How to study more in less time summary: Inefficient techniques: 1- summarizing 2- highlighting 3- rereading for recall More efficient technique: 1- understand 2-active recall(quiz cards with answer on back) 3- practice testing (to check understanding)
My study technique: I (unintentionally, but if works) make my notes as chaotic and illegible as possible, which motivates me to just remember that shit so that I don't have to revisit them.
Hiloghting and annotating lets you create connections between the topic you’re learning and what you already know, those neural pathways help active recall. Summarizing can also be helpful if you do it in an active way: summarize your notes in one page, then half a page, then just on paragraph and then try convert it to a diagram. also summarizing your notes in descending difficulty level too, so first summarize in a way that still uses complex terminology and go further down in complexity until you could explain the topic in terms that a kid could understand
I think the way he presented this research paper’s findings was pretty barebones and didn’t include much explanation or reasoning, and wasn’t very inclusive of some crossings between methods. He jumped too quickly to conclusions basically. I think annotating my notes is the best for me, and it is a form of summarizing what was done or what happened. I don’t use highlighting but I do have colored pens for different purposes and i think that’s helpful too, since it also systematically categorized information in my notes. And I do benefit greatly off of practice tests but it’s benefit is so low without these other processes and activities. If I haven’t reviewed the material separately at all, I’ll just fail the practice test and won’t learn much from it. And these other things besides flash cards gives you a more comprehensive understanding. I think the fatal flaw in this research study was basing the results off test scores, when we don’t know the testing process, rather than some other form of demonstrating understanding and the other methods available
I don’t think he was saying that you should never highlight or summarize. I think he was more saying that when studying, if all you’re doing is reading over what you highlighted and summarizing what you’ve learned, your outcome won’t be as successful as it would if you were to test yourself of the content you’ve learned.
What if there's no correlation like for example those numbers like in the 6th week or something?? I just wanna know what i could do for those type of memorizatio
I am in high school. I hate summarizing, but during classes, when I take notes while listening to the teacher, it helps me memorizing. I probably won't reread them, but in the next lesson, when teacher asks something about it, I always remember "wait, I wrote about this". It helps me a little.
That’s so funny I’m the opposite 😂 I don’t like taking notes during lessons (unless it’s quick, interesting to me personally or we’re told specifically to do so) I find just asking tons of questions and talking in lesson about the topic helps me retain the information better. I don’t take notes well in class so it’s like I’m taking bad notes and listening badly so I just do one at a time :)
do u create this tests by yourselves on the specific topics if theres no provided quiz available? how much do u include in the quiz? everything of the material?
@@sadmansalim1705 a little late, but if you’re using a textbook, there’s often a section with practice problems. Just run through those in order to test your understanding
I find highlighting only to be helpful when I first read about a topic - it keeps me focused on the reading. Afterwards, I write condensed summaries based on what I highlighted and then use those summaries for active recall. Finally, I do practice questions and add any corrections/observations I need to my summary doc.
I study in this exact manner! And i knoe if i need to revisit the content a few months or years later, i have a reference, which are the summarised notes
I’m really glad I found your channel. I’m currently in a Master’s program for biomedical sciences and have been taking classes with medical students. I’ve learned that highlighting, re-reading, and summarizing took WAY TOO MUCH time. Yet it was my way of getting the top scores in my class. I try to actively create questions for myself before and after every slide so I definitely agree with the active recall idea. Thank you for sharing your methods in such great detail!
Do all medical students have good videography and editing skills? Lol great video Zach 👍keep up the videos, looking forward to your videos through out school
@@jksbottommole8463 I think they approach video making the same way the same way they approach everything in their life especially from studying details in the med field.
Can’t wait for the flashcards video! It takes me FOREVER just to make these and I wonder what content is most essential to make them on (key terms, chapter questions, objectives answered, making my own questions, etc).
I have highlighted and summarized and re-read the textbook all my life and I can tell you it's not effective. I've always wondered what the heck was wrong with me? Am I not qualified to do what I'm doing? Turns out the way I have been learning is not very effective. I'm going to try this out now. Thank you for sharing this with us!!
Same, I thought I was stupid or something until a few tests last year where I just stopped studying using those methods and tried the active recall method which i wasn't so sure about at the time. My first time with that method scored me almost a full 4.0 but I'm a month into 1st year med school and I've relapsed to those inefficient methods because I was so worried about not being able to remember SO many facts :(
@@germainea.9047 Hey, if you get notification, I want you to read my reply, So in med school, there is still time, you can change to active recall now, and never leave any important topic behind, in anatomy of upper limb, contents of axilla, it's nerve supply, you shouldn't need a book to read it from before exam, just write important topics on a sheet of paper, and revise them everyday, I'm not talking about all topics, just the ones your professors tell you that are very frequently asked, and trust me you'll find few to 100, you just need to get hold of them Then terminology should not get confused, for that, you need to say out loud the definitions and try to understand them instead of cramming them and muscles are best learnt by touching them or watching videos or diagrams 3RD POINT IS "DON'T GIVE UP" Be persistent and you'll get the grade you truly are trying to achieve I struggled alot, so I want someone to not struggle like me coz it is mentally tiring
@@aroobamaryam1525 Thank you very much!!! I'm currently watching videos about active recall as I'd heard of it but wasn't really sure what it's about. I really thank God Zach's videos showed up early for my UA-cam's recommended coz I was printing out lectures and writing so many useless notes 😂 I'll refer to your advice constantly for sure!!
