Do you actually study A&P book for exam? or you just refer to it?

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Do you study the materials that your instructor provide? Or study throughly the big book like Saladin 6th edition of A&P?

Specializes in Hospice, Palliative Care.

Good day:

"Do you study the materials that your instructor provide?"

Yes, those were my primary study tools, the book plus any materials provided. However, I also reached out to third party sources: learning center at the college where they have a model room, tutors to help expand or learn material, as well as 3rd party web sites, books, etc.

Thank you.

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My professor posts a review that covers the chapters we will be tested over for each exam.....

I take that review and read the chapter answering the questions as I go along in a TON of detail (they pretty much follow the chapter)

THEN I do the learn smart exercises on the mcgraw-hill website that go along with the chapter. our chapter quiz questions come straight from these questions

Then we have an open book timed short quiz before the lecture on that chapter on the mcgraw-hill connect website.....

then she lectures straight from the book.

to study I go off of the review and usually redo the learn smart questions on the website.....and I go back and reread anything I don't remember well

I am trying something new with my review this time since last exam my review ended up being 19 pages typed with all my answers....it was just TOO much....so I am studying my review and I printed another copy I will go back and answer all of those questions in my own words the best I can without going back to look things up to make sure I remember most of it.. We'll find out tomorrow afternoon how that is going to work out for me

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My instructor would ask questions word for word out of our book, then ask theory based questions, so you HAD to read, besides that, you get a better understanding of the subject than reading fragmented sentences on some spoon fed PowerPoint, . In the advanced courses you will be glad you actually read the book and retained the information.

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Specializes in Maternal Child, Home Health, Med/Surg.

Honestly, I don't ever touch my book. My instructor uses her own powerpoints, and that's what she tests on. If I were to try and read the book, I'd hurt myself more than i already have lol.

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I skim read the chapters, preferably before lecture. About a week out from our tests our teacher gives us a vague idea of what's going to be on the test, and I carefully read and take notes on the sections I'm pretty sure will be on the test. It is time consuming, but hitting the material from different angles helps give me a deeper understanding of the material, and I remember it much longer.

I got a 4.0 in the first section, and am doing well so far in the second session. Also, if the teacher is lecturing on a slide that is taken from a diagram in our book, I try to find the diagram in the book and follow a long in there as well, helps to keep me focused instead of letting my mind wander.

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Specializes in Hospice, Palliative Care.

Good day:

Our A&P 1 professor does not provide review / study guides. So we typically have 3 to 5 meaty chapters to study for an exam.

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Specializes in ICU.

I've barely opened my book this semester. My professor gives us outlines for the notes for each chapter and tests from the notes. If you take good notes and study those you will get an A.

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My A&P class had our second lecture exam today, covering 5 chapters (Integumentary, Bone Tissue, Skeleton, Joints, and Muscle Tissue). There are 63 questions on the exam, the best out of 60 are counted (3 questions - extra credit if the other 60 questions are correct). The way I study/prepare for a test is: Read the chapter before class, take good (well, somewhat messy) notes during lecture, summarize the objectives for each chapter that our tests are based off, reread the chapters after I summarize the objectives, study my notes/objectives, and read the summaries at the end of the chapter, and take practice tests/quizzes at the end of each chapter and on my textbook's website (I have Marieb's Human Anatomy and Physiology, 9th Edition). And reading the book helps me so much, I try to really understand it and not just memorize the information for the test (drawing really helps, even though I can't draw!). I've noticed that I've been "teaching" my classmates by explaining how something works (teaching other people really helps with remembering and understanding some of the concepts).

I felt that I was very prepared for our exam today, but I was very surprised when I saw my grade. The class average for this exam was 84%. My grade was 107%! :woot: (This includes the extra credit, and maybe one of the other questions was dropped and became another extra credit question?) I'm glad that I found a way to study that works for me (lots of reading and writing ;)), but I know that this method doesn't work for everyone. However, I would definitely recommend reading the book before lecture, and then using it later on to clarify the important parts that you will be testing on. Good luck and I hope this helps! :)

Sorry this is so long!

:wideyed:

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i use tortora principles of anatomy and physiology

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Specializes in Hospice, Palliative Care.

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Same on Tortora and Derrickson.

Thank you.

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Specializes in LAD.

I would read text prior to lecture, and then refer to notes (PPT slides) for test.

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