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BY TAMRA NATHAN (2007-2017)

Tamra’s Notes

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fter Chigwell, I headed to the University of Nottingham on my journey to becoming an Accident & Emergency Doctor.

Human Anatomy demanded an unbelievable amount of attention to detail, and the volume of work asked of us was not reflected in the number of credits and hours the University were allowing for it. I was working hard but not smart, and as a result struggled through the first set of exams. I had an extenuating circumstance for personal reasons but failed the Anatomy exam by 1%. I felt guilty but had two months before the resit to turn it around.

I decided to remake my notes, leaving nothing of importance out, whilst hand illustrating every diagram. I resat the exam and it became my highest exam mark to date. It wasn’t Anatomy I had found unbearable, but the way I had been learning it.

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In year two I opted for the Anatomy optional module and retested the theory. I found working on my own prosection extremely enjoyable and equipped with my notes from the resit, scored highly again. Consequently, for my dissertation project in year three I elected to do an Anatomy project. As part of this project, I decided to teach all 250 of the year below for one Anatomy session, giving them an alternative booklet to the one provided by the Medical School formed of excerpts of my new notes.

The feedback was overwhelmingly positive.

Herein lies the inspiration for my debut book ‘‘Tamra’s Notes – an undergraduate’s guide to Human Anatomy’’.

The book launched 27/12/2020 and to date I have sold

Tamra published on Amazon

over 225 copies, with the manuscript recently accepted

by Amazon for sale across the world. Furthermore, after gaining a social media following of customers the demand for further books became clear. I am currently working on the next in the series ‘’Tamra’s Notes – a pre-clinical guide to undergraduate Medicine’’, and I look forward to completing the trio with a final book in March/ April 2022 just before the end of my Medical School ride and graduation in July 2022.

When I failed that exam, I remember my Mum saying, ‘this will be the best thing to ever happen to you’’. I was so angry at the time, but now, I agree with her.

I am currently working on the next in the series, Tamra’s Notes - A

Pre-Clinical Guide to Undergraduate Medicine Medicine

Speech Day 2017

TAM R A NATHAN