Medicine course grinds

Eternaldream

Hey guys,

i know this may be a very silly question but it popped into my head..

You know how in the LC or JC you can get grinds in subjects, ie, maths english etc..

Is it possible to get grinds on certain aspects of the medicine course or even a whole overview grind? I'm not studying medicine or want one or anything like that, just thought if someone was having real problems with, say, the anatomy section in the med course, would they be able to get one-on-one tuition or something?

Weird question i know!! :D

and if its not available, do you think it would be a good idea to have them available?

Opinion sharing time!

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Vorsprung

Who would you have in mind to provide these grinds?

I'm sure lecturers would be happy to give people a hand if they were struggling with certain aspects of the course. Because there aren't postgrads knocking around (say if you were struggling with a commerce course there would be commerce masters/PhD students around who might give grinds), I'm not sure who else there would be to give a helping hand.

I guess for stuff like pharm/micro there would be an option of turning to science students, less scope when doing the clinical subjects.

anotherlostie

Strange question if you are not studying anatomy.

And would you be looking for someone to be at your side when you start working and are expected to apply the knowledge you have learned? Or do you ask the patient to wait while you get someone with better knowledge to help out?

Grinds are for school. Tutorials are for college but are focused on facilitating learning, not drumming in facts. There are many courses where you learn reams and reams of stuff you will never ever be called on to use, but medicine is not one of them.

Vorsprung

anotherlostie wrote: »

There are many courses where you learn reams and reams of stuff you will never ever be called on to use, but medicine is not one of them.

Not quite true in my experience!!!

Eternaldream

anotherlostie wrote: »

Strange question if you are not studying anatomy.

And would you be looking for someone to be at your side when you start working and are expected to apply the knowledge you have learned? Or do you ask the patient to wait while you get someone with better knowledge to help out?

Grinds are for school. Tutorials are for college but are focused on facilitating learning, not drumming in facts. There are many courses where you learn reams and reams of stuff you will never ever be called on to use, but medicine is not one of them.

lol :P, really, i'm in fifth year now, not some random anatomy student whos looking for an easy way round learning, i promise! lol no need to get snappy!

i was just wondering because you know when you're in school and you just cant get your head round a certain subject and you just need someone to go over it in real detail and get it into your head? anyway thanks guys!

sportswear

Not quite true in my experience!!!

+1

ZorbaTehZ

Usually the university will have a grinds register of postgrads etc. who are willing to give grinds to students and then you can have a look to see if thereis one there to suit you, but that would really only work in maybe 1st year or 2nd year pushing it tbh.

Edit: and I forgot that you can sometimes get tutorials for various modules if needed - for example our anatomy professor told us to give him a shout if we felt that we might need a tutorial etc. and that he'd organise one.