Intermediary metabolism

ysk1
Mon, 02 Feb 2009 17:50:18 +0000

In med school, we covered glycolysis, TCA cycle, oxidative phosphorylation, alpha, beta, gamma fatty acid oxidation, pyruvate dehydrogenase complex, urea cycle, glycogen synthesis, gluconeogenesis, glycogenolysis, nucleic acid synthesis and breakdown, fatty acid synthesis, anaerobic oxidation, and pentose phosphate pathway in 4 days.

In 4 days? Just how is that possible? But were the material tested in the same breadth/depth as in an undergrad biochem course? For example, did the prof make students draw out all the intermediates, memorize all their names and enzymes as well as each step of reactions? I can’t see how med schools cover all that in just 4 days, especially if some med students never took a biochem in undergrad.