Syed Mubeen Ahmed

Post-Doc Research Fellow @OU_neurology || Alumnus @PGMILahore || Aspiring NeuroScientist || Co-Founder @AMCotomy

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At 17, I couldn't possibly envision this kind of success. Grateful for passing #USMLE #STEP1 as an MS4, being among the first people to do so from my med school. Allah's kindness is boundless! 💫

Holy is He Who Watches Over Me!

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An MIT Media Lab study used EEG to track what happens in the brain when people write with ChatGPT rather than on their own. Fifty four students completed essay tasks while wearing electrode caps. One group used ChatGPT, one used a search engine, and one used no tools. Across sessions, the ChatGPT group showed the weakest neural connectivity in networks linked to memory, attention, and analytical work. They also had more trouble recalling what they had just written and produced more generic prose. The authors describe this as a kind of cognitive debt: the tool does the synthesizing, and the brain stays quieter [1].

The same experiment points to a better order of use. Students who first wrote unaided and only later switched to ChatGPT showed stronger recall and more widespread brain activity than students who started with the model and then had to work alone. In other words, the model helped more when it scaffolded thinking that was already underway than when it replaced that thinking from the start. The practical lesson is not that large language models should be banned. It is that they work best as a second pass, after the writer has already done the hard part of forming and remembering an argument [1].

[Kosmyna, N., Hauptmann, E., Yuan, Y. T., Situ, J., Liao, X. H., Beresnitzky, A. V., Braunstein, I., & Maes, P. (2025). Your Brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of Cognitive Debt when Using an AI Assistant for Essay Writing Task. arXiv. DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2506.08872]

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@AndrewBolis Guide

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Thrilled to have attended the liver transplant and endoscopy conference! Such a vital and emerging field for Pakistan. Huge thanks to Prof. @afzalmf for this opportunity. Excited for the future of this discipline in Pakistan!

#LiverTransplant #Endoscopy #HealthcareInPakistan

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@jd_in_scrubs MA….Congratulations brother 👑

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@nvmnjmm so you don't need a visa... I see 💀

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@tweetoma_ kindly make a thread regarding step2 prep brother... whenever you get the time

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@chillkrochill 😂 fr

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@wajahat_a_q Jazakallah sir 💛

[Syed Mubeen Ahmed @ScrubyStories]

At 17, I couldn't possibly envision this kind of success. Grateful for passing #USMLE #STEP1 as an MS4, being among the first people to do so from my med school. Allah's kindness is boundless! 💫

Holy is He Who Watches Over Me!

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@oyenikwa I'll post my two cents regarding the timeline and prep for #STEP1 in a few days IA.

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@oyenikwa I know a few from KEMU having written the test in their third year, but it's quite challenging to do so. I'd say fourth year is the best time to prepare for it, and if you consider yourself ready, give it in fourth year. If not, mid of final year.

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@oyenikwa lol, I consider myself an avg student and alhamdullilah managed to pass. All you need is UWORLD, FA, Pathoma (first 3 chapters especially), give these three 8 months with special emphasis to @UWorldMedical. Score around 72% in NBME and you're more than good to go IA.

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@Dr_Stranger9 that's all you need...the key is to keep it simple and concise

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@Dr_Stranger9 sure, anytime brother

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@MSaadTariq18 dm bro

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@xxnajamxx will be waiting for a similar post from you buddy... IA

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@chillkrochill jazakallah