why I turned medical school into a game (in 3 minutes).

I’ve made lot’s of changes to the way I study at medical school. From using ai to waking up earlier, these techniques have improved my productivity but studying was still a chore.

Until now.

The app I used to track progress:

[anonymous-cutj]

1. No pressure
2. Measure progress (lecture turned to questions)
3. Switch places up
4. Set goals create plans - be in control

[gabbyramirez]

Fireboy and watergirl was so fun to play 😂😂

[cal]

I LOVE how your video was short and to the point. No long asf intros, no long explaination for every single thing, unnecessary amount of bubbly excitement and just precise tips that I actually find quite useful. Instant sub~

[fsfs]

studying is definitely a chore, but if you go for internships or some short exposure stints at hospitals, you will soon realize that peoples lives are actually in your hands - its a realization/concept hard to grasp until you are actually faced with it. that motivated me to study even once i started working even more, and made me realize how dumb it was to think of studying in med school as a "chore". its a responsibility and its not a choice

[Blood_Walker.]

Dude the Left and Right sound editing is insane

[MenteAnaliticaSuper]

1. Safe place to fail (you're not gonna die);
2. Measure progress (lecture turned to questions);
3. Switch places up;
4. Set goals and create plans - be in control.

[Sea-rdhx]

How to apply this in school:

1. Relax, in games there’s no punishment in taking risks and in school the worst that could happen is you taking a test again.

2. Time yourself, in games there’s a goal it’s getting to the end and in school the goal is to get good grades so time yourself how long it takes to get all the problems right.

3. Sit in different positions, in games there’s always a different challenge that makes it fun and in school you can’t really do a lot to change that but you can sit in different positions while doing your work so it feels fresh

4. Set goals, in games there’s a goal it’s to get to the end and beat the level and in school the goal is to get good grades, get smarter, and feel good in your grades and a good grade is different for everyone so it’s important to set goals so you feel like you accomplish something.

[ARandomDonut]

Tracking progress is honestly a life saver. I'm a very impatient person, so impatient in fact, that I am graduating college in three years. Every week I make a to-do list on a sticky note above my desk, I cross things out as I do them, I also write the week number at the top of the list. Every week I get closer to the end of the semester and visualizing that helps. Even more helpful though, I bookmarked my degree requirements in my browser, and named it after my degree with a percentage. This is how close I am to done with my degree. Right now, it says Geography 93.56%, because I am in my 10th week of my final semester of college. I remember the days where it was in the single digits, and am so glad they are way behind me.

[AN_MD]

The value of your first tip is actually incredible. It seems counter intuitive to take pressure off yourself for something that may be really important in your life, but honestly that's when most people perform at their best.

[naumaankhan]

This is how study oriented videos should be: short, crisp and engaging! Keep the good work brother!

[rosiecesareo]

I've never heard so many good tips back-to-back in just three minutes. Amazing, thank you.

[stressedstudent-_-]

This is a very smart and insightful way of how to make studying more enjoyable. It actually makes so much sense after you started to explain it :)

[HaVoCX]

The spread sheet method was the thing i needed the most, damn this is a game changer.
I don't why i never thought of it to track my progress, even though i use Notion on a daily basis for other things.
Thanks for the awesome video

[suekagami]

this is so smart!!

I came up with a kinda similar idea - I always had an issue with remembering stuff, but there were things like song lyrics that somehow stuck with me after only listening to them a couple times

so what I did was turning whatever I had to learn into a song lol. Whether it was a new one or just matching the words to an existing melody

it definitely helped a lot, but could be more tricky with biiiig loads of material to study

[joshushushu]

Thank you so much for this! I'm struggling with mental health issues (dep, adhd) so i never actually study. Another factor is just because even when I don't study, I still pass the exams, or get the highest scores. However, I can't enter med school with that mentality, so I'm definitely going to keep these tips in mind!

[mayah]

Procrastinting studying by watching this video lol... I'm still in undergrad, but I was so pumped to see that you study the exact same way that I do! I literally have Notion open in a different tab with questions I made for myself for my neurobio class. The toggle feature has been a lifesaver for me. Whenever I have free time and have nothing to do, I pull up my notion and quiz myself to see how many I can answer. Gotta get that dopamine hit lmao

[MariaCarver-rx]

You explain even the most difficult subjects so well.

[rowella]

the sound engineering in this adds so much value to your points. thanks a lot for your brilliant delivery, i plan to make use of it soon :)

[ANabiha]

I can't believe a random video I found has actually helped me this much

[dalabba]

Thank you for your video Tom, you changed my view on how I look at stuyding! I have thought about this a lot, the situation where you can do one activity for hours, but not when it comes to studying. I will apply this to my new mindset while studying.