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Since I barely have time to study... I've decided to try something new. I started recording my notes from the ppts. we get in lecture. We are not allowed to record the lecture in class... so I had to record myself. To my surprise this has been a huge help. I'm a visual learner, so I did not think this would work for me... I was so shocked about how much information I actually retained by adding this to my study ritual:rolleyes:. I'm going to use this in place of my flash cards.... However, I'll continue to make drug cards and utilize them. Just in case you're wondering, about my study ritual: I usually skim all reading and complete the objectives before the class the starts. Than after lecture I review ppts. over and over and over again. I usually answer a ton of practice questions. I write up drug cards and study those. I also refer to the book PRN for clarification. I hate reading text books, however I pay close attn. to charts and diagrams. :mad:. I'm a A/B student so,so far this works for me. And ofcourse this is done between 35 hours a week at work and 16 hrs. E.O. weekend for clinicals, and 6hrs a week for lecture. Please share your ideas as well :) Good by and happy studying. :wink2::heartbeat

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Specializes in LTC.

Forgot to add that I listen to the recorder while driving, doing my makeup in the AM, at HS, and when sometimes when I wake up. Call me crazy, but I think its helping. I'll let you know if this improves my test scores at all.

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Specializes in ICU.

lately I've been recording myself reading the Q&A from my flashcards so that I can quiz myself as I work out, clean house, drive, etc.... got a 98% on my last chemistry exam! I, too, did not think listening would work well for me, but apparently the interactive nature of the Q&A has really really helped. Plus, it makes me actually want to work out!

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Why on earth can't you record the lectures?

hherrn

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In my school we cant record lectures because we may or may not discuss a patient, so recording the lecture is a violation of hippa. Or so they say.

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Specializes in ER/Ortho.

we cant record at my school either...HIPPA

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Thhaaaankkk yoooouuu!!! I'm going to try this for pharm review :nuke:

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we cannot record either (other than AP). I record them myself, but I get more out of the actual reading them outloud part than the listening to them repeatedly part. So much for that $75 voice recorder I just bought.

Something that I just came across that is working GREAT is flashcardexchange.com Its just AWESOME. You can print flashcards off of there, or you can use them online. If you use them online, you can set it like a slide presentation w/ a 3-5 second interval and it gives you a chance to guess before telling you the answer over and over again. I love love LOVE it.

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Specializes in LTC.
Why on earth can't you record the lectures?

hherrn

Have no idea ! Maybe instructors are worried about it being used against them later ? :confused:

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Why would it violate hippa as long as they don't say any identifiers that make the patient too specific, the patient name, or the hospital?

My professors talk about patients a lot, but they don't go into to great of detail that it would matter. I record all my lectures.

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Why would it violate hippa as long as they don't say any identifiers that make the patient too specific, the patient name, or the hospital?

My professors talk about patients a lot, but they don't go into to great of detail that it would matter. I record all my lectures.

I thought that too, but now that we're in clinicals I find that many people accidentally blurt out a resident's name when we're discussing them in class, and although we're learning and people are getting much better about it, there's still the chance. Plus, even if you don't say someone's name, everyone in the school knows where we do our clinicals, and if someone were to mention "that young white guy at the LTC with the amputated leg and colostomy" everyone would KNOW who you were talking about. (we don't actually have anyone fitting that description, but there are many that I could mention only medically relavent details about that would make them stand out from all the other residents there)

Here we all have a bit more anonymity because any of us could be from any of thousands or millions of places, but in a small town for instance, that is not the case. Even in the big city here, if someone mentioned the GSW that came into the ER everyone knows who it is, who did it, who their family is, and who is a friend of a friend of a friend of their family, and they have thousands of employees and the city has two hospitals, a rehab hospital, a mall, and an airport (just trying to give an idea of the size of the city).

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Specializes in ER, Med-surg.
In my school we cant record lectures because we may or may not discuss a patient, so recording the lecture is a violation of hippa. Or so they say.

Weak! At our school they just stop before discussing a patient and tell everyone to turn their recorders off, and when they finish, let them turn them back on.

It's worked fine so far.

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