Before we start talking specifically about the advice, I would like to give you, keep in mind that there are a couple of essential steps you can take to study anatomy.
The first is to attend classes and take notes effectively and intelligently. It will be very important to have some notes to integrate with your university text.
Another essential thing is to have all the necessary materials. Try not to miss pieces on the street and collect texts, notes, handouts, and various resources that you need to prepare.
Then there is a “bonus” advice that I want to give you dispassionately, that is, organize yourself to prepare for the exam with a study group. This thing about the group makes many students turn up their noses because it is not always easy to forge relationships with faculty. But I assure you that the advantages are innumerable, starting with the possibility of confronting, helping, and encouraging each other.
Draw Up A Study Plan For Studying Anatomy
Having so many things to learn, you can’t afford to open the book every other day and study as it happens. When you have numerous topics to address and a set time frame to do so, the first step is to make a study plan.
Making a plan allows you to organize yourself to make sure you get to the exam having everything you need ready. You do this by adding up all the material you have and dividing it by the available days. Find out how many pages to study per day but keep your distance to be able to gain some extra time to use in an emergency. And if you would need even more time, you can delegate some of your essays to an essay writing service.
Breaking down the program into micro study objectives to be completed daily helps to make the preparation more “bearable” emotionally speaking. In fact, you don’t have to worry about EVERYTHING you have to study but focus well on one little piece a day.
Analyze The Book Thoroughly
The medical texts are huge and full of things. When it comes to starting to study them, I strongly advise against throwing yourself on them headlong shouting “Geronimoooo!” You can’t just open the first page and start reading. Or better … if you want you can also do it, but there is a more useful method!
Since volumes are so rich in concepts, the idea is to analyze the book in its composition, therefore starting from the index. Then go through the chapters and for each of them explore the titles, subtitles, paragraph names, etc. If there is a summary at the end of the chapter, read that too well.
Doing this work before starting to tackle the actual study of the book is very important because it allows you to build an overview of what awaits you. Knowing in advance that you are going to address certain topics, your mind will prove more receptive to what are the important things to know.
Mind Maps For Studying Anatomy
Mind maps are particularly useful in preparing for this exam for two main reasons. The study of anatomy tends to proceed from the general to the particular and the structure of the mind map follows exactly this logic, which is very effective for memorization.
Anatomy is a subject that particularly relies on your imagination, and the possibility of using images within mind maps allows you to take advantage of this aspect. You can start making the maps parallel to the book analysis phase. Make one related to the index only and then proceed by making a map for each chapter. With this in mind, the fact that you already know the general structure of the chapter you are going to map allows you to immediately distinguish the main topics from the secondary ones more clearly.
Study To Explain
You have to be able to rework the concepts in your own words and simplify them. Once you are able to do this, you will know that you have truly understood and internalized the subject. Therefore, he tries to study matter, not with the aim of knowing everything perfectly but assuming that he has to explain it to someone who does not understand anatomy at all.
Always Review
Remember that you can also do a crazy and desperate study to know everything perfectly, but if you don’t revise then you’re just wasting time. And if you think you can get away with hoping to go through the whole anatomy program before the exam well… let’s, be honest… you are more likely to see Santa with a sleigh and reindeer!
But I have good news for you: the mad and desperate study is not needed so you don’t have to worry about it, just review regularly while you are studying.
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