 What is going on guys Lux here from them the journey helping you succeed on your medical journey with less stress this video I'm gonna tell you why you're likely eating without absorbing. All right guys. What is going on? Hopefully you guys are having a great day if you're new to this channel. My name is Lux I'm a fourth year medical student going into internal medicine and I make videos on a weekly basis about how to succeed as a Pre-med and as a medical student. So if you any of those topics interest you then make sure you subscribe to this channel Like this video if you enjoy what you see But let's get to the content of this video, which is a little bit of a motivational piece So I'll try to keep it short But it's why you're likely eating without absorbing and I found this concept in a book that I was reading recently Called the slight edge by Jeff Olson. It's probably honestly one of my favorite books I've read the whole idea of the book is going from how to sit doing the house Regardless of where you are in life You may be you know watching different videos and different topics about medical school or being a pre-med You may have seen some of my videos on tips that I like to give When you may be reading like self-improvement books maybe on reddit You're just trying to get tips and trying to get a leg up and it's totally understandable But when do you transition from getting those tips to actually applying in his book? He talks about the idea of how we're often eating without ever actually absorbing the information I found that a concept to be so perfect for medical school for pre-meds for medical students And so I wanted to share a few places that you're likely just eating without actually absorbing and how to Flip that on its head and make sure you make the most of every single opportunity So first I like to talk to my pre-med friends as well as my first and second year medical students who are Likely in the classroom, but also most likely the biggest victims of eating without absorbing It's I get it You're absorbing a lot of information a lot of it's being thrown at you and no one expects you to understand all of it But ask yourself if the techniques that you're using are actually going to help you retain the information for the long run You don't want to just memorize That piece of information for the test and a week or two weeks You want to be able to remember it ideally as a third and fourth year medical student if you can't do that Majority of the time that means you're not using the right techniques Link sounds some videos down below on things that you can do to make your studying more active Techniques that I use and hopefully those will help you out But make sure you're not going through the first or second year of medical school Especially by just eating without absorbing don't just like make it by three exams because you're gonna struggle on your boards You're gonna struggle as a on your rotations and you're gonna wish you have done more to actually absorb the info So that is my speech and speed will to you guys I will link down as I mentioned videos I will help you kind of transition your techniques to ones that are more effective and to help you retain information Long-term, but now I want to talk to my third and fourth year friends on their rotations and talk about how we as Upper-classmen often fail at absorbing the info and the common example is either we're having a resident attending teach us something and We may understand it in that bit of time that they're teaching it But we never give it any thought we never try to process that information outside of their lesson And so even if we have an attending teach us an amazing lecture about heart failure, you know liver disease Whatever it may be We totally forget it and we never retain that information and I regret those experiences So much now as a fourth year I wish I would have paid more attention But also up try to absorb it outside of that setting because I know I would be a much better future clinician So make sure if you're on your rotations every time you have an opportunity where somebody is teaching you and is Trying to distill their knowledge to the most high yield that they can for you that you take at least a second To process the information ask yourself and this goes back to my pre-meds and first years as well Ask yourself. What did I learn through this all if you're watching a medical school lecture? You're watching a YouTube video. You're reading a book. What did I learn? How can I apply it? Then you are on the process of absorbing your information once you start transitioning into that direction you will learn that Information sticks with you much better and to you're able to kind of hold on to those most important lessons that you've got I know for a fact there has been information that I've been taught that I just wish I wish that I kept on But I didn't practice absorbing it afterwards So I encourage you guys as a fourth year med student regretting some of those experiences that every time you're watching a lecture You're learning through a clinician or through your patients. You take a second and you ask yourself What value did I get out of this and how can I apply it in the future if you do that more often that you will Find yourself to be more successful Then yourself as well as your peers so hopefully that Helps just one of you guys out make sure you are absorbing and not just eating That's it for this video if you enjoyed this video guys Make sure you get a like comment down below with anything you've learned take a second to be reflective But also any questions you have as being a pre-med or a medical student I'll be happy to answer them through comments as well as future videos I mean if you enjoy this video and you want to join the community make sure you subscribe to the channel I'm thrilled with the community that I've built and that we've built together So I encourage you to be part of it if you're not already that's it for this video. Hopefully you guys enjoyed it I will see you guys in the next one. Take care guys