We all are humans, right?
So it's very obvious that we will do several mistakes throughout our life. Doing mistakes doesn't mean that you are imperfect or have some fault. In fact, it's good to do mistakes to learn something and to gain mastery in any particular field.
Those who learn from the mistakes are considered good learners. But our life span is not long enough to learn everything from our own mistakes. We should have to create a habit of learning from other's mistakes. That the most effective way to be the best as soon as possible in any field. That's why people use to read the biographies and autobiographies of great personalities.
I have done a lot of mistakes during my initial years of med school. I want to tell make you guys aware of these mistakes so that you could have any basic idea that what should not be done in medical college if you want to be the best doctor. I believe in learning from a person who has done a lot of mistakes rather than a person who has done something in a single attempt. Why I am saying that? Because a person who failed in some task several times know many ways that could ruin that task and you could get a lot to learn from that person. But who got success in that task in single hit don't know any other way and could not teach much.
So let's dive into the article where I have mentioned the most common mistakes which many of us use to commit. These mistakes might be unnoticed by many of you. Trust me if you start working on these things then definitely you can make a remarkable improvement in yourself.
Mistake 1:- Spending a Lot of time on Social Media
Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp, Snapchat, etc.
I know that we all are under the influence of these apps. If I say that we are addicted to them then it would no be wrong. Isn't It? Just check your whole day's screen time and the total time spent on these apps. I know it's very hard to stop using these apps from today. We can't completely leave this habit, but we can reduce it.
I was myself was very addicted to the Instagram reels and I realized that it's not only sucking my time but also my energy. I figured out a way to reduce the usage of my smartphone and I really found that way very effective. I used to keep my phone on Do Not Disturb mode so that no ping message or notification sound could distract me and keep my phone away from my reach least for 2 hours daily. And then I keep on increasing time. This method might help you but if don't then you have to find another way that suits you.
Mistake 2:- Procrastination
Ahhh! Procrastination, this is a very common thing that we generally tend to do every time. We should study daily but we procrastinate, we should complete our assignments on time but we procrastinate, we have to do something but we procrastinate, etc. There are many moments where we simply procrastinate our work because we don't want to do it right now. But have you ever thought that in the end, we have to do it by ourselves then why not now? There might be a chance that we don't have time to complete that task in the future.
So, what to do to get rid of this problem? Generally what I use to do is, I tend to complete my daily task on the same day and try to not left them for the next day. But yes it never happens and for that, I reserve a day in a week especially a weekend where I complete those remaining tasks.
Mistake 3:- Bunking Lectures
Med Schools Especially in India are full of lecture classes with a mandatory attendance count of 75% in theory. And many of us don't like to attend lectures daily, even we don't have to attend the lectures daily that's why we get a relaxation of 25%. But I think that not attending lectures is really a big mistake for every student because what you could get from class can't get with self-studies and reading books alone.
Secondly, I think we should reserve our holidays for last so that we can get time to prepare for our exams in the ending when your college is not giving you the preparatory leaves. If you have less attendance than guys you have to struggle a lot to make achieve that 75% criteria.
Mistake 4:- Not Making Notes
Medicine is a huge sea and you can't read from a book every time. Just imagine that you are going to face an exam in the next 2 days and still a major chunk of the syllabus is uncovered. Will you be comfortable with a book during that time? or Would you be able to complete all things from the books? It's too difficult to do it if you don't have notes. Making your own notes makes you feel confident about the topic and also reading from your own notes tends to retain the information for a long time.
So, I advise you to make your own notes because, in the end, these notes will definitely be your savior during your exam time.
Mistake 5:- Not Attending Clinics
Clinics are the most important part of your medical program. You are in the medical college because you want to be a doctor and a doctor treats patients. If you never interact with the patients then how you are supposed to be a good doctor?
There is a famous quote by the Father Of Modern Medicine "William Osler"
He who studies medicine without Books Sails an Uncharted sea,
But who studies medicine without patients does not goes to sea at all...
So just go to Clinics, interact with patients and learn something. Try to make every day productive. Clinics teach you many things that you could not learn with books simply. Nowadays the entrance examinations are more clinical oriented which means you must have to have a very good clinical knowledge.
Mistake 6:- Not Getting Proper Sleep
Proper sleep is something that you have to lay stress on. If you don't take adequate sleep of 5-6 hours daily then how your brain is supposed to work properly and how your body is supposed to maintain normal balance. Come on guys we are medicos and we know the importance of proper sleep. Our all body activities, hormonal secretions, and brain processing somewhere depend on good sleep and proper rest.
I agree that we have to burn the midnight oil during our exams but does it really necessary to stay up for the whole night. No, definitely not if we keep on learning daily with propr revisions them we need not stay up for the whole night. Even a good sleep is necessary before your exam to let your brain work and process the information properly.
If you become careless about your sleep habits then you will land up with some metabolic problems in your future. We want to be a doctor to treat the patients not to become the patient.
Mistake 7:- Lack Of Physical Activities and Workout
I know that there is a lot of burden of studies in med school. But we have to have some time for some physical activities like any sports or workout or even a walk at least. This is necessary for your body to work properly. Physical activities not only let your work properly but also make you feel and relieves stress.
I am not saying to have very extensive physical activities but at least some amount of physical is necessary. It will help you to keep active and fit. Also will help you to tackle many metabolic disorders in the future.
Summary
So here we are, I would like to conclude this article. All the above points mentioned are my personal experiences. I have done committed all those mistakes someday or any. But I don't want anyone of you to repeat these mistakes because believe me it will very difficult for you if you do commit these mistakes.
I just want you to learn something from my experiences. Hope that you would be able to tackle these problems.
If you are having any other problem then just comment below and I would definitely help you out to find an appropriate solution.
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