How To Have Time For Yourself While Being A Medical Student: An Effective And Smart Way To Learn: How To Do Better In Medical School

"No time for yourself, no social life, no free time, no weekend, no volunteer work, no party, ..."

That's what everyone usually thinks about the life of a medical student. But forget that deep-seated concept that medical school will take over your life It is possible to do great in school while still having a rich and well-rounded life. Whether you want to have time for international volunteer work, to have time to exercise relax and unwind, or just have time to live more and work less, this book is your blueprint to thrive as a medical student.

This step-by-step guide to medical school teaches:
- How Dave, a medical student with below-average SAT and MCAT scores used these techniques to go from spending 16 hours a day on medical school and getting a "C" average to spending 1-3 hours a day on medical school and getting the top academic honors, 99.7th percentile on USMLE Steps 1 and 2, induction into the AOA honor society, and getting into his top choice residency in his top choice location, all the while enjoying the process of learning and having plenty of free time to enjoy life outside of medical school.
- How to clarify your personal goals for your life in medicine and in medical school and use those to reverse-engineer a personalized and customized curriculum for yourself.
- How to sift through seemingly infinite study sources and choose the highest yield information for your own unique goals.
- How to apply the latest research findings in the neuroscience of learning and memory to supercharge your brain's learning potential, maximizing your per-hour learning output.
- How to structure and schedule your study sessions and your "work days" to maximize your learning potential.
- What to eat and drink to fuel your brain to form and maintain sold long-term memories of what you're learning.