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No children are , a lot of them are in key development stages in their lives and had to cope with having their lives completely flipped yet still expected to maintain the expectations they had before the pandemic
No, 1. Doctors/nurses or any medical professionals / students 2. People who can't earn a livelihood through quarantine 3. Children/teens who can't develop social skills due to pandemic or children who get exposed to electronics - well electronic ones is regardless of quarantine 4. People who are non Covid patients - hospitals are packed up and these people can't go anywhere. Even surgeries are getting cancelled 5. People who are struck in a foreign country 6. People who are having a hard time alone or people who's mental health is deteriorating - no one is there to help these people. 7. Animals - animal feeders can't go out so these animals just have to be there cuz they think feeders will come. 8. People who lost homes/unemployed DURING covid 9. People who lost their loved ones due to Covid - they can't even see the dead loved ones. 10. Parents who lost their children :( 11. People who followed all safety precautions and still lost someone close due to some asshole not wearing mask or not following safety precautions and spreading the virus. This isn't an order but I wrote whoever came to my mind
@@mi-y well I'm not here to pursue my opinion on anyone no doubt every individual has suffered in one way or another and there is no denial to it but i commented in the context of this video and not in general
Well, I reread to active recall the concepts. Since I was a kid, I used to study once, understand how it is and then look at the book again and would try to recall without actually looking at the book. So that's how it has been. And whenever I write exams I could completely see the whole paper in my mind where the answer to that question lies. And that's how I got good grades in school. But now in college not anymore, I don't think I'm reading like I used to. I just mugg up the concepts the day before and write the exams.
I remember having friends in high school who also color-coded their notes. I, too, always wanted such colorful notes in hopes of helping me retain information better but of course, implementing this method into my own studies were of no avail.
i used to do this and it helped a little but the thing was that is too sooooooo long. I would spend hours writing color-coded notes that by the end of the chapter i just started rushing through it and didnt remember anything that i wrote
Here are my tips for learning chemistry ( I am a chemist myself): - try to understand the concepts as thoroughly as you can -if you can get your hands on old exams, do them - find a study group were you can discuss questions
When I was in College I just went to lectures read the text many times did the tests quzzes finals etc I rememember everything enough to teach the subject
Another strategy that seems to work for me is either pretending to teach someone or actually teach someone what you are learning. This is like a form of active recall, but instead of a test you are thinking it through and making sure that you get everything right. Using this you get to see where the weak parts are so you can go back and revise on that.
i'm on med school and i use those anki flash cards. Guys, the point is that you have to cut in little pieces that big theme you have. That means you"ll have a lot of flashcards about just one theme, but in the end, you learned it. In the beginning it might look kind of messy but with the time you'll be abble to relation the different subjects you have. Hope you guys find your way to increase studying ☺️
You touched on all the points that people rarely talk about that make it harder for students to study and score well. Like your friends highlighted textbooks and wanting to study like how your friends do. I felt like this in undergrad and became insecure about my studying techniques that it made my scores worse. Now I’m in nursing school and am so happy you’re making these videos because I will forever watch them. Good luck on your USMLE exams!!
This is very helpful. Right now, I am studying for my CPA exam. I am 3 sections down and studying for the third section. You may wonder what was the key? Practice testing and nonstop mcq's. Non stop and like you said, mimicking it as close as possible to the real exam. With a little bit of research checking out the blueprints, I was able to figure out and plan my study schedule. It truly is about active recall and practice testing. It is so weird because during exam day, your brain is programmed and knows what to expect. Zach - this was an awesome video! Good luck studying!
This is very effective for taking tests. In Serbia, at medical school, our grades are almost 100 % oral exams. You have to know so much and understand everything. The best study method is teaching the subject to someone or yourself.
You are legit the BEST STUDY UA-camR out there!!! A lot of the information you provide resonates with me so much! I also found myself not liking these mistakes methods you mentioned but I don’t know why was it and I also don’t know the best method so I stuck with it. I also don’t like note taking now in college bc it takes sooo much time that could be even more well-spent otherwise. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!
I am just going to tell my experience.I usually make effective notes but i don't "summarise",what i do is i put all the facts in the text books and everything additionally learned from the lectures and how i like to explain the concepts in my own words into one place.This are my notes.So i then study all this.After all that,i start doing the active recalling method.I personally don't work with flashcards.I just look at my notes,i take a topic and remind myself about everything i remember about the topic and stuff like that. BUT THE THING IS EVERYONE'S SUBJECTS ARE DIFFERENT AND EVERYONE'S BRAINS WORK DIFFERENT,SO THIS MIGHT WORK FOR SOME AND NOT FOR SOME.IF YOU ARE ALREADY USING YOUR OWN TECHNIQUES AND IT HAS PROVEN TO BE EFFECTIVE,I THINK YOU SHOULD FOLLOW YOUR METHODS,SPECIALLY IF U LACK TIME TO ADAPT TO A NEW METHOD
I am a 3rd year medical student and to be honest my exam scores were not as good as I expected. Therefore I was finding a new way to change my studying method and I found this video. I am trying to apply this new method to improve myself and I hope this would be a game changer for me. Thank you so much for this video 😊😊
I cant belive you have only 7k subs I'm from Poland and I study law I'm sure with these technics i will improve my grades. Your videos are top quality and I'm sure people will come to your canal in future now I'm going to show this and more your videos to my gf who study dentistry all students sholud see it!
