M1 Struggling with Long Term retention
Hi everyone, as the title says, I’ve been struggling with keeping info in my head for long periods of time. I do fine, at or above class avg, on all our block exams, but within like 2-3 weeks I seem to have forgotten a large chunk of the info.
I didn’t really realize this was a problem until we took a comprehensive exam after finishing our cardio, pulm, and renal blocks where I scored like 50% on cardio and pulm, where the comparison group is supposed to score in the 70s. If I can’t even keep these 3 blocks in memory I’m worried for what will happen as we learn more and more.
Currently I do Anki and make sure I finish all my reviews every day so I’m seeing content from past blocks, and I do well on these cards, but I can’t seem to translate this to question success once I actually start answering questions. I know I know the material because I’m doing well on our block specific exams but the comprehensive exams r killing me.
Does anyone have any tips I can incorporate into my study schedule so that I’m on track for Step?