Study Techniques

**Shehz94** · 09-12-2008, 03:30 AM

Hi everyone,

Well, I am just curious to know which revision/study techniques work best for different individuals. Personally, the only way in which I can revise effectively is by reading the content and writing mini essays and mind maps on the topic. I also find displaying memo-notes in random locations in my house quite useful!

But I desire to make my revision more interesting, so does any individual here have any interesting methods of revising?

**giella** · 09-12-2008, 04:44 AM

Check knowledge. Input knowledge. Test knowledge.
Take a few questions about a particular topic you need to know. Answer it. Revise the topic. Test by answering the questions again. Repeat as necessary.

**Luci** · 09-12-2008, 01:52 PM

if I have the time to study extensively, I write down all the important things in key sentences.
I usually don't have time for that though, and I get high grades without actually revising; I just read through it once so my motivation for revising becomes less and less. Which is bad, because now I have forgotten a lot of things (immunology, anatomy, cell biology, etc).
Which is also why I wouldn't mind going to newcastle and doing a lot of things again.

Revision is the key!
(Just need to get that stuck inside my head when studying!!!)

**Shehz94** · 09-12-2008, 10:16 PM

Thank you for replying.

**Kinkerz** · 09-12-2008, 10:19 PM

My advice - in addition to the above - would be to resist the urge to procrastinate as much as possible, and to do as many past papers as you can get your hands on.

**dotvicky** · 23-02-2009, 04:52 PM

Only other tip - make sure you know the specification inside out to make sure you're not wasting precious time on stuff that's interesting but won't be tested.

(Not the ideal at all but a way to cram effectively and get the most efficient working routine going.)

**pablo1978** · 26-11-2009, 11:45 PM

I read, write, mindmaps, diagrams, record little podcasts, answer questions, subscribed to an EMQ database, attend everything, look for opportunities to attend more, this works for me. there's no getting away from it - for many of us it's just hard slog!

4th Year Medicine

**rjm** · 27-11-2009, 02:20 PM

Short sharp bursts. Avoid revising late at night and always do something else before going to bed - they say you dont remember things from the last 30mins of so before sleep so watch some numbskull TV programme.