 24/25 yrs guy starting 100lvl and has a skill like tech (coding), the guy isn't depending on anyone he only make money from coding.
How can that person meet the demand of med school and not leave his Job/skill.
How possible is that ? Cos it look like most medical student don't do anything aside medicine ..

Hello Lordsagna, thank you for the suggestion! This video may help! I talked about how I combine medical school with extracurricular activities like being a wife, daughter, big sister, in addition to being a consistent YouTuber, consistent volunteer, virtual assistant (upwork), while still being a leader & participant in several organisations like NiMSA, FAMSA, IFMSA, MWAN YDF, GOWME, GHWN, TJN-ECG, etc but was still able to get a distinction in my last professional exams by God's grace.

In these videos I talked about how I do it.

PART 1:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0V3g6X7PTj4

PART 2:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CdKg5jXSqE

spiritualmubi:
Hello good day docs. Please I will like tips and advice on how to Ace jamb excellently as regards to the best study technique for ample assimilation and retention, and other helpful advice.
I plan to take next year jamb, though I am undergoing my IT presently, so I plan to utilize my spare time for studying, I will be in final year next year.
Thanks.

I wrote JAMB in my final year too(2014/2015). Things may have changed now but the strategy I used in my time was studying 4 different textbooks each of Physics, Chem & Bio and chewing JAMB past questions afterwards. It took months of preparation though.

DEPRESSION is a menace in Nigerian Medical Schools. In this series I talked about 10 reasons why I was a depressed medical student and how I walked out of it.

If you are a depressed or sad medic, you'll want to learn from my experience. I went through it so that you won't have to.

Depression in medical school and how to walk out of it

PART 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McKKvx9zZCY

PART 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSIRDVF1XFo

PART 3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zg6xGJXoc28

AlacrityVictor:
Congratulations doc
Please can I have your WhatsApp number
I have some questions about med school plsss🙏

You can send me an email ruyinaeteng@yahoo.com
I'll be delighted to hear from you!

Wondering if you MUST study everyday to do well in Medical School?? Watch me explain in less than two minutes, my thoughts on this.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jfEsNyIDgg

Entrepreneurrr:
How do someone answer those mcq questions with True and false please. Like this one:

All the following are English alphabets EXCEPT
a. A
b. B
c. 1
d. D
e. 2

It is that except that is causing confusion

please ask your seniors and/or lecturers. They will know how things are done in your school. But for my school, you are to write T or F beside EVERY option.

For example, this one you've asked, (All the following are English alphabets EXCEPT) if it were in exam hall in my School, I'll write something like:

F a. A
F b. B
T c. 1
F d. D
T e. 2

What that means is that I read the Question and write a T where that option is a correct answer to that question and an F where that option isn't the correct answer to the QUESTION. (There can be no correct answer, there can be all correct answers, there can be multiple answers or just one correct answer)