Dr. Quinn over at PushFluids has some words of advice for me and other second-years about to take boards. Thanks. I needed that. Always nice to know that everyone goes through this. (Except the insanely smart people with photographic memories in my class, who we all love to hate.) (You know who you are.) (And we do, too.)
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In my experience the people who claim to have “photographic memories” are full of it. They may have a predominately visual mode of learning but true photographic memories are rare and the people who have them aren’t really that functional. An interesting book on this subject “The mind of a Mnemonist (sp?) by Luria.
It’s great that you know Dr. Quinn, but I’m not sure how useful her advice would be. Things have changed a lot in the almost 150 years since Dr. Quinn moderninized medicine in the Western half of the United States while pioneering a bold new role for women (and, lest we forget, saving quite a few lives). I mean — Dr. Quinn’s biggest rival was, as I recall, the barber. Did she even take boards??
Nevertheless, good luck.