I unknowingly have been using this method and it worked for me but I had no idea what was working and why I was able to retain some information so fast. Thank you
Just found your channel as I am currently studying for my boards...I really appreciate how you use actual literature and cite the evidence you're referencing! Can't wait to keep watching!
I think that summarizing thru mind mapping might help as well, especially if I feel that I still confuse on the topic that I learned. Mind mapping helps to reconstruct idea better. Active recall and practice testing are really great as retention practice or reinforcement, mostly done after understanding the topic. So yeah it just from my own experience as student and teacher.
I think the video is really relevant to subjects that require heavy memorization. Anatomy and physiology and pharmacology being two of the named subject is really telling! Not that how-and-why knowledge is not necessary for either of them, but you need to memorize a great deal of information to even begin to develop that. There are so many more subjects where how-and-why comes first and you memorize from that. I also think in the video, summarizing tends to refer to writing out a summary of wide swaths of the material, possibly directly out of the book. But active recall in non-memorization subjects are going to involve different forms of summarizing.
for concepts like law, economy, I use a personalized map after reading 1 time the whole text, then I do active recalling (not with flashcards" but titles, and then test myself asking the same thing my teacher would. For maths and accounting I do active recalling and redo the exercises or assignments and see if i got them right without looking at the corrections while for languages i read out loud to practice better and reelaborate the text with my own words, so that I can avoid mistakes and i also learn how to write the words.
also when im tired, i record myself speaking out loud once about all the topics and then just listen to it in loop while i do other things like groceries, skin care, eating etc
I feel highlighters has worked wonders in my case cause I tend to remember the colour coded words way better. I barely studied during medical school and still did well and I owe it especially to the highlighters. Also, I used highlighters extensively.
I summarise, highlight, reread and quiz myself. This works for me. I couldn't imagine not summarising, highlighting or rereading.... or not reading the textbook!
Hi! I'm Iracema! One month ago I saw your video and I tried some things that you said like "stop highlighting" "stop re-reading" and actual do multiple exercises to understand what I am studying. At the beginning I thought I would learn less if I don't prioritize re-reading a subject, I was kind of reluctant. For one test of chemistry (that I usually re-read and summarize everything) I tried to make every exercises I had available from my teacher, I usually never do all of them, sometimes no even half of it, but this time I have done every exercise. I felt like I don't really knew nothing but I knew how to do the exercises. It's kinda strange because I didn't memorize anything, I just did the exercises. In that chemistry test I got a 20/20 (100%) so this video really opened my mind about the way I should be studying! And I have seen results so I'm very thankful for that tips and for you to make this videos!! Thank you so much for your videos!! I really recommend testing not doing this mistakes that he sad and see the results for your self.
I'm a psychology student from Germany and use Anki for studying. It takes a very long time to create the decks but I noticed great improvement when i started using Anki. I'm rewatching my lectures while creating the Anki Cards, otherwise I couldn't create usefull cards.
I completely agree that practice testing prepares one better for any exam. Most recently I went for a ISTQB certification exam, initially I tried reading the entire syllabus and I was forgetting as I learning. So I just watched few youtube lectures and did few sets of practice exams. Which helped me tremendously to pass the certification exam.
Hello Zach, I am Hanan. I hope you are doing marvellous. It's really gracious of you to share these helpful study techniques. Obviously, I admit that"Active Recall" really do save our treasurous time and help us aquire effective informations, unlike rereading.
Honestly i went through the same path .. in my first exam of anatomy I spent days rereading and god knows the awful mark I took ... but then i started doing exams and questions to revise my lectures long time before the exam and it worked wonderfully ... I had doubts with my method but here u came and just made me stick to my initial plan with a higher level of confidence ... thank you doc 👨🏼⚕️
Now I think I understand how I almost always scored better - not the best (i was a lazy student) than my friends who had crazy amounts of highlights on their notes and spend a whole day reading textbooks. I did flashcards before and just to share I've never studied in a library in my life for the reason that I'm a noisy studier, coz I can't understand anything just by silent reading I actually have to talk and explain the topic to myself as if I'm explaining to a friend to better understand. Wow I never knew such articles existed. Will definitely try everything you've said!!
Tbh, medical books are full of information that are not going to be questioned in exam, so you gotta save time the second time from skimming thru the pages and just memorize the info you are going to be asked. But yeah, I get the joke
Your videos are life changing, I was kinda guy that gives all his life for studies, I thought that medecine is normally overwhelming like that ,... But no, it was my poor way of studying, thanks a lot
(something that works for me) when I do revision, I do summarize the chapter(I make kind of a timeline of topics or make mind map) that I'm about to revise to see how much I remember (kind of active recall?) and then I do practice questions. when I read a chapter for the first time (not revision) while reading the chapter I make a toggle list page on notion and write down my doubt questions and answer them when I'm finished reading the chapter or a large chunk of the chapter.
