Thanks for posting! Definitely agree about knowing functional groups, strong/weak acids, and amino acids. Questions on this topics have come up many times in my Kaplan and AAMC practice questions, as well as practice tests.
Dr. Shemmassian, could you make a video on clinical/patient exposure and the best way to go about getting that experience? It seems so hard to find ways to work closely with patients besides shadowing, especially during COVID-19.
Thanks for posting this! I really have trouble with looking over/not highlighting the RIGHT details in a passage. This was a great help.
Glad to help!
Thanks for posting! Definitely agree about knowing functional groups, strong/weak acids, and amino acids. Questions on this topics have come up many times in my Kaplan and AAMC practice questions, as well as practice tests.
Dr. Shemmassian, could you make a video on clinical/patient exposure and the best way to go about getting that experience? It seems so hard to find ways to work closely with patients besides shadowing, especially during COVID-19.
We'll add it to the list! In the meantime, read this: www.shemmassianconsulting.com/blog/how-to-choose-extracurricular-activities-medical-school
thank u for this
You're welcome!
Is there a way to answer question 3 another way if I didn't know that pi-stacking was related to aromatic rings?
I would say just knowing that Phe & Tyr are structurally similar & like tends to prefer/attract like
where is this passage from?
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It seems that you don’t need to read the passage to do these questions. Why spend so much time with the rephrasing everything?