
← MAOPS Guide to DOing Med School3 Dec 2025 · 1 h 04 min
There's TOO MANY Resources: What Med Students Found Most Helpful
<p><strong>There's not one, single way to succeed in med school</strong>. This episode chronicles some of the MANY resources available to medical students during their first and second years (also called the "preclinical" or "basic science" years). Student Doctors Jared Busch and Gage McNett, both OMS-II at KCU-Joplin, discuss how to leverage resources like <a href="https://www.sketchy.com/?utm_term=sketchy&utm_campaign=Google_Search_Brand_D2C_Beta_US-CA&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_content=188477006795&hsa_acc=7031191013&hsa_cam=21207213554&hsa_grp=188477006795&hsa_ad=781468742777&hsa_src=g&hsa_tgt=kwd-297742312055&hsa_kw=sketchy&hsa_mt=p&hsa_net=adwords&hsa_ver=3&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=21207213554&gbraid=0AAAAABTuKonOLTlvnHcyykq4I5tBsLwV2&gclid=Cj0KCQiA0KrJBhCOARIsAGIy9wCxR21m6xft1llhLit1cUKkcZJ05suVYWCsQPxq8ChEdpaN347eP20aAo_NEALw_wcB" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Sketchy</a>, <a href="https://www.pathoma.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Pathoma</a>, Ninja Nerd, and <a href="https://apps.ankiweb.net/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Anki</a> for success and what has worked for them. </p><p><br></p><p>Explore flash card <a href="https://ankiweb.net/shared/addons" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">add-on</a> options for the Anki-ambitious. </p><p>Ninja Nerd can be found at this <a href="https://www.ninjanerd.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">website</a> or on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6QYFutt9cluQ3uSM963_KQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">YouTube</a>.</p><p><br></p><p>Producers: Tam Nguyen, OMS-III & Sammy DeLuca, OMS-IV</p><p>Audio Engineer: Ben Iba, OMS-II</p><p>Communications Director: Angelina Hein, OMS-II</p><p>Outreach Coordinator: Trinh Nguyen, OMS-II</p><p><br></p><p>**This podcast and our parent organization, MAOPS, did not receive any financial gain or otherwise benefit from the resources mentioned. The opinions are that of the medical students alone and not of their parent institutions.**</p>