This actually works. Some time back I was really bad in chemistry. I used to get somewhere around 60 and 70 percent. But then I started practicing the previous exam papers. Boom! The next exam I got a whopping 98 percent.
Something I find useful (especially for biology) is to make weird analogies. It helps me get a good grasp of the general idea and after that it’s just filling in the details. It’s like a puzzle but you’ve got the edges so all you have to do is fill in the middle which is much easier.
Active recall is definitely the most effektive and most fun way to learn. But i still use summerizing and highlighting. I dont think that this is a waste of time, because it actually saves me a lot of time to make my fleshcards. I need to understand first what ive learned so I summerize and put it into my own words. Then I highlight whats most important, and make my fleshcards out of it. Ive done fleshcards without these methods and i recognized that 1. It takes me a lot longer to formulate a question for my fleshcard 2. When i review them i have to reread that fleshcard several times to actually get it right. When i use summerizing and highlighting Im much faster in making the fleshcards and in 80 percent of the time i answer it right at the first try.
Imma use these techniques for my exam to my dream high school it looks tough and its just a couple months left to the test. I’ll update when i succeeded thank you kind sir. Gem quality video by the way.
I try to simplify my subject matter and convert it into a summary that I fully understand and I learn my summary by looking very briefly at my summary and then writing down all my thoughts around it without looking at the rest and then seeing how much I knew about the subject matter. But thanks for the great tips!!
Love your videos! I'm really just rewatching a bunch of them before studying just because it motivates me haha You know the funny thing is that I've always been doing practice questions my whole school life basically When I was in elementary school and in middle school my mom would tell me "after you finish studying I will write you questions to see if you really studied well" And If that doesn't freek me out I don't know what does 😂 so I would study hard abd ask my self all the questions that I think my mom would ask and later get most of her questions right thus the exam questions
Just subscribed, i am from Cameroon. This is beautiful. My mum always taught me to quizz myself- active recall and test myself always . But i also think i always need a minor summary cause i cannot always go back to a textbook or notes for just one fact.
I study pharmacy, now 4th year and in the first exam period I bought that white board with black pen you can later erase and that was the best investment and also the only way to save a rainforest so that it won't be destroyed for all the paper I would be using without that board :D I always first read the material carefully, put it aside and try to recall everything and write it down on the board. That is the most effective way of studying for me :)
Hey Zack, I am really impressed they way you represented the effective way of reading. Ofcourse people have different technique but the most important thing is to find something that works for you. For me , I study Pharmacy. I am observed many different methods of reading but they were all ok but my grade didnt goes up. I used to reread note and spent alot of time to make very effective and efficient note. That looses alot of time. Secondly i tried to make test practice in very short time and definitely my grade improved. Then I made a new stratigic which :- 1. Reading books and make good revision note. 2. Test practice 3. Active recall That was my experience😊 thank you very much for giving us those golden tips.
U have enabled me to consolidate what Dr Jubbal teaches about this. He confused me on how he actively recalls things. I’m a 28 y/o premed and will be applying this to gen chem this coming semester. Bet I’ll score way higher now than I did before
Funny how I didn't notice I actually did all of this. Now I know the answer to my friends question "How can you do good at school and still be able to do everything else (work, going out, hobbies, responsibilities)" Thank you for this video! Great insight.
These methods are so difficult, I don't understand how you find so much time and effort 🥺🥺🥺 but I'll try to follow you advice. I hope I'll succeed in it
First of all, thank you SO much for all these wonderful videos you’ve been making! As a first year med student I’m finding the tips you’ve given very effective, and I especially love Anki! I’ll have to admit though that I can’t feel assured that I’ve covered the required without rereading. I’m doing okay in most parts.. I’m just finding it a bit difficult with Physiology - anki doesn’t seem to work, most is understanding but there’s also memorization.. questions available are limited. Is there specific advice I could find helpful?
*sweats and hides my ten highlighters *
i bought two todayy😭
I have two highlighter but I mark with pencils 😂
I think highlighting is still good way to enjoy a book. I love all the colors when I read a content.
*Just not for studying tho :')
Throw them lol
I have 200 lmaooo
My exams are 3 days to go ... And instead of studying... I'm watching all these videos ... How to study more in less time
Welcome to the club brother 😂
Same bro same
Me too
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Oh All the best!
How to study more in less time summary:
Inefficient techniques:
1- summarizing
2- highlighting
3- rereading for recall
More efficient technique:
1- understand
2-active recall(quiz cards with answer on back)
3- practice testing (to check understanding)
Thankyou!
@@amna1711 you're welcome
You have rendered struggling students a really good turn, Yousuf. Thank you.
@@frankdsouza2425 you're welcome
did u just summarized the video?
