A&P II Summer, WHERE DO I START?

Bicster · May 23, 2008

Find out what book you are using and read it.

maxx08 · May 23, 2008

I just finished A&P II 2 weeks ago. Finished with a B after a rocky start,(66 on first lab exam, didn't know I would actually need to study, go figure.)

My best advice is to attend all classes and labs, attend all the study lab times that you can.

Make flashcards of each unit (keep up with making them daily, don't wait till right before the test) and carry them with you wherever you go. You can study in line at the grocert store, waiting to pick up your child, etc.

After each lecture, re-read the corresponding pages in the book, they will make the most sense then. (toward the middle of the semester, I actually stopped reading ahead to save time and only did the reading after the lecture, I found this worked very well for me.)

Get a study buddy or study group and use them!

Good luck, it is a great class!

maxx08 · May 23, 2008

Just remembered something else, review all the tissue types ie: simple squamous, pseudostratified columnar, etc. They will come up continually, and if it's been a while since A&PI ,these need review to be able to recognize them.

WVlpn2b · May 24, 2008

I have it this summer, too, and it is going to be a bear! We just started Monday. My advice is to hit the ground running! What helps me learn is repetition, repetition and repetition. Each evening, I re-write my class notes and place them in a binder. I also rewrite each chapter's summary -- I am amazed at all I know from this week, just in doing that. Our professor also told us to go through each chapter and really look at each figure/table, because they are often the most concise, clear explanation of whatever the chapter is about.

Good luck! I also agree with the others -- attend every time the doors are open.

RXtech · May 25, 2008

Try to Google the instructor or at least the college and course name and number. You might find a course syllabus on line with the reading assignments and you can get a head start.

JeanettePNP, MSN, RN, NP · May 26, 2008

I just took the final last week and I still don't know my grade. My average is somewhere either in the high 80s or low 90s so if I did really well on the final I can still end up with an A.

Anyway, all I can say is to keep studying. There is so much ground to cover and you never know what is going to come up on the test. Going to lecture doesn't help because questions can come up that were never covered in lecture. I tried to pin down the teacher as to which sections to study and which can be safely skipped, but was given no such safety zone. And of course the parts that I skipped because we did not cover them at all in class showed up on the final exam.

Know your diagrams very well. Be able to identify all the structures in the heart, the digestive system, the kidneys, etc. Draw it yourself to help you remember, even if you're bad at drawing. It really helps.

Also make little flow charts of things that happen in sequence, like nerve deoplarization, the heart cycle, respiration, etc. Writing it out in order helps you to remember. Until I did that I could basically remember that depolarization had something to do with sodium entering the cell, let's say, but could never keep track of what comes first or second, and that can be very important.

narussian · May 27, 2008

Thanks so much to everyone!! I do already have the textbook and am reading ahead, but other than that I was totally unsure!!

Thanks again,

Naomi