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If you think of the everyday companions of a medical student, you will most likely think of the "fundamentals" that we have seen not only during everyday visits to the doctor, but also in series such as "Emergency Room", "Grey's Anatomy" or "Scrubs". And that's exactly what you, as a first-semester medical student, will start out with. We're talking about the dissecting instruments, the stethoscope around your neck and the white coat underneath. But that's not all, after all, as a student you have to take notes. So let's take a look at what else is in my backpack.
Let's start with what I think is the most essential thing to bring along for a lecture as a medical student abroad - my laptop. A Lecture I can no longer imagine studying without it. All my documents that I need for my studies, be it summaries, transcripts or presentations by the professors, are on the device. With a handwritten transcript, it's simply much more time-consuming to pay attention during a lecture and to understand the material, while at the same time wanting to take notes. Where I can definitely recommend taking notes by hand, however, is in hospital. I have a small black notebook that fits perfectly in my coat pocket. In it, I write down all the important tips and tricks that I have learned over the last few semesters.
What I also can't do without are my headphones. Whether it's to switch off during a break, to listen to a good podcast on the way to university or to spontaneously watch a Sketchy video on campus or in the library. I can reassure you that the only Sketchy videos I watch in the library are those from the learning platform "Sketchy.com" ;).
By the way, the German equivalent is "Meditricks.de".
And while we're on the subject of the everyday companions of a medical student that you don't find in a backpack, I'd like to mention the platform "Doc-Check". I open this reference work more often than YouTube when I'm studying, should I not quite understand a complicated topic - and that may be saying something. Anvil is also such a platform, which can be very helpful during medical studies, whether you are abroad or studied in a German-speaking country.
Oh yes, lest it be said I didn't warn you, there is one companion that stands above all I have mentioned so far - a long thread of patience. Even though studying medicine may not be the most time-consuming study in the world, abroad or not, you have to reckon with ups, but just as many downs. But the effort is definitely worth it!
So as you can see, there are some things you should not do without while studying medicine, but how you organise your everyday life in the end is something everyone has to decide according to their personal taste.
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