My study technique: I (unintentionally, but if works) make my notes as chaotic and illegible as possible, which motivates me to just remember that shit so that I don't have to revisit them.
lmaaao that's brilliant
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I also do that 😂
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That actually sounds interesting
Lol was watching this video on our tv and when my mom passed by she literally went "who's that? Is that brad pitt?" 🤣
Haha wow, tell your mom thanks
He looks more like Armie Hammer😅
He is so pretty 🥵🔥🔥
@@ZachHighley thats how i met your mother
Say yes he's brad's new son😂
Hiloghting and annotating lets you create connections between the topic you’re learning and what you already know, those neural pathways help active recall. Summarizing can also be helpful if you do it in an active way: summarize your notes in one page, then half a page, then just on paragraph and then try convert it to a diagram. also summarizing your notes in descending difficulty level too, so first summarize in a way that still uses complex terminology and go further down in complexity until you could explain the topic in terms that a kid could understand
I think the way he presented this research paper’s findings was pretty barebones and didn’t include much explanation or reasoning, and wasn’t very inclusive of some crossings between methods. He jumped too quickly to conclusions basically. I think annotating my notes is the best for me, and it is a form of summarizing what was done or what happened. I don’t use highlighting but I do have colored pens for different purposes and i think that’s helpful too, since it also systematically categorized information in my notes. And I do benefit greatly off of practice tests but it’s benefit is so low without these other processes and activities. If I haven’t reviewed the material separately at all, I’ll just fail the practice test and won’t learn much from it. And these other things besides flash cards gives you a more comprehensive understanding. I think the fatal flaw in this research study was basing the results off test scores, when we don’t know the testing process, rather than some other form of demonstrating understanding and the other methods available
I don’t think he was saying that you should never highlight or summarize. I think he was more saying that when studying, if all you’re doing is reading over what you highlighted and summarizing what you’ve learned, your outcome won’t be as successful as it would if you were to test yourself of the content you’ve learned.
What if there's no correlation like for example those numbers like in the 6th week or something?? I just wanna know what i could do for those type of memorizatio
That takes forever you really can’t summarize 500 pages of textbook for one single exam in medical school.
Marty Lobdell's Study Less Study Smart video is better in explaining studying techniques.
I am in high school. I hate summarizing, but during classes, when I take notes while listening to the teacher, it helps me memorizing. I probably won't reread them, but in the next lesson, when teacher asks something about it, I always remember "wait, I wrote about this". It helps me a little.
Absolutely right
I do the same
Writing something makes your retention more
That’s so funny I’m the opposite 😂 I don’t like taking notes during lessons (unless it’s quick, interesting to me personally or we’re told specifically to do so) I find just asking tons of questions and talking in lesson about the topic helps me retain the information better. I don’t take notes well in class so it’s like I’m taking bad notes and listening badly so I just do one at a time :)
It took me 4 years and two senior's advice to realize how greatly effective practice testing is , it majorly changed my performance , Thank you btw .
do u create this tests by yourselves on the specific topics if theres no provided quiz available? how much do u include in the quiz? everything of the material?
@@sadmansalim1705 a little late, but if you’re using a textbook, there’s often a section with practice problems. Just run through those in order to test your understanding
I find highlighting only to be helpful when I first read about a topic - it keeps me focused on the reading. Afterwards, I write condensed summaries based on what I highlighted and then use those summaries for active recall. Finally, I do practice questions and add any corrections/observations I need to my summary doc.
I study in this exact manner! And i knoe if i need to revisit the content a few months or years later, i have a reference, which are the summarised notes
I’m really glad I found your channel. I’m currently in a Master’s program for biomedical sciences and have been taking classes with medical students. I’ve learned that highlighting, re-reading, and summarizing took WAY TOO MUCH time. Yet it was my way of getting the top scores in my class. I try to actively create questions for myself before and after every slide so I definitely agree with the active recall idea. Thank you for sharing your methods in such great detail!
Do all medical students have good videography and editing skills? Lol great video Zach 👍keep up the videos, looking forward to your videos through out school
Thanks Davis!
That's one thing i noticed too! Most med students make one of the most highest quality videos 🙈😻
@@jksbottommole8463 I think they approach video making the same way the same way they approach everything in their life especially from studying details in the med field.
@@t_n_rasberry8387 Yeah looks like he just watched Ali Abdaals videos and copied his techniques. Easy.
@@Phsoco how can someone 'copy' elses editing, lol
Hey! Your content is way too understandable than most of the other and the way you tell things are nice. Thanks for the video and explaining!
Glad it helped!
Can’t wait for the flashcards video! It takes me FOREVER just to make these and I wonder what content is most essential to make them on (key terms, chapter questions, objectives answered, making my own questions, etc).
I have highlighted and summarized and re-read the textbook all my life and I can tell you it's not effective. I've always wondered what the heck was wrong with me? Am I not qualified to do what I'm doing? Turns out the way I have been learning is not very effective. I'm going to try this out now. Thank you for sharing this with us!!
Same, I thought I was stupid or something until a few tests last year where I just stopped studying using those methods and tried the active recall method which i wasn't so sure about at the time. My first time with that method scored me almost a full 4.0 but I'm a month into 1st year med school and I've relapsed to those inefficient methods because I was so worried about not being able to remember SO many facts :(
@@germainea.9047 Hey, if you get notification, I want you to read my reply,
So in med school, there is still time, you can change to active recall now, and never leave any important topic behind, in anatomy of upper limb, contents of axilla, it's nerve supply, you shouldn't need a book to read it from before exam, just write important topics on a sheet of paper, and revise them everyday, I'm not talking about all topics, just the ones your professors tell you that are very frequently asked, and trust me you'll find few to 100, you just need to get hold of them
Then terminology should not get confused, for that, you need to say out loud the definitions and try to understand them instead of cramming them and muscles are best learnt by touching them or watching videos or diagrams
3RD POINT IS "DON'T GIVE UP"
Be persistent and you'll get the grade you truly are trying to achieve
I struggled alot, so I want someone to not struggle like me coz it is mentally tiring
@@aroobamaryam1525 Thank you very much!!! I'm currently watching videos about active recall as I'd heard of it but wasn't really sure what it's about. I really thank God Zach's videos showed up early for my UA-cam's recommended coz I was printing out lectures and writing so many useless notes 😂 I'll refer to your advice constantly for sure!!
