Help!!! A&P has started!!!!!!

Dawn2012 · Jan 16, 2012

Hi, in my A &P classes I recorded all lectures and would listen over and over. I also should have bought stock in index cards. I have an unbelievable amount of flash cards. That is how I studied and it paid off I earned an A in I & II. Good luck.

Iridescent Orchid, CNA, LPN · Jan 16, 2012

[color=#2f4f4f]my instructor also gave us the benefit of his powerpoints. my best advice is to study and highlight those powerpoints every chapter! that helped me more than i could have ever imagined. i also rewrote the information on the powerpoints in the form of an outline on my own paper to study. i learned a&p material a lot more when i actually sat down and wrote it all out as i read. i comprehended and retained a lot more this way! it's tedious, but your grades will look amazing!

JNUR20 · Jan 16, 2012

I cannot stress flashcards enough! Also, to memorize the diagrams, I'd make a copy of whatever diagram we were working on and white out the names.

leenak · Jan 16, 2012

I start A&P next week so I feel you. I've started reading my book and I'm considering buying a flash card set.

bigboi · Jan 16, 2012

Hi, in my A &P classes I recorded all lectures and would listen over and over. I also should have bought stock in index cards. I have an unbelievable amount of flash cards. That is how I studied and it paid off I earned an A in I & II. Good luck.

This is exactly what I did! My and I recorder have a special relationship. Instead of listening to the radio in my car, I listen to my A&P notes. Flashcards are also a must as well. I used these two methods of studying, in additon to my regular notes and handouts, and my lowest test score in both A&P I and II was a 97%. I can definately attest that they work!

Saija · Jan 16, 2012

My studying is time consuming, but it works for me. First I read through the book chapters and highlight everything important, then I go back and write my own notes based on those in my own words, preferably in as short terms as possible, and in lists when I can so it's easier to remember (not complete sentences). Then I go back through my own notes and highlight the most important things from there, and then I read through them a million times. xD The highlighting helps me because if I just read through with nothing in my hand, I tend to not pay attention to what I'm reading. I go through a million highlighters every month.

Flash cards for things can help, too, and you can take those anywhere so you can study anytime you have 5 minutes of downtime. I keep thinking I need to buy flashcards, but I always forget.. maybe for my next exam.. xD

Iridescent Orchid, CNA, LPN · Jan 16, 2012

i start a&p next week so i feel you. i've started reading my book and i'm considering buying a flash card set.

[color=#2f4f4f]i bought the kaplan anatomy flash cards. i thought they were going to be so much help for me! which, they were for the first couple of chapters, but then i realized i wasn't learning near as much than if i made my own flash cards. they break things down a little bit better than your book, so they may be good for reference and to understand something a little more, but they sat on my shelf for the most part and at the end of the semester i sold them to someone! if you're a supplemental learner, by all means go for it. i am not trying to down the flash cards or tell you not to get them, just sharing my time with them.

portland medic · Jan 17, 2012

2 words...FLASH CARDS. Make your own. Use a variety of teaching tools. Use the book, your lecture notes, make flash cards, re-read the flash cards in the car, at the gym, at work. there are online coloring books. Dont study more than 2 hours straight or it just starts to run together.

tyvin, BSN, RN · Jan 17, 2012

I recorded the lectures and didn't take too many notes. When I would listen later I would hear so much more. I had flash cards that I left by the toilet seat, the bed side table, the washing machine (I'm not kidding). I took the vocabulary words and put them all down on flash cards and made long drawn out mnemonics. When I got up I would look through the cards, go to the bathroom yes I did and finally to the laundry. Oh yes, the coloring books were great! It sounds like I studied constantly but actually not.

jamieslovingmom · Jan 17, 2012

I found that I could better memorize body parts and systems by reading the information while touching the body part that I was reading about. This formed an association that I would use to remind myself of key points during tests. Also, don't be afraid to ask questions if you don't completely understand the concepts of physiology. It seems like a lot of information...just remember to take your time and take a break from reading every 20 minutes or so. Get up and stretch and take some deep breaths. Take notes during lectures and draw pictures. It will stick. :)

mz.snuggly1 · Jan 17, 2012

1. I would outline chapters

2. Tape lectures (add stuff I miss or important stuff to my outline)

3. Make my own flash cards from my outline and taped lecture I would have a word or ? on one side and on the otherside I would have the answers.

4. I would practice by timing myself 3 minutes each card by writing question/ answer on a dry eraser board and saying outloud so I could remember

5. I would test myself on the dry eraser board,by looking at the question and writing the answer (without looking at the answer), go to the next card and keep adding cards and time when i test myself. (flip it over to make sure your answers are right when the timer goes off)

P.S If I was for example studying a bone I would copy the bone or draw it and mark the piece of the bone i need to know with a letter or number on one side then on the other side I would have the answer that match the letter or number. THIS WORKS GREAT FOR ANY SUBJECT!!