Study systems
How I actually revise: spaced repetition, early-morning blocks, and handling a syllabus bigger than the time available.
I explain medicine in Arabic, while I am still learning it
I am Yousef Alaa, a second-year medical student at Sohag National University in Egypt. Plastic surgery is the long-term goal, and the road there is long — so I decided to document it from the start. Here I publish my cleaned-up study notes, the revision system I actually use, and Arabic explainers for the subjects I am studying right now.
Encyclopedia
All articles →A reference organised by system, then region, then structure. Every entry carries its figures with their sources, its terms in Arabic, English and Latin, and links to related entries. This is the part that gets built once and stays.
What I write about
Arabic medical explainers
Anatomy, physiology and pharmacology in plain language. Good Arabic medical content is scarce — this is my attempt to close that gap.
Discipline
Routine, the gym, and staying consistent inside a full day. No magic formulas — just what works for me and what did not.
The road to plastics
Why this specialty, and what the Egyptian pathway actually looks like: internship, residency, then fellowship.
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