In this world of pandemic now everyone was so relax and students are the most effected one right now
Thankyou people all around the globe for likes and sharing your views Love you all keep ur thoughts coming let it out what u want to say❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
No children are , a lot of them are in key development stages in their lives and had to cope with having their lives completely flipped yet still expected to maintain the expectations they had before the pandemic
No,
1. Doctors/nurses or any medical professionals / students
2. People who can't earn a livelihood through quarantine
3. Children/teens who can't develop social skills due to pandemic or children who get exposed to electronics - well electronic ones is regardless of quarantine
4. People who are non Covid patients - hospitals are packed up and these people can't go anywhere. Even surgeries are getting cancelled
5. People who are struck in a foreign country
6. People who are having a hard time alone or people who's mental health is deteriorating - no one is there to help these people.
7. Animals - animal feeders can't go out so these animals just have to be there cuz they think feeders will come.
8. People who lost homes/unemployed DURING covid
9. People who lost their loved ones due to Covid - they can't even see the dead loved ones.
10. Parents who lost their children :(
11. People who followed all safety precautions and still lost someone close due to some asshole not wearing mask or not following safety precautions and spreading the virus.
This isn't an order but I wrote whoever came to my mind
@@mi-y well I'm not here to pursue my opinion on anyone no doubt every individual has suffered in one way or another and there is no denial to it but i commented in the context of this video and not in general
Affected*
@@MohammadTotah lolz u must be some high school kid nvm thanks for correction ❤️
Well, I reread to active recall the concepts. Since I was a kid, I used to study once, understand how it is and then look at the book again and would try to recall without actually looking at the book. So that's how it has been. And whenever I write exams I could completely see the whole paper in my mind where the answer to that question lies. And that's how I got good grades in school. But now in college not anymore, I don't think I'm reading like I used to. I just mugg up the concepts the day before and write the exams.
You’ve been in my recommended for a week. I finally clicked 😂
Same ... 😁
Same energy sus
me too
@@deebs923 youtube algorythm really be forcing our hand XD
Zach: “Summarizing is low utility”
Also Zach at the end of video: “Here’s a Summary of the video”
We don't wanna memorize the summery of the video!
HAHAHA
I remember having friends in high school who also color-coded their notes. I, too, always wanted such colorful notes in hopes of helping me retain information better but of course, implementing this method into my own studies were of no avail.
i used to do this and it helped a little but the thing was that is too sooooooo long. I would spend hours writing color-coded notes that by the end of the chapter i just started rushing through it and didnt remember anything that i wrote
Here are my tips for learning chemistry ( I am a chemist myself):
- try to understand the concepts as thoroughly as you can
-if you can get your hands on old exams, do them
- find a study group were you can discuss questions
When I was in College I just went to lectures read the text many times did the tests quzzes finals etc I rememember everything enough to teach the subject
Another strategy that seems to work for me is either pretending to teach someone or actually teach someone what you are learning. This is like a form of active recall, but instead of a test you are thinking it through and making sure that you get everything right. Using this you get to see where the weak parts are so you can go back and revise on that.
I'm going to go with note-taking(as the books themselves get overwhelming) and use active recall and practice testing
Never used flash cards before but I feel like medicine is full of complicated topics that can't just simply be put into flash cards.
I agree! Doing flashcards alone won't be sufficient in med school.
Correct here
I don’t think it’s supposed to be your main source of studying though
Yes! Thanks. But he's at the beginning of med school so maybe that's why it works for now
i'm on med school and i use those anki flash cards. Guys, the point is that you have to cut in little pieces that big theme you have. That means you"ll have a lot of flashcards about just one theme, but in the end, you learned it. In the beginning it might look kind of messy but with the time you'll be abble to relation the different subjects you have. Hope you guys find your way to increase studying ☺️
This is what I've done. Summarizing and rereading and after few weeks I see super duper little improvement. Time for a new strategy. Thank You mate.
You touched on all the points that people rarely talk about that make it harder for students to study and score well. Like your friends highlighted textbooks and wanting to study like how your friends do. I felt like this in undergrad and became insecure about my studying techniques that it made my scores worse.
Now I’m in nursing school and am so happy you’re making these videos because I will forever watch them. Good luck on your USMLE exams!!
This is very helpful. Right now, I am studying for my CPA exam. I am 3 sections down and studying for the third section. You may wonder what was the key? Practice testing and nonstop mcq's. Non stop and like you said, mimicking it as close as possible to the real exam. With a little bit of research checking out the blueprints, I was able to figure out and plan my study schedule. It truly is about active recall and practice testing. It is so weird because during exam day, your brain is programmed and knows what to expect.
