Study Skills for Succeeding In Human Physiology 1. Know your LEARNING STYLE • Practice turning visuals back into words • Practice turning words into a simple visual diagram • Record written material on a voice recorder and listen to them later • Read your summarized notes to yourself or another person • Predict some possible test questions and write them out • Read your notes (silently) again and again 2. Get ORGANIZED • Keep related materials together for example books, notes, blank sheets, stationary etc. • Block your study time into your weekly schedule and make a commitment to not let other appointments interfere with it. • Good organizational habits are an excellent way of preparation for an exam. 3. Make STUDYING a HABIT • Make study time a priority in your schedule. • Block out regular times in your schedule to study. • Wisely choose a quiet study area like the library rather than the cafeteria or TV lounge. At home have a separate room for study where no one interferes. • Make studying part of your daily routine by always going to the same place at the same time. After doing this for a few weeks, it will become a habit and you will do it almost automatically! 4. Become a better TIME MANAGER and AVOID PROCRASTINATION. • CRAMMING leads to failure. You are guaranteed to never understand anything and always be frustrated, so don’t do it. • Nothing determines success greater than “time on task”. • Constant repetition is the key to better learning. • Skimming your notes will not be sufficient for succeeding in most exams. • Studying multiple times in short bursts is far better than cramming and leads to greater retention of the material. • We all waste lots of time doing nothing during our day. Avoid wastage of time. Instead you can try and solve some MCQs in your spare time. 5. Study the TEXTBOOK and SUPPLEMENTS effectively • You have an excellent textbook and many good ancillary materials available to you. If used properly, they can help you succeed. • Do NOT try to memorize all the material in the textbook. This is a very ineffective way to study. When starting a new chapter, first get an overview of the key topics by skimming through all the headings. Next, begin looking at the graphics and the key ideas they convey. Next, read the introductory and closing sentences for each major section in the chapter. Then and only then, begin to read in detail. • Do not get frustrated if you don’t understand everything the first time through (you are not expected to!) Reading a science textbook is not like reading a novel. Reading a concept or key idea multiple times is often necessary to grasp complex concepts. 6. MOTIVATE yourself! • It’s a simple fact: you need lots of motivation to be a good student. • A bad attitude is a barrier to learning. Check your attitude before starting with the studies. Learn to value learning for learning’s sake. If nothing else, more information makes you a much better conversationalist at social gatherings! • Nothing that comes easily in life is very worthwhile. You will get out of your education exactly what you put into it. So, what are you willing to put into it? • Get support from friends, family members, and significant others. Have them help you study or support you in other ways like helping out more around the house, cooking meals, taking care of the kids, or freeing you from family chores. • Develop a reward system for yourself. After a good study session, take a short break, talk to a friend, listen to some music, or enjoy a cup of coffee. • Medical professionals should know MORE than the minimum. Do you want to be a real professional or a student who just barely passed the required courses? • Remind yourself that understanding how the human body works is probably the most vital thing that any medical professional needs to know. Most everything else in your MBBS program will be an application of this knowledge. This should motivate you to MASTER the material rather than to just pass the course. WISH YOU BEST OF LUCK DR SALEEM ABBAS
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