HELP!!!!!!

[Alekia]

I need tips and ideas on how to study for anatomy and physiology. I just barely skinned by on A&P 1 and need to do better this term on A&PII. ANY good ideas to retain all the information. I study A lot, maybe tooooooooo much but don't do well at remembering it

[Sassenach]

You just need to try another method. Try teaching others the material. Friend, parent, cat... anything. It will really help you. If you understand it enough to explain it to a child then you know you've got it.

[wrmotroni]

hi there.. I know allll about the A&P blues!

Do you record your lectures? this is what helped me my SECOND time taking a&P1. listening to the lectures while reviewing the notes. and also reading out loud. I also made sure I did not study past 1130 pm ( even that was a bit late) only bc I realized that it was harder for me to remember the information that I read at 12 1 2 am! Sleep is def needed. Even if you feel as if your "wide awake" this was something I did the first time and it did not help me. make sure to take small 5 min breaks in between. breath and pray :) good luck!!!

[cococabanna]

Best thing to do is test yourself. Read up about one aspect like skeletal system, make some notes, create a quiz, then test yourself to see what you can remember.

[cococabanna]

This guy, does you tube videos which are really good

[RunBabyRN]

I made notecards of everything I needed to work on, and went through them repeatedly. Carried them with me everywhere. Once I learned a notecard, I took it out of the mix, and if I knew certain things on the card, but not others, I needed to focus on those things. Sometimes I'd do visual stuff on the cards, because during my exams, I could visualize the card and what was on it.

For physical structures, systems, blood flow, RAAS, WBCs, etc, I would draw them out and color them. It made me pay a lot of attention to the details, and the process of making the cards was half of the learning (same with the written stuff).

That's just what worked for me. :)

Whatever it is that's not working for you, DON'T DO IT. Try a couple of new tactics the first couple of weeks of school, and see what helps you retain stuff.

Are you a visual learner, kinetic, audio? Knowing that helps a lot.

[merlinsbeard]

I got an Anatomy coloring book at Barnes and Noble and it has helped so much! You might also try watching some YouTube videos.

[pmabraham, BSN, RN]

Good day:

For me, I spent a lot of time in the lab and model room as it related to the lab section. I handled the models, took pictures, created my own study guides, etc. For the lecture portion, reading the book, recording lectures, listening to those recordings every single chance I could, creating flash cards, doing the quizzes at the back of each chapter, and being a part of a very small study group helped a lot.

Thank you.

[kenya1005]

For me, going to the lab early and looking at slides, etc has helped a lot. My teacher gives all her tests that way... we don't have a diagram that we label, etc... she has us look through the microscope to identify types of tissues, or look at a model of a human leg to identify leg muscles, etc. I really like that because I feel like it's better preparing me for the real world, however... makes it harder to study from home.