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AbalaTips 101: Types of Study Schedule for Filipino Medical Students

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 Hello again mga ka-Abalahin, today I will discuss some of the study schedule methods that we can apply in the medical school, hope this options could help Introduction: Usually the most active time of the brain is usually accodring to Oxford there are two types of study learners, the Day Studier, and the Night Studier each of the following advantage like the following Day Studier Night Studier ·          The brain is refreshed from a good sleep and can absorb more information ·          Natural light good for your eyes and keeps you alert ·          Doesn’t disrupt sleep schedule ·          Easier to create a study group with classmates More peace and quiet Fewer distractions A clearer mind for creative thinking Sleeping after studying can consolidate information and improve recall Taken from: https://www.oxfordlearning.com/best-time-day-to-study/ According to Oxford and supported by researchers there a
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AbalaTips 101: Clerkship/PGIship to Revalida/Mockboards Preparation with Bonus: Comprehensive Exams

  Good day, welcome to AbalaTips: today we will discuss a topic which I hope could help the medical student currently in their hospital duties to pass the very long exams and in turn the end goal to pass their Physician Licensure Exam. Also which has almost same principle is to help students who are in 2nd yr in some of the medical schools who has comprehensive exam to pass For the further understanding of the topics, I suggest you read the following blogs for you to understand further this blog. Some of the blogs here and picture is taken from blog with permission from my colleague PPCMD2. By Me 1.  Active Learning in Philippine Medical School 2.  Visual Learning in Medical School 3.  Test-taking strategies by Dok Juan Abalahin 4.  Avoid Distractions in Philippine Medical Schools and PLE By PPCMD2, my idol 1.  Way of Studying to Medical School as an Average Medical Student Assuming that you had read the blogs above, the clerkship or PGIship now falls into 75-90% of retention ideally s
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Does 3rd yr subject better to be Semestral or Yearly? --> Chika Abalahin Minute special

  Welcome again to Chika Abalahin Minute, this time I will post a blog on about a 3rd yr medical school curriculum which is does all subject needed to be semestral or a yearly basis. On the school that I came from, all 3rd year subject are semestral even the subjects that are annual on other schools But in my terms my answer that there are subjects that needs to Annual subject because of the following reasons 1. These subject must not be rushed, rushed subjects as per experienced means some topics are not discussed but they are important to know not just in practice but because in the Physician Licensure Exam here in the Philippines these topics are also asked, some are missed are even frequently asked in the subject 2. If all subject in the 3rd year are semestral, they are rushed subjects, since there is no time to discuss all of the subjects, again there will be missed topics thus increasing the chances of mistake when the board exam comes out. 3. It may cause unbalancing of the sche
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AbalaTips 101: How to Approach Other Subjects --> ACTIVE LEARNING

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  Good day mga ka-Abalahin, welcome to AbalaTips 101, today we will discuss some special subject and how to apply active learning on them. These are subjects that maybe included in the board exam hiddenly since they are not included in PLE thus, it may be mistaken as a minor subject but in fact they are not, these subjects will include the following - Psychiatry - Clinical or Applied Nutrition - Emergency Medicine - Rehabilitation Medicine  - Introduction to Medicine - Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics - Clinical Toxicology - Surgical Pathology - Radiology These are important subjects since you will apply this when you are in the clinicals already, in the Philippine Licensure Exam for Physicians, yes they sometimes may be included in the exam so never let go down on this subject, as I emphasized in my blog on " is there a minor subject? "  Disclaimers:   A, This AbalaTip is not intended to invalidate or to mention that your learning method is wrong, but rather this is a
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ChikaAbalahin Minute: How Medical Schools can optimize the performance of the students to the Medical Board Exam

Welcome to Chika Abalahin Minute: where I will discuss some real talk, honest opinion about a particular thing, today I will discuss on how a medical school can help or affect the performance in the board exam, these are the things that the method of how they teach the students can affect board exam Look at the PRC every result of the Physician licensure exam here in the Philippines and other examinations as well, there is a page there about "TOP PERFORMING SCHOOLS" and  "PERFORMANCE OF SCHOOLS" in terms of that particular date and time of the licensure exam, these result will echo not the student itself but how the medical school teach their student properly that's its called OVERALL PERFORMANCE, as I said in some of my previous blogs, yes, it will depend on the student on how they will pass the board exam, but it will also depend on the medical school on how they will have a good performance in the PLE in terms of the passing rate. 1. Create a good learning en
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AbalaTips 101: Difference of a typical Pre-Med setting and Medical School Setting

  Hello everyone, welcome to AbalaTips,  Its such been a long time since I wrote a blog, now for pre-medical students, let us write a blog on the difference of between Pre-Medical and Medical students, take note this will also serve as an introductory guide on what to expect on things on how you can cope up to your medical school journey here in the Philippines. Take note that this there may be personality difference which could make our perception differ, but let us discuss the difference between Pre-medical and Medical School Setting Parameters Pre-medical school Medical School No. of hours per subject Usually pre-medical school setting, it usually takes 1 to 2 hours per subject and also may be adjusted meaning the load can be decreased since the professor may decide to either prolong, or simplify the topics Usually in medical school it is usually 2 hours and can be adjusted also, however the topic must be discussed
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Chika Abalahin Minute 101: Will Medical School Matter in the Philippines

Hello again mga ka-Abalahin, welcome to Chika Abalahin Minute, this time as I relate from my experience and new workmates, I have dervied this from my work which is, will Medical School attended will matter on how you become a licensed MD, in terms of training will it matter? Disclaimer:  This post may become a controversial post but our opinions may differ, this may contain some factual and opinion words in the post ahead As a first step in become a licensed Philippine Medical Doctor, medical school will mold the students in terms of their how they teach the students, their pattern of examining how much the student knows via long test, SGDs, etc,  The knowing of the ability will depend on how the professor or the school handle the students as these will be reflected in the board rating when it comes out. But also it will depend on the student on what study did he do, active learning will come in into play in this matter. That's why I wrote those post on the blogger, since this wil
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