Category: Study Tips & Techniques
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Studying Smarter with Osmosis, the Best Videos for Medical School Review
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Want to learn how to study smarter? Osmosis can be a great tool to help with studying more efficiently. Read Morgan’s testimonial below to see how you can study smarter for medical school with Osmosis, which features the best videos for medical school review. During the first five months…
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Six Ways to Stay Productive During Summer Break
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It’s tough to slow down during school breaks after being immersed in the fast-paced environment of the med school semester. If you’re like second-year medical student Jannel Lawrence, you’re looking for ways to stay active during these breathers. In this article, Jannel discusses her six tips for keeping the momentum…
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Your USMLE® Step 2 CK Questions Answered: The Osmosis Ultimate Guide
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Get ready for USMLE Step 2 CK with a handy guide to exam content, question types, scheduling, and healthy study habits to maximize your success with Osmosis!
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Work Smarter, Not Harder: How Osmosis takes the stress out of medical school
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Medical student and Osmosis learner Michael Owen shares his tips for tackling the huge medical school workload and protecting your mental health with smart study habits and resource choices.
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How to Pass the NCLEX-RN®: The Osmosis Ultimate Guide
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Discover all that you need to know about the NCLEX-RN® exam, including lots of information about Next Generation NCLEX-RN®, question types, the grading system, how to apply—and most importantly, how to pass! Congratulations on graduating from nursing school! Passing all those rigorous exams and grueling clinicals shows your dedication and skill.…
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The Do’s and Dont’s of Summer Studying
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Navigating summer study as a med student? Learn practical do’s and don’ts from a first-year student on managing your schedule, wellness, and adapting to distance learning challenges.
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Multitasking with Osmosis
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Want to know how to fit more time for studying into your busy schedule? A third year medical student shares how he was able to fit over 200 hours of extra study time into his routine! Medical school is one of the most challenging and time-consuming training programs there is:…
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Medical Terminology Flashcards on Osmosis: What you need to know
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Medical terminology flashcards have become one of the most vital tools in a medical student’s bag. Read how a second year medical student uses them to learn information quickly and retain it for the long-term to succeed in medical school. There are many things that make Osmosis an amazing resource…
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How to Osmose Through PA School
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A physician assistant shares their perspective and tips on using Osmosis while attending PA school with two goals in mind. Physician assistant (PA) students and medical students are more similar than they are different. Both are expected to have a solid understanding of a wide range of complex topics…
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What’s a Mind Map?
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Dr. Yifan Xiao, manager of the script writing team at Osmosis, explains how mind maps work. He also details the benefits of drawing schemas for difficult medical topics and turning them into memory palaces. Imagine you’re trying to learn pharmacology but there’s just so many unfamiliar drug names and side…
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Overcoming Failure in Medical School
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A medical student bravely shares her experiences struggling with—and ultimately overcoming—the intense test anxiety that caused her to fail her first year of medical school. I failed my first year of medical school. I survived, don’t worry! As someone who had pretty much never failed anything else in my life…
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Breathing Practices to Calm the Mind Before a Test
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Osmosis team member, Hillary Acer, and Yoga Instructor shares breathing techniques to help relieve stress. At some point in medical school, you might have found yourself feeling a little bit stressed out. Maybe that stress even presented itself in a physiological sensation in the body—like tightness in the chest, sweaty palms, or…
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How to Stick to a Strict Study Schedule in Medical School Using Osmosis
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Get tips on how to stick to a strict study habit to be successful in medical school and the boards. The pressure of the reckless flow of water from the water hose gushed down my throat for hours upon hours without a slight moment to catch my breath, and then,…
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Learning How to Use Spaced Repetition in Medical School
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Learn how spaced-repetition flashcards helped a medical student improve memorization and application of medical facts, leading to higher exam scores and clinical confidence.
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How to Succeed Using the New Osmosis Study Schedule
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Managing medical school can feel overwhelming, especially with countless study resources available. Discover how the updated Osmosis Study Schedule tool helps you build personalized, flexible plans that keep studying focused and manageable.
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My Step 1 Experience, Dr. George Koshy
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Learn how a medical student used a 3-month integrated study plan with trusted resources and daily checklists to prepare effectively for the USMLE® Step 1 exam
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5 Tips for Effective Peer-to-Peer Learning
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Over the last four years of medical school, I have realized that my knowledge comes from a mosaic of sources. These included, but were not limited to, a multitude of textbooks, lecturers from many domains of scientific research, clinicians and residents from all fields of medicine, multidisciplinary members of treatment…
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Four Key Resources to Learn Histology
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Explore recommended resources for learning histology effectively, from comprehensive websites and apps to popular review books and video series.