72 Deep Learning and USMLE Success with Physeo’s Rhett Thomson

<p>Rhett Thomson discusses the importance of understanding material vs rote memorization, the story method, and pre-made versus self-made mnemonics.</p> <ul> <li>[00:43] Physeo’s Philosophy of Learning</li> <li>[05:29] PowerPoints Versus Physeo’s Content</li> <li>[12:05] Pre-Made and Self-Made Mnemonics</li> <li>[23:30] Questions to Ask When Studying or Learning</li> <li>[28:44] Rhett’s Thoughts on Step 1 Becoming Pass/Fail</li> <li>[32:10] Patterns of Learning Used By High-Scoring Step 1 Exam Participants</li> <li>[35:54] How to Find Out More About Physeo and Step 1 Success Stories</li> </ul> <p>Chase DiMarco talks to Rhett Thompson, a student at the University of Utah Medical School and Cofounder of <a href= "https://physeo.com/">Physeo</a>, a learning resource which helps medical students to prepare for the USMLE board exams. They discuss the importance of understanding versus only memorizing, the story method, and pre-made versus self-made mnemonics.</p> <p><strong>Physeo’s Philosophy of Learning</strong></p> <p>Physeo was born when Rhett and his friends were approaching their USMLE Step 1 Exam. They realized that they had relied on memorizing facts, without sufficiently understanding how these facts fit into deep and meaningful conceptual frameworks. The original intention was to build a conceptual framework around physiology, which is foundational to medicine. But at the moment, Physeo comprises not only 72 videos on physiology, but 79 videos in total covering other Step 1 topics as well.</p> <p>PowerPoints have been the standard method of information dissemination, within medicine but also more broadly. There are several benefits to PowerPoints — they enable a student to follow along with a lecturer, and they enable notes to be accessible to students after the lecture, reducing anxiety around notetaking. However, PowerPoints are insufficient with regards to helping students to understand and lock in the information that they are given.</p> <p>Physeo focuses on creating a large framework which makes learnin