Zach - this was an awesome video! Good luck studying!
1. Repeated testing, active recall e.g flashcards 2. Practice questions that mimic exam 3. ELIMINATE REREADING/ REWATCHING
This is very effective for taking tests. In Serbia, at medical school, our grades are almost 100 % oral exams. You have to know so much and understand everything. The best study method is teaching the subject to someone or yourself.
You are legit the BEST STUDY UA-camR out there!!! A lot of the information you provide resonates with me so much! I also found myself not liking these mistakes methods you mentioned but I don’t know why was it and I also don’t know the best method so I stuck with it.
I also don’t like note taking now in college bc it takes sooo much time that could be even more well-spent otherwise.
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!
You’re like Ali Abdaal, but with a dash of comedy as the cherry on top :D - subscribed!
Appreciate your content for being scientifically backed, being practical and entertaining at the same time . 👏🏼
zach you just saved my education
I am just going to tell my experience.I usually make effective notes but i don't "summarise",what i do is i put all the facts in the text books and everything additionally learned from the lectures and how i like to explain the concepts in my own words into one place.This are my notes.So i then study all this.After all that,i start doing the active recalling method.I personally don't work with flashcards.I just look at my notes,i take a topic and remind myself about everything i remember about the topic and stuff like that.
BUT THE THING IS EVERYONE'S SUBJECTS ARE DIFFERENT AND EVERYONE'S BRAINS WORK DIFFERENT,SO THIS MIGHT WORK FOR SOME AND NOT FOR SOME.IF YOU ARE ALREADY USING YOUR OWN TECHNIQUES AND IT HAS PROVEN TO BE EFFECTIVE,I THINK YOU SHOULD FOLLOW YOUR METHODS,SPECIALLY IF U LACK TIME TO ADAPT TO A NEW METHOD
I am a 3rd year medical student and to be honest my exam scores were not as good as I expected. Therefore I was finding a new way to change my studying method and I found this video. I am trying to apply this new method to improve myself and I hope this would be a game changer for me. Thank you so much for this video 😊😊
I cant belive you have only 7k subs I'm from Poland and I study law I'm sure with these technics i will improve my grades. Your videos are top quality and I'm sure people will come to your canal in future now I'm going to show this and more your videos to my gf who study dentistry all students sholud see it!
I think it’s because he just started, but he is progressing real fast.
I've been doing active recall since when i was in grade school and now I'm a senior highschool student. I can really say that it's really effective!
What exactly does active recall mean?
@@nouryassine8909 asking yourself questions based on what you're learning
I love your way of explaining these techniques. Plus, it's evidence based!
Thank you.
I really loved all the FACTS and the references from each of these facts.
I unknowingly have been using this method and it worked for me but I had no idea what was working and why I was able to retain some information so fast. Thank you
As a student myself this is really helpful :) Thanks for sharing, just subbed !
Thanks Emily!
Just found your channel as I am currently studying for my boards...I really appreciate how you use actual literature and cite the evidence you're referencing! Can't wait to keep watching!
I think that summarizing thru mind mapping might help as well, especially if I feel that I still confuse on the topic that I learned. Mind mapping helps to reconstruct idea better.
Active recall and practice testing are really great as retention practice or reinforcement, mostly done after understanding the topic.
So yeah it just from my own experience as student and teacher.
I think the video is really relevant to subjects that require heavy memorization. Anatomy and physiology and pharmacology being two of the named subject is really telling! Not that how-and-why knowledge is not necessary for either of them, but you need to memorize a great deal of information to even begin to develop that. There are so many more subjects where how-and-why comes first and you memorize from that.
I also think in the video, summarizing tends to refer to writing out a summary of wide swaths of the material, possibly directly out of the book. But active recall in non-memorization subjects are going to involve different forms of summarizing.
studying mind map for heavy subjects might not be helpful especially those smaller details.. I mean mind maps r simple but it's not enough
for concepts like law, economy, I use a personalized map after reading 1 time the whole text, then I do active recalling (not with flashcards" but titles, and then test myself asking the same thing my teacher would.
For maths and accounting I do active recalling and redo the exercises or assignments and see if i got them right without looking at the corrections
while for languages i read out loud to practice better and reelaborate the text with my own words, so that I can avoid mistakes and i also learn how to write the words.
also when im tired, i record myself speaking out loud once about all the topics and then just listen to it in loop while i do other things like groceries, skin care, eating etc
@@KassieRancey talking to urself is a good way to memorize too👍🏻.. If u don have a "fren" to speak it out.. 😂
BRUH I JUST SPENT A MONTH SUMMARISING THESE BOOKS GOODAMN
Fr
Omg your pfp
I feel highlighters has worked wonders in my case cause I tend to remember the colour coded words way better. I barely studied during medical school and still did well and I owe it especially to the highlighters. Also, I used highlighters extensively.
I summarise, highlight, reread and quiz myself. This works for me. I couldn't imagine not summarising, highlighting or rereading.... or not reading the textbook!
Hey Zach, thanks for another video! I love the fact that you made all the articles available. Love from Brazil!
Hi! I'm Iracema!
