Hi, this is Tom from zero to finals.com. In this episode, I want to take a short time to tell you the story of my journey through medicine, particularly about learning how to study medicine, prepare for exams and share information in a way that makes it easy for others to learn too.

There won't be any actual medical content in this episode, so feel free to skip it,

although I think you'll find some of the tips very helpful for your exam preparation.

I'm going to be taking a short break from the podcast, but I'll be right back with many,

many more episodes in a few weeks' time. I've been putting out three episodes a week,

every Monday, Wednesday and Friday since the first episode aired on the 4th of November

2018. That means nearly 850 episodes of the podcast over the past six years, each one jammed with

medical content.

I'm going to be taking a couple of weeks off from the podcast to spend more time with my

family and set various things in motion to

ensure that zero to finals becomes even bigger and even better in the future, and the podcast

continues for many years to come. Don't worry, I'll be back in a couple of weeks with more

episodes. In the meantime, there's plenty of existing episodes covering almost

everything you need to know for medical exams. I highly doubt anyone except me and Harry have listened

to every single episode. If you have, I'd love to hear from you. Speaking of which, if you're a regular

listener to the podcast, please consider

heading over to iTunes or Spotify and leaving a review. It's really motivating and encouraging

to hear how people use and benefit from the podcast. If you've got time and the podcast has been beneficial for you,

pause it here and head over to those websites and leave me a review. I'd be really grateful.

So, on to the story. I've spent the past 16 years plus obsessing over the process of learning medicine. Over this period, I've gone

from feeling very frustrated and confused about how and what to learn to developing a bulletproof

strategy for smashing medical exams. But we need to go back even before medical school to where the story starts.

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