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Study Skills for First Year Medical Students

Study Skills for First Year Medical Students. Study Skills 101. Kim Peck, Academic and Career Development Advisor 128 East Fee Hall 517-884-4037. Features of a MS1. Intellectual self doubt Workload anxiety Competition versus cooperation What is the big picture?.

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Study Skills for First Year Medical Students

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  1. Study Skills for First Year Medical Students Study Skills 101 Kim Peck, Academic and Career Development Advisor128 East Fee Hall 517-884-4037

  2. Features of a MS1 • Intellectual self doubt • Workload anxiety • Competition versus cooperation • What is the big picture?

  3. Common Causes of Academic Difficulty • Time Management Issues • Travel, family, friends, other activities • Material Management Issues • Not preparing • No daily reinforcement • No CONCIOUS system of studying • No “own notes” • Mental Health Issues • Depression, anxiety, LD, ADD • Unresolved issues from past may resurface

  4. Time Management • Make a schedule • study time • breaks • personal time • Set SMART goals (goals without plans are just fantasies) • Establish a routine • Multitasking is a myth • Mental health and academic payoff

  5. Sample Weekly Schedule

  6. Common time wasters • Failure to plan • Failure to set priorities • Lack of organization • Socializing • TV/Text/Email

  7. Class • Prepare ahead (pre-lecture and lab creates context) • Use a note taking method that works for you • Use all lab time FROM THE BEGINNING • View all lectures • Compare lab and lecture notes

  8. Pre-reading • Titles • Headings • Bolded items • Graphs • Definitions • Questions

  9. Cornell Note-taking System

  10. Lecture Notes How students organize information influences how they learn and how they apply what they know Labels written along the margin of notes can help effectively and meaningfully organize material. Here are a few suggestions:

  11. Learning to Learn How do you actually learn all the material from your lectures, labs, readings?

  12. Employ Active Learning • Read to answer specific questions • Re-explain a concept (out loud) • Diagram a process • Make a chart • Create an outline • Teach material to a study group/partner • Create a concept map • When encountering unfamiliar info, need to create building blocks so you are able to retrieve info on your own

  13. Memorization Strategies • Chunking-categories and numbers • Recitation-reading, oral or written • Association-big picture and connections • Mnemonics-share with each other • Musical/rhyming association • Patterns • Visualization-picture association

  14. Reviewing • Increase retention, speed and recall • Reread charts, diagrams, cards, notes • Review your study material on a daily basis • The most advantageous time to study is within 24 hours of exposure to new material

  15. Self-Testing • Why wait until the exam to know how you are doing? • Increase motivation • Aid to planning further review of topics • Use different senses for optimal retention • Retrieval from memory is a skill: practice, practice, practice • Practicing retrieval leads to greater l-t retention that additional studying

  16. Mental Health/Wellness • Sticking to a Schedule reduces anxiety • Exercise • Healthy diet • Sleep • Emotional support • Ask for help sooner rather than later

  17. Questions? ?

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