Hi guys, I'm taking a gap year, and applying to medicine this year, i'm becoming kind of conscientious of slipping, or losing that learning edge that you get from being in constant education. And just wondered if anyone could recommend any wider reading for medicine.
last year during year 13 i did a open university science shrt course entitled human genetics and health issues. i would recommend it or maybe a slightly more indepth one.
yeah im ****ing rolling in it! sometimes i throw money out of my window onto the streets. i have even more money now since i was sponsored by a company to do the course
I'd take a slighter more moderate view. I would say- do NOT waste your time trying to read up on stuff you're going to do here - there's no point, you'll forget and probably won't understand anyway. What could be useful - is keeping up your basic biology knowledge of cells/some of the body stuff (e.g. translation/the stuff you learn about neurones). I.e. maintaining rather than learning new stuff. Just my opinion though.
don't worry about having no formal education for a year, you could just keep up to date with the recent news in the world of science and whatnot by reading articles. most importantly make sure your gap year is worthwhile and FUN FUN FUN
Enjoy your gap year and don't worry about doing any reading! If you do forget stuff, you will be amazed at how quickly it all comes back to you when you get back to studying. And as for new stuff, its a lot easier when you get to uni and have a better idea of the depth of what you need to know and what you need to know. This will be about the last time ever that you will have a holiday with nothing hanging over your head so forget about it all until September!
Haha.. that's what I'm doing - talk about boring. HATE anatomy.
well i find bones so easy to learn..when it comes onto muscles, the nerves and the blood vessels theres loads. I only hate anatomy when it gets to a point hwere my brain cant remember anymore. I find it interesting..thing is though once you learn it the clinical applications are very enjoyable eg carpal tunnel syndrome etc.