One month ago I saw your video and I tried some things that you said like "stop highlighting" "stop re-reading" and actual do multiple exercises to understand what I am studying. At the beginning I thought I would learn less if I don't prioritize re-reading a subject, I was kind of reluctant. For one test of chemistry (that I usually re-read and summarize everything) I tried to make every exercises I had available from my teacher, I usually never do all of them, sometimes no even half of it, but this time I have done every exercise. I felt like I don't really knew nothing but I knew how to do the exercises. It's kinda strange because I didn't memorize anything, I just did the exercises. In that chemistry test I got a 20/20 (100%) so this video really opened my mind about the way I should be studying! And I have seen results so I'm very thankful for that tips and for you to make this videos!!
Thank you so much for your videos!!
I really recommend testing not doing this mistakes that he sad and see the results for your self.
Yes! Well done.
I'm a psychology student from Germany and use Anki for studying. It takes a very long time to create the decks but I noticed great improvement when i started using Anki. I'm rewatching my lectures while creating the Anki Cards, otherwise I couldn't create usefull cards.
Your channel deserves more subscribers. The content and the references is on point. Love it!!!
I completely agree that practice testing prepares one better for any exam. Most recently I went for a ISTQB certification exam, initially I tried reading the entire syllabus and I was forgetting as I learning. So I just watched few youtube lectures and did few sets of practice exams. Which helped me tremendously to pass the certification exam.
Hello Zach, I am Hanan.
I hope you are doing marvellous. It's really gracious of you to share these helpful study techniques. Obviously, I admit that"Active Recall" really do save our treasurous time and help us aquire effective informations, unlike rereading.
Honestly i went through the same path .. in my first exam of anatomy I spent days rereading and god knows the awful mark I took ... but then i started doing exams and questions to revise my lectures long time before the exam and it worked wonderfully ...
I had doubts with my method but here u came and just made me stick to my initial plan with a higher level of confidence ... thank you doc 👨🏼⚕️
Your sense of humor is just great😆 I appreciate all the tips: informative and entertaining all in one! Thank you.
Hi, I am definitely going to try these out now! As a science student am completely grateful for the amount of actual evidence in the video :)
Now I think I understand how I almost always scored better - not the best (i was a lazy student) than my friends who had crazy amounts of highlights on their notes and spend a whole day reading textbooks. I did flashcards before and just to share I've never studied in a library in my life for the reason that I'm a noisy studier, coz I can't understand anything just by silent reading I actually have to talk and explain the topic to myself as if I'm explaining to a friend to better understand. Wow I never knew such articles existed. Will definitely try everything you've said!!
I use diagrams/abbreviations and active recall notes via pencil. This works for me because I am a visual learner.
Did he just ruin his book with those highlighters !? 😭
Physical pain
Tbh, medical books are full of information that are not going to be questioned in exam, so you gotta save time the second time from skimming thru the pages and just memorize the info you are going to be asked.
But yeah, I get the joke
@@aroobamaryam1525 I think they were talking about 3:01
Ikr! My heart started hurting when he did that! 🤦♀️
If he used erasable pen, the book could still be saved..
Bro... You the man...
Love your videos, thanks for synthesizing all sci info for us.
Respect from Mexico
VetMed and soon M.D.
I have a test in two days as a medical student and this is so helpful
Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them.
Your videos are life changing, I was kinda guy that gives all his life for studies, I thought that medecine is normally overwhelming like that ,... But no, it was my poor way of studying, thanks a lot
Glad to help! Yeah I used to summarize way too much...
I’m a teacher and I agree with you on this. I like your channel hope you continue to upload even if med school becomes tedious.
Wow, best video I've ever watched about studying effectively. My final exams are 2 months to go. Wish the luck!
Your videos are gold! Your channel is def gonna blow up soon!💫
Thank you so much for this information Zach!
Seems like I really needed to watch this video. Thanks great video it really helped me while I'm studying for my exams
(something that works for me)
when I do revision, I do summarize the chapter(I make kind of a timeline of topics or make mind map) that I'm about to revise to see how much I remember (kind of active recall?) and then I do practice questions.
when I read a chapter for the first time (not revision) while reading the chapter I make a toggle list page on notion and write down my doubt questions and answer them when I'm finished reading the chapter or a large chunk of the chapter.
1:10 “I hope something would stick in my annoying brain” 😆 I feel you bro.
5:40 you have a new subscriber lol
Yeah , while studying we have a pretty jammed brain 😄
This actually works. Some time back I was really bad in chemistry. I used to get somewhere around 60 and 70 percent. But then I started practicing the previous exam papers. Boom! The next exam I got a whopping 98 percent.
Something I find useful (especially for biology) is to make weird analogies. It helps me get a good grasp of the general idea and after that it’s just filling in the details. It’s like a puzzle but you’ve got the edges so all you have to do is fill in the middle which is much easier.
Active recall is definitely the most effektive and most fun way to learn. But i still use summerizing and highlighting. I dont think that this is a waste of time, because it actually saves me a lot of time to make my fleshcards.
I need to understand first what ive learned so I summerize and put it into my own words. Then I highlight whats most important, and make my fleshcards out of it.
Ive done fleshcards without these methods and i recognized that 1. It takes me a lot longer to formulate a question for my fleshcard
2. When i review them i have to reread that fleshcard several times to actually get it right.
When i use summerizing and highlighting Im much faster in making the fleshcards and in 80 percