<p>Just wondering if anyone else thinks NS341, Anatomy and Physiology, is a bit much? I know it's Cornell and everything but...everyday in class she goes over approximately 55 powerpoint slides. That's spending less than ONE minute per slide. We have a quiz every week which includes all slides up to that point since the last quiz, meaning 3 days. </p>
<p>The math:</p>
<p>3 days since last quiz
55 slides per class/day
3 x 55 = 165 slides</p>
<p>We have to memorize 165 powerpoint slides per week? These aren't simple slides with one word on them either, these are detailed slides, many that take a 5-7 minutes to memorize completely and understand. For anyone whose keeping track...that would be around 2,000 slides to memorize for the final. I know medical school classes easier than that.</p>
<p>What gives? Am I managing this class wrong or something?</p>
<p>The difference is that in med school we have several of those lectures PER DAY, we only have 6 tests the entire year (meaning each test covers several thousand powerpoint slides), and the means on tests are still in the high 80's. We've never had a test where the mean was below 82. That means you have to score 95 or above just to stay in the running for AOA (top 25% of the class gets nominated). A 70% puts you in the bottom 2-3%.</p>
<p>Oh, and that doesn't include anatomy lab which we have 2-3 times a week. Roughly 60 structures to memorize and identify per lab.</p>
<p>Oh, and that doesn't include histology. Another 30 structures to memorize and identify per lab.</p>
<p>And that's just our morning curriculum.</p>
<p>Get used to it if you're premed. If you're not premed, why are you taking anatomy in undergrad? Anatomy without actual cadavers is useless. I would know since I mainly study from anatomy atlases and do poorly almost every single time (since the actual practicals are using human cadavers which look nothing like the pictures).</p>
<p>I assume that you're referring to human anatomy and physiology. Be grateful that you aren't studying animal anatomy and physiology for vet school. You're studying one animal. Vet students study many. Human anatomy and physiology is a comparative cakewalk.</p>
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Norcalguy, I thought Cornell does not have a pre-med major?
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<p>I always thought of premed as more a state of mind than a major. So, when I say someone is premed, I mean they have intentions of going to med school.</p>
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It still seems a bit much..it's taking up more time than Organic Chemistry.
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<p>And you'll use anatomy and physiology a lot more in med school than organic chem, not to mention it's worth just as much on your GPA as orgo (more if the class is 4 credits). So, you should be paying greater attention to the class than to orgo.</p>
<p>20 hours/week of studying for a single class is too much. No one should be putting in that much effort into one class. </p>
<p>I actually timed my studying in med school and it came out to 15 hours/week (not including the insane amount of class time we have). That covers approx. 500 powerpoint slides per week, all the anatomy and histology I described above, and all of the reading and writing I have to do for the afternoon curriculum. I don't think I even did 15 hours/week of studying back in undergrad for my entire schedule combined. So, it's a matter of being able to study more efficiently.</p>