Block 3

The third block, beginning in Jan 1, consists of physiology and cell biology. Physiology is extremely interesting. This course is pretty much why you are in medical school. In order to learn what happens to the body when something goes wrong you have to understand how everything normally functions. This is why I think that it is an especially good idea to summarize your notes for physiology. I wouldn't write out every detail but definitely capture a concise enough picture to help you not only in this class but also in pathology during the second year. Reading over your physiology summaries before the beginning of each pathology block will be very beneficial down the road. Cell biology is pretty interesting, especially if you studied biology in college. The key to this course is to actually make sure you study enough for it. It seems that physiology is the most important course but they are worth about the same so don't skip and lose easy points.