2 finals, 2 meal prep dishes, and 1 beach sums up my week so far. Last week, we finished up two courses: CPM (Community and Preventive Medicine) and Bioethics. We had finals for those courses this week. So, this post is about my perspectives of the courses and a few tips for future students.
CPM
Since college, I have found the study of public health to be very interesting. So, I thoroughly enjoyed the topics that were covered in CPM. From heart disease prevalence to prevention methods to filling out death certificates, this class introduced the class to a wide range of public health topics. In terms of studying, I attended lecture, reviewed the lectures, and reviewed the lectures again over the weekend. The material is not hard, but students do need to be prepared for the exam. Here are a few tips for succeeding in the class:
1) Attend the review lecture. (typically last lecture of the course) This helped me the most!!!
2) Make sure to go through the 100 slide review guide that the professor is nice enough to give to students.
3) Definitely, definitely learn how to fill out a death certificate during the workshop/lecture.
4) Make sure you understand the material covered in the vaccine lecture because it is not only important for the class, but will also help during clinical practice.
5) Know the definitions and differences between epidemic, endemic, outbreak, and pandemic. More importantly, know how to apply it to a clinical setting.
Bioethics
Over the last 2 weeks, I spent much more time studying Bioethics compared to CPM. This class discussed quite a few ethical situations that affect health care regularly. Majority of the lectures left the class thinking about 2 questions: How would I respond if I was the physician? How would I want a physician to respond if I was the patient? Here are a few things I did to study for this class:
1) Attend lecture, review lecture, and review lecture over the weekend
2) Read all the articles. Most of them are quite interesting! There were questions on the exam about the main points covered in the articles.
3) Prepared for both small group sessions by formulating an answer for each question on the discussion worksheet.
4) Read the course companion. To be honest, I wish I had read the companion when I was going through the lecture, rather than leaving it for the last few days before the exam.
5) Made flashcards for definitions and theories. This class has a ton of terms and lists that students need to know how to apply. So, flashcards were the easiest method to learn.
6) Discussed the practice quiz questions with a few friends.
To be completely honest, I was stressed about finding out my bioethics grade as were many of my friends. A huge thank you to J and my family for listening to my worries over the last few days! You are awesome!! To de-stress from the 2 finals, we went to the beach (yay!). I don't think I could ever get tired of these sunsets. So beautiful!
Once we were back, I was in the mood to cook something. So, I experimented with a pan-asian recipe with green beans, bell pepper, and onions over rice. Simply Delicious!! :)
Happy Wednesday! :)
CPM
Since college, I have found the study of public health to be very interesting. So, I thoroughly enjoyed the topics that were covered in CPM. From heart disease prevalence to prevention methods to filling out death certificates, this class introduced the class to a wide range of public health topics. In terms of studying, I attended lecture, reviewed the lectures, and reviewed the lectures again over the weekend. The material is not hard, but students do need to be prepared for the exam. Here are a few tips for succeeding in the class:
1) Attend the review lecture. (typically last lecture of the course) This helped me the most!!!
2) Make sure to go through the 100 slide review guide that the professor is nice enough to give to students.
3) Definitely, definitely learn how to fill out a death certificate during the workshop/lecture.
4) Make sure you understand the material covered in the vaccine lecture because it is not only important for the class, but will also help during clinical practice.
5) Know the definitions and differences between epidemic, endemic, outbreak, and pandemic. More importantly, know how to apply it to a clinical setting.
Bioethics
Over the last 2 weeks, I spent much more time studying Bioethics compared to CPM. This class discussed quite a few ethical situations that affect health care regularly. Majority of the lectures left the class thinking about 2 questions: How would I respond if I was the physician? How would I want a physician to respond if I was the patient? Here are a few things I did to study for this class:
1) Attend lecture, review lecture, and review lecture over the weekend
2) Read all the articles. Most of them are quite interesting! There were questions on the exam about the main points covered in the articles.
3) Prepared for both small group sessions by formulating an answer for each question on the discussion worksheet.
4) Read the course companion. To be honest, I wish I had read the companion when I was going through the lecture, rather than leaving it for the last few days before the exam.
5) Made flashcards for definitions and theories. This class has a ton of terms and lists that students need to know how to apply. So, flashcards were the easiest method to learn.
6) Discussed the practice quiz questions with a few friends.
To be completely honest, I was stressed about finding out my bioethics grade as were many of my friends. A huge thank you to J and my family for listening to my worries over the last few days! You are awesome!! To de-stress from the 2 finals, we went to the beach (yay!). I don't think I could ever get tired of these sunsets. So beautiful!
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