PG prep requires some planning for success, and that planning is a very personal choice.
So here are some questions you need to ask yourself(A SERIES)
💠ONLINE vs OFFLINE coaching💠
1/n
🎲can you sustain attention for long hours to take notes in offline classes?
🎲Can you make good notes? Do you want to make notes?
🎲 Do you think you can make your own plan, and be dedicated enough to stick to it on your own?
2/n
🎲 Is your home environment conducive to dedicated prep?
🎲Do you have a separate study area/reading room/library nearby?
🎲Will meeting the mentors in real life motivate you to work harder?
3/n
🎲Will live classes/offline classes help you stay on track better?
🎲What speed do you prefer to consume content at?
Would you prefer to watch the lectures at 1.5-2* speed and finish things quicker?
4/n
🎲Are you able to structure and condense the syllabus yourself using revision videos and pyq-based learning?
🎲Would you rather have the cognitive effort of scheduling classes and tests be done by offline centers, so you can focus on actually studying instead of making plans
5/n
🎲Will meeting other people on the same journey motivate you to do better and get you in a more competitive mindset? Or is it distracting/stressful?
🎲Or do you prefer the quiet of your room/library for focused attention? Or will that make you feel lonely and depressed?
6/n
🎲 Is traveling an issue?
Does the commute make you lose out on precious hours?
Is staying at home more convenient?
🎲 Is Food an issue?
would you want to stay at home and eat ghar ka khana?
7/n
🎲 If in 3rd year, what would you be more sincere with?
watching videos or attending offline classes?
(given new curriculum changes, you'll want to be a bit sincere in your "honeymoon period" .otherwise final year will be TOUGH)
8/n
🎲Do you stick to your plans? Or do the deadlines of offline training provide a better incentive to finish targets?
🎲 Are parents/relatives supportive at home or will their expectations put more pressure on you and stress you out while studying at home?
9/n
🎲WHAT WORKS during prep, is what you can stick to, what is more suited to your personality and style of learning, what is more convenient for you, and what keeps you more motivated, all while keeping your mental health a priority
10/n
Either option, requires dedication, a certain level of sincerity, and drive to succeed
there are a lot of right OPTIONS. But what's more important is WHAT'S RIGHT for YOU??
Time to go VIRAL!!
Cheatcodes/rules regarding general virology to get through NEET/INICET/USMLE
💠💠questions to ask while learning
1)DNA vs RNA virus
2)ss vs ds virus(single vs double-stranded virus)
3)Symmetry of the virus? (icosahedral vs helical vs complex)
4)enveloped or non-enveloped? 5) site of replication- nucleus or cytoplasm?
6)genome- circular or linear(for MLE) or segmented?
7)RNA viruses- +ve sense ss or -ve sense ss
🦠RNA viruses are ss except for rotavirus(Reoviridae)
🦠DNA viruses are ds except for parvovirus
💠symmetry
🦠all DNA viruses are icosahedral except poxvirus
(poxvirus is comPlOX)
Layers of the sole of the Foot and their nerve supply
The tibial nerve passes under the flexor retinaculum and divides into medial and lateral plantar nerves.
the lateral plantar nerve is the dominant supply.
Tricks to make nerve supply easier
Remember
All the ADDuctors, all the Interossei and all the bipinnate muscles are supplied by the Lateral plantar nerve
(along with the muscles which are obviously lateral)
2)Layers of the cerebellar cortex
My Pretty Garden(outer to inner)
M-Molecular
P-Purkinje
G-granular
3)Cells in each layer
*Outer Molecular layer- Stellate and Basket cells(+dentrites of Purkinje cells)
*Purkinje layer- Purkinje cells
*Inner Granular layer- granule and Golgi cells
4)Mossy fibers :
afferent -the various sites( cerebral cortex, pons, spinal cord, and vestibular nuclei)
Terminate on →GRANULE cells
(memory aid- Moss grows on GRound- mossy fibers to Granule cells)
synapse btw the 2 are called Glomerulus