Congratulations, you’ve arrived at medical school! This handbook is a compilation of advice and learning strategies to support your efforts to succeed in this new academic environment.  You and your fellow students come to medical school with a varied pre-professional background, and varied goals for professional practice, but all are drawn together with a common interest in science, medicine, and the healing arts.

Understanding the ways you learn best and how your learning styles can be accommodated in medical school can help with adjustment to the particular medical school curriculum, and help to prevent problems with course work.  Ideas in this handbook are offered as learning strategies and strategic learning methods and suggestions to help clarify your approaches to learning.

This handbook should be used in conjunction with the Student Handbook (compiled by the Office of Student Affairs), the student Block Schedules (compiled by the Office of Undergraduate Education), and any course materials presented to you as syllabi, handouts or on-line course materials by medical school faculty.

Consult your faculty advisor with any questions or concerns about your medical school performance. A list of medical school contacts is included in this handbook under section "Tips and Contacts."

Use the links below to read through the book.

• Learning to Learn.

• Characteristics of Medical School.

• Survival strategies of Medical School.

• Learning Strategies.

• Learning Style.

• Strategic Learning & Study Strategies.

• Test Taking Strategies & Tips.

• To Review : General Tips.

• Additional Points to Ponder.

• Glossary, References & Acknowledgements.

Contact the Hispanic and Native American Center of Excellence
University of New Mexico School of Medicine
(505) 272-1419

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