How Hard Is Anatomy, Really? Kiron's Story - Kenhub

How Hard is Anatomy?

That sounds like a surefire way to succeed! What has been the biggest challenge in learning anatomy for you?

I think the biggest challenge of learning anatomy was the actual size of it, because when you first look at it, you see how large it is and you think ‘oh my god!’. There’s so much knowledge to take in. So what was helpful for me was planning out my time spent learning things. It’s important to know about not just the muscle itself, but what it relates to - for example what it’s innervated by - and where does that nerve come from? Does it come from a larger plexus? Where does that plexus pass through?

Taking my time taught me how to link knowledge together - not just take information as singular snapshots but really combine everything into one massive picture. So to answer the question: the biggest challenge is taking a large subject, breaking it down into bite sized chunks and then building it up again. That really takes time, in my opinion.

“The biggest challenge is taking a large subject, breaking it down into bite sized chunks and then building it up again.”

Sometimes it’s not about learning the content required, but how to actually go about learning it.

Exactly. Because I don’t feel that it’s actually difficult to learn. But how to learn it - that’s something that we’re not really taught. We sort of have to find out for ourselves.

What would you say has been most helpful for you in using Kenhub?

I feel like everything really helped. It was just a combination. I first learnt the material using the videos as well as having a look at the atlas and articles. But what really solidified my knowledge was finding out where the holes and gaps in my knowledge were by using the Kenhub quizzes. That was so important for me because I feel like I could have read about or heard about a topic, but to really understand it… that was determined by whether I could do the quizzes or not.

Do you plan to use Kenhub in your consecutive years at med school?

Absolutely. I mean, next year I’m studying pathology so I’m going to have a look at your histology content to refresh myself. And of course, histology is just like an extension of anatomy, so it’ll help to go over the anatomy I’ve already learned using Kenhub. We always have to revise and refresh what we thought we knew, because there’ll always be gaps.

“What really solidified my knowledge was finding out where the holes and gaps in my knowledge were by using the Kenhub quizzes.”