A&P Help

HM2VikingRN, RN · Dec 29, 2009

Use the coloring book...Learn mind mapping.....join a study group....use the practice models as much as possible.

Best wishes!

jennylouwho · Dec 29, 2009

Use flash cards. Have them with you at all times and use them any time you have a few minutes to kill.

Study groups can be good - we laughed a lot in ours, but between all of us we came up with tricks to remember tricky items.

Take good notes and rewrite them after class.

Record the lectures if possible (our professor put her lecture notes on itunes which was fantastic!). Listen to the lectures again.

Go to open labs if you can, or to tutoring if available (our tutoring had most of the bones and lab models).

Get help early if you need it - don't wait until it's too late.

Study, study, study!

Coriander, BSN, RN · Dec 29, 2009

Our professor let us bring in our digital cameras so we could take photos of the models to study from. Also, we spent hours in the lab studying on our own or in groups.

Flash cards yes.

Also, if you have access to Halloween stuff, get bones. If they're not detailed enough (like the hands), use a Sharpie to draw the bones on. I learned the majority of the skeleton using these. :)

Study24/7 · Dec 29, 2009

Flash card - yes , available at most book stores

Digital camera - very helpful, can be made into flash cards

Tape recorder- very helpful, especially if you can burn to cd or load on itunes.

The coloring book was very helpful too.

Also look on youtube for areas you need help with.

Best of luck

dalsor · Dec 29, 2009

Cannot stress this enough. Flash cards will be your best friend.

jennylouwho · Dec 29, 2009

yes to digital camera into flashcards.

brittany_micah · Dec 29, 2009

#1 Figure out how you learn the best!! If you are visual learning, hands on, etc. That was one of hte most important things for me. I learn best by seeing it and writing it. So index cards were my best friend. I have 2 small children and I couldnt afford the nice ones in the bookstore, so I hand made all of mine. I had hundreds by the end of the semester. If we were doing bones, I would print out a small picture and glue/tape it to the card with the correct name on the other side.

Highliters were also my best friend! I would take notes in class, come home and type them out, then go back and highlite what I thought was important!! Good Luck! Just study hard and stay focused, figure out what works best for you and you will do fine :)

frnzy · Dec 29, 2009

go to ratemyprofessors.com and read what previous students have said about that specific instructor teaching that specific course. Look for things like "his lab tests come straight from the manual" or "she lectures on one thing but the lecture test is on things he never covered!!" or "just attend every class and pay attention and you'll do fine." I'm not saying these things are for sure the case, but you can use these as clues as to how you should study for the first test.

After the first test, you should be able to gauge not just how the prof tests and what's on the test, but where you need to focus your energy on during your studies.

rnjls · Dec 29, 2009

The thing that helped me the most was the open labs. In 101 we learned the bones and muscles and open lab helped me a lot. In 102, the open lab instructors actually embellished a lot on what we learned in lecture, so what I didn't understand from lecture, I could usually figure out in open lab.

Another thing that helped me were the online exercises that were an adjunct to our textbook. There were labeling exercises and I printed several copies of them off and practiced a lot. Also, we were given links to slides that we could download onto flashdrives and I used those to practice as well.

seaspray700777 · Dec 29, 2009

I logged on the winking skull, and played match games online and this helped me alot! A&P I is all memorize so dont try and cram last minute it wont work. At least it did not for me. I printed out the bones and hung them up all over the house. So when I was doing dishes or laundry it was always there. Good luck

QuarterLife88, MSN, RN, NP · Dec 30, 2009

I made sure to study everyday. EVERYDAY. It's not a class to let sit and slide. Too much info and not enough time.

I only made flashcards for things like directional terms, and muscles - origins/insertions/action. Don't waste time making flash cards for regular notes though. A few people in my class did that - and they still did poorly on tests because they spent more time making 1,000 flashcards than actually learning anything. Just read your notes over and over until they are bled into your brain. You need to start dreaming about anatomy.

I had a little white board and some dry erase markers that I bought and I would teach the notes back to myself (like playing teacher). Worked really well for me.

I also got some Kaplan medical flashcards for things like bones/muscles with pictures on them so I could quiz myself.

I always studied alone. But a study group might benefit you. I had a teacher that always said get a good mix of people - some A students, some B's and C's, that way everyone can help everyone.

Go online and find any kind of anatomy quizzes or games you can. If you're using the Marieb 8th edition you can go on myAP.com and take all of their tests/quizzes. The security code for your specific book is on the inside cover.

For labs - really look at the models because they are nothing like the book.

Good luck.