You must pass MB to pass on to next year but you do not need to pass tripos which is more Cambridge specific (related to your second degree).

There is not that much patient contact, two days in each term where you have general patient contact.

The three main modules count for both tripos and MB, but side modules only count for MB so you only need to pass those.

First exam was on the 31st of May and carried on into early June.

Essays and histology do not count towards the MB but they count towards your grade.

First year is Part IA, second year is Part IB, and third is year is Part II. Most of your grade is your third year and some is your first year. First year does not count to your final grade but it does determine if you get into a competitive intercalation course.

The lecturers go through 60-80 slides in an hour or less, they only gloss through information and you have put in effort outside of those to understand and consolidate.

Prereading is heavily recommended before the lecture to get the basic core themes down — don’t try to iron out every fine detail, just try to understand the general point. Then when you attend the lecture things will be put into context by someone who is an expert.

There is so much content that organisation is key — Moodle system is useful because it has all the resources on Moodle (everything in the slides and handouts which is examinable). Moodle also has past papers for exams so you can use these as opposed to PassMed or other online resources.

Handout often contains more and different information, and handout information is useful if you are struggling what to learn.

MCQs count to MB and tripos and essays only count to tripos — essays often require a higher level of understanding.

→ Chose specific modules that you are most confident in and write an essay in that, rather than trying to get all of your understanding to an essay level detail.

You generally have around three supervisions per week, and this will roughly correspond to an essay for each as well but this varies from college to college.

When taking notes it is important to structure, summarise and make links. Making copious and detailed notes should not be the focus of your revision.