ATTENTION MED STUDENTS

Med School Made Colourful is a First Nations-owned business that supplies notes and summaries for medical students, and soon allied health students. Ran by First Nations 4th year Medical student, LJ, Med School Made Colourful creates summaries for physical examinations and medical histories for pre-clinical med students.

As a Psychology and Neuroscience student (who is really, really bad at studying), I am super interested in different ways of learning and development. Colour psychology and the neuroscience behind it is one of my nerdy research hobbies. I’m not going to go into depth of how the brain processes colour and links it with emotion and memory, because I would fill up the whole magazine — I’m just going to talk about how pretty the notes are.

The cover art on the summaries LJ has released so far are absolutely GORGEOUS. Immediately, I’m sensing a slay. I know these notes are going to be super aesthetic. The colour theme is easy on the eyes; for those who can’t stare at bright white coloured sheets of paper, the background is a soft beige colour and the font colour is a complementary dark, soft brown. The pages are full of pastel colours that aren’t overwhelming. You can tell that LJ spent a lot of time carefully curating these notes and the aesthetic; I give it a 9/10 in that aspect. I personally think some colours don’t match, but they’ve done a pretty good job. It’s giving that millennial earthy tone aesthetic. Big thumbs up.

Most of the notes have physical examination step-by-step guides, and explanations of symptomology, pathologies, and types of diseases related. I personally do not study medicine, however I have dabbled in the subject of human biology for the past 6 years, so I have a pretty good understanding of the above. The step-by-step guides are very concise and easy to understand. I read through the notes once and I even remember that in a physical examination you think of Greek philosopher Socrates (iykyk). Explanations of symptomology and pathologies of diseases are quite simple and succinct — very helpful for a first-year student who might be overwhelmed by the sheer amount of medical jargon. There are some really great diagrams and art for the visual learner. I personally think a bit more visual aid could be helpful, so I’d give this aspect another 9/10.

Med School Made Colourful should one day look at creating a podcast for the auditory learners out there that have to suffer at the hands (or voice) of med school lecturers (that may or may not ramble and turn a 20 minute lecture into a 1 hour long lecture).

They’ve made the commitment to supply their resources for FREE to First Nations students. I highly recommend utilising their resources because you get some pretty awesome notes and summaries for free < 3

Email hello@medschoolmadecolourful.com. au with proof of an AIDA Australia Membership for your freebies. Give them a follow on Insta too @medschoolmadecolourful