How do you learn the material?

[Amaryllis787]

Recently I've decided to switch over to another community college to pursue their RN program. I've spoken with an academic advisor and I'm relieved to know that I have at least fulfilled the requirements for the pre-req courses necessary to applying for the RN program. But I'm also very nervous. Academically, I'm not a strong student. I borderline decent at best with lots of room for improvement. I really need some advice regarding how to best learn the large amount of information I'll be tackled with in A&P. Ways you experimented to find the method best suited for your way of learning would also be appreciated.

[BBboy]

A&P is literally all memorization. How well you do in that class is based on how well you can regurgitate the info youre presented with. You just need to consistently go over the lab material to engrave it in your head as well as the lecture information.

[Yunikat, BSN, CNA, RN]

In my junior college, I have Anatomy and Physiology course separately

So I took anatomy during summer and took physiology during spring ( because I had to take chemistry and biology and other classes during Fall semester, so I waited physiology until spring)

I personally think physiology was easier than anatomy.

Okay, let me correct this.

Physiology is less time-consuming.

Anatomy, you definitely need to put your time to study for sure.

While I was taking anatomy, I figured that out I was a visual learner. Drawing picture helped me a lot!!!!!

I drew charts and memorize whole that charts or graph.

Coloring also very helpful. I bought color pencils to coloring everything.

so those color sticks in my head. For example, I colored occipital lobe with pink, it stays in my head frontal lobe with color lol

I also colored the words as well.

such as, if I color occipital lobe with pink, I also color its function. " visual" as well

So colors definitely helped me a lot.

My Junior school is available opening lab, so I was trying to go to opening lab as much as possible,

and knock down to the models.

As I am a visual learner, I had to see models in the lab and take pictures and memorize it.

And try not to write stuff with your computer or notepad.

try to write everything with your hands

practice all terms!

This course really strict about miss-spelled.

I write out everything, say out aloud, so I can hear my voice.

I was kept writing until words gets in my head (buy or get some cheap notebooks!)

I tried to use all my senses.

I know everyone has different style of learning,

but coloring, writing out, and participating in the opening lab was big help.

In the end, I made A in both classes :)

I hope this helps, and good luck on your A&P class!

[Monsie86]

-Take notes in class (by hand, not on a computer)

-record the lectures, and re-listen to them at home, taking notes on things you missed

-make flashcards. If you have lab practical exams as well as lecture exams, take pictures of the models and make flash cards out of them.

-Buy the Mosby flashcards from Amazon.

-read the chapter and take notes on it BEFORE the professor lectures on the material.

-study as often as you can.

-buy the anatomy coloring book

Anatomy and physio are total memorization. Figure out your learning style and study that way. Personally, I am a kinesthetic learner, and need hands on tools. I had to buy a full, disarticulated skeleton for our skeletal module. We had to know not only the bones by sight, but by touch blindfolded. What works for everyone here may or may not work for you,but if you know your learning style, you can succeed. If you don't already know it, look up a learning style online quiz,which will help you figure it out!

[NerdyKnitter, CNA]

For anyone with good intelligence who underperforms academically, I recommend looking into Irlen Syndrome. It's a visual perception disorder that affects 12% of the population and is corrected with tinted glasses and/or tinted overlays over text. It is often misdiagnosed as dyslexia. Myself, my husband, and 3 of our 4 kids have it. We all wear the glasses now and are doing far better at work and in school. My 11-year-old couldn't finish a Roald Dahl book before her glasses and after them, she read the Harry Potter series in two months. She got to learn what a book hangover is, lol. If you want to look into it, here's the website Irlen — The Official Irlen International Website, Colored Lenses, Colored Overlays, Diagnosticians, Screeners

[BeachsideRN, ASN]

Check out the website You are Smarter than you Think

And I find I retain more info when I follow the Pommodoro method of studying (Google it)