Paul

medical student · in 13 sources (2017–2018)

Speaks in 5 sources; this page lists what is said about them.

Sources by year: 2017: 6 · 2018: 7

Threads

• Ali and Paul give a presentation at the Cambridge International Mental Health Conference (2017) — project history, completed, 2017

Also named in the threads: Ali will do a 10,000-subscriber Q&A themed on study tips and revision on Thursday 12 April 2018, and asks viewers to send questions by Instagram or Snapchat message. · Ali says the next day's video (13 April 2018) will answer viewers' questions on specific study techniques, such as active recall, spaced repetition, flashcards and how to learn material in the first place.

Often together

What comes up in the same parts of the videos; the number is how many parts.

Katherine (13) · Jake (3) · active recall (6) · Singapore (2) · Anki (3) · Callum (2) · spaced repetition (3) · Cambridge (3) · 6med (2) · University of Cambridge (4)

What the videos say

The most important statements of each year; all statements.

2018

• 2018-04-12 · Motivation, Stress & Time Management - Exam Revision Q&A with Cambridge students — Paul's idea of "save the day": however late it gets, you can still save an unproductive day by putting in some work before bed. — 00:07:22
  • Ali says everyone has days when they cannot be bothered: that day he, Paul and Katherine did about three hours of OSCE preparation in the afternoon and nothing in the morning. — 00:07:22
• 2018-04-14 · Last Minute Study Tips, Flashcards, Essays & Maths - Exam Revision Q&A with Cambridge students — recommendation: Paul advises trying questions, maths questions especially, before reading the answer: don't be afraid to crash and burn, then look at the answer. — 00:03:45
  • On placement Ali's friends ask Paul, their cardiology guru, to explain heart topics such as tricuspid regurgitation; Paul first asks what they already know, which forces them to recall. — 00:05:03
  • Paul: To scope a subject, Paul says, face the mountain of work and write down everything you need to do, then split it into manageable chunks, instead of drifting through the month out of fear. — 00:08:24
  • Paul says active recall needs neither Anki nor Google Sheets: it is a way of life, trying to think about things every time before you look up the answer. — 00:17:02
  • Paul, who marks essays, says that by the fourth essay they all blur into one, so the introduction should catch the marker and outline the argument: from it a marker can tell whether it will get a first, a 2:1 or a 2:2. — 00:20:33
• 2018-04-18 · Study With Me + 10 Productivity / Revision Tips - Cambridge University medical student VLOG #31 — recommendation: Ali's fifth tip: in any work session with friends at least one person must take the initiative and say what the group is doing, as Paul did; the others will follow. — 00:03:20
  • In the afternoon Ali and his friends Paul and Alex go over the thyroid, acromegaly and Cushing's examinations. — 00:03:20
• 2018-05-02 · Exam Study Tips for University & A-Level students - Revision Q&A with Cambridge students — recommendation: Ali advises asking a friend like Paul, or students in the years above from your college or societies, for their notes: many are willing to share, so crowdsourcing saves making them. — 00:19:38
• 2018-05-07 · Live Q&A + Hangout - Bank Holiday vibes - Ali Abdaal, Cambridge medical student — Ali would name his friend Paul as the smartest person he knows, good at the logic of games like Avalon or Mafia, though Callum, Jake, Molly and Katherine are smart too. — 00:29:54
• 2018-05-28 · Study with Me + How I take notes - Cambridge University medical student VLOG #36 — Ali: Over lunch Ali's group taught Jake and Paul the fitness-for-discharge assessment: Katherine explained it to Jake while Ali, who had made up the story, watched for holes in her knowledge, which helped all three learn. — 00:03:04
• …and 16 statements more in 2018 — all statements of 2018

Also named in: Breaking Bad News / Death & Dying - Cambridge medical student VLOG #25

2017

• 2017-09-26 · Apple picking in the Queen's orchards - Cambridge University medical student VLOG #07 — Ali works on a presentation that he and Paul will give at a psychiatry conference on Friday (29 September 2017). — 00:02:17
• 2017-09-30 · Cambridge International Mental Health Conference - Cambridge University medical student VLOG #08 — Ali and his fellow students attend and present at the three-day Cambridge International Mental Health Conference, which opens with a drinks reception and dinner in the Great Hall of Clare College. — 00:00:00
  • Ali writes that he and his fellow students had a great time over the three days of the Cambridge International Mental Health Conference and won second prize for their presentation. — video description
  • Ali writes that the conference organisers dubbed the students' talk "the most amusing presentation of the day", which he calls high praise. — video description
  • Paul says the point of the students' paper is to work out whether the Karts (as heard) exercise for bipolar disorder is useful in reducing the risk of relapse. — 00:03:33
  • Ali and his fellow students are invited to give their conference presentation in Poland, and will see if they can find funding to fly there for Christmas 2017. (hedged) — 00:04:08
• 2017-10-15 · Interview Tips - How to answer "Why Medicine?" — Paul says medicine appeals to him as a challenge: it demands knowledge patients can trust, communication and, in procedural fields, skill with your hands, with excellence in all of them. — 00:11:14
• 2017-12-24 · Finishing finals - Cambridge University medical student VLOG #20 — recommendation: Ali ends the day playing the board game Through the Ages with Katherine and Paul, a game they discovered recently; he calls it amazing and highly recommends it. — 00:03:20
• …and 2 statements more in 2017 — all statements of 2017

Also named in: Applying to Medicine at Oxford or Cambridge - Questions to ask yourself, open days, stereotypes