How do you study in dental school and how did you have to adapt to the increased volume of information compared to undergrad?

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I recently made a post asking medical school students the same question I'm asking in the title because I figured med and dental school might be very similar in the sense that both have a lot of volume and not so much time to learn everything. I was surprised to find out that most of the medical students who responded don't use lectures or take many notes (if they do at all) and instead rely on third party resources and Anki. Some even lament that they mostly learn the content on their own and are simply paying for the degree, but I'm sure dental school is different since a lot of it is clinically based. I'm curious to know how dental school students study as well so I can try to apply some of their strategies to learn large volumes of material myself, hopefully allowing me to perform better in undergrad and get me used to effective study methods that I will hopefully get to use on dental school. What methods do you find work best for efficiently learning large volumes of theory and clinical information, differentiating between low and high-yield material, and doing well on in-house exams and boards?

Posted Jan 4, 2023, 6:10 PM UTC

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