SRNA study habits

[guest769224]

Hey CRNA's to be...

I am just curious what type of study methods you use while in your anesthesia program?

Do most students study in small groups within the cohort? Do you choose to study independently? What gets best results for your exams and quizzes?

Do many students record the lectures? Do you use the same study habits you did while in your RN program?

Let me know what works best for you, on how you really nail down and absorb all the lecture information and get it to stick.

Thanks!

[Guest12/09/15, BSN, RN]

I feel like CRNA school boils down to more independent learning, but my 7 classmates and I work together to get the study resources together. In undergrad, I was all about the group studying, but some of our classmates live over an hour away from school.

I record lectures for chemistry and medical physiology, then share it with the class via google drive.

This has definitely benefited me because I even listen to the lectures on my commute to and from school. We work on study guides together through google docs too, which is cool because you don't have to be physically together.

Our class is already a small group of only 8, and we get along really well. Mostly, I study with 1 other person after class or by myself.

The material is dense and overwhelming no matter what, but you just have to push through it and move on to the next test/paper/case study/etc.

[dressagerdr]

I'd say it varies a lot in our class; everyone has their own way, and it also depends on the subject material. There's quite a few people who record our A&P lectures as well as Pharmacology. They seem to find it useful to re-listen to the lectures, but personally I couldn't stand going through the info that slowly when preparing for a test. There's a handful of people that study consistently in a small group. In my case, I study by myself for the most part, but I do find it useful to get together with a small group (around 4 people) close to the exam date and quiz one another for a few hours; it's helpful for me to hear things from others' point of view in some cases. I also make a ton of flashcards on Quizlet.com, it's a suuuper handy app that I highly recommend. This method has done well for me; I'm poised to get A's in all my courses this semester.

As as far as study tactics now versus in undergrad, I'd say I study largely the same way- it's just a lot more information at a much deeper level. So you have to budget your time wisely and figure out what works for you. I know there's people in my class who stay up until 3am some nights studying, and I can say I've never stayed up past 11 quite yet (I'm sure that will change next semester). Everyone is different and has their own way.

Hope that helps.