I’m a med student and I honestly feel overwhelmed right now.
I failed multiple OSPE exams across several modules:
Module 1:
morphology (micro/macro)
General pathophysiology
General pharmacology
Module 2:
blood physiology
genetics
blood pathophysiology
blood pharmacology
Module 3:
cardio physiology
cardio pharmacology
cardio pathophysiology
And now I’m currently in Module 4 doing:
respiratory physiology
respiratory pathology
respiratory pharmacology
respiratory morphology
I’ve just started the module. I have six weeks left until the exam period. The problem is that right after that, I have to take my make-up exams (from modules 1, 2, and 3).
I feel overwhelmed. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not that lazy, it’s just that it’s exhausting having to say everything in 7 minutes, and all the exams for each module are on the same day, one after another.
I don’t know what approach to take. Last module, I barely failed cardiovascular physiology along with 70% of the students because the grading scale was too strict. And I really put in the effort especially with my situation ,I even said I’d drop pharmacology to focus on pathophysiology (where I didn’t recognize the pathology based on the EKG and where there are about 200 pages).
The problem is that I don’t know how to study I have to nail this module and get the credits to pass the year. If I fail even one exam in the module (the block, example I pass morphopathology and fail pharma, i fail everything) I basically don’t get the credits for that module. The first and second modules are worth 8 credits each, the third and fourth 6 each. And genetics isn’t part of the comprehensive exam it’s a separate 5-credit exam (but there’s an enormous amount to learn). Basically if I lose more than 15 credits, i fail the year.
I don’t know how to handle, please help a medstudent in need :(, with an opinion, a hug, a suggestion or strategy…