The Unofficial Guide to First Year - University of Oklahoma Health ...

UNOFFICIAL GUIDE
Biochemistry
and Medical
Molecular
Genetics
SECTION
B
a.k.a.: “Biochem”
Hours: 128
When it hits: Fall
Course Director: Dr. Sanjay Bidichandani, BMSB 957, 271-2227
“Is it intuitive? It should be
I guess. I guess I was just
born stupid”.
- Kris Collins MSII,
11:41 P.M Sunday
night before TB3
The course title itself is daunting, and sometimes the course seems that way, too.
Without a doubt, between Anatomy and Biochem, the fall semester is very full.
The course director, Dr. Sanjay Bidichandani, is one of the best lecturers you
will have this year. His lectures are high yield and worth attending.
Biochemistry will probably be the least practical of the courses you take in
medical school. Those of you who were Biology or Biochem majors will deal
with it better than your classmates. In the past, most students have found the
second semester’s classes to be more difficult, but many of the folks from the
class of 2008 found biochemistry to be very difficult if not more difficult than
Neuro and Phys because it is almost entirely memorization and has little practical
significance.
EXAMS
Well, you’re probably dying to know about the structure of the course, how to
study, etc. We will do our best to give you all the advice you could ever want.
Moreover, if you don’t find it here, don’t hesitate to ask any of the second years
if you have any questions.
First, the test blocks are not equal in terms of difficulty. The first test block is
manageable, but still challenging just because it is your first test block
experience. The second test block, on the other hand, will leave you wondering
what happened to the days of spending a week on chromosomes and gout: you
go through information about three times as fast during second test block and
the information is much more detailed. The third test block is probably about as
difficult as the first one, but you will be more comfortable with medical school,
and will be better equipped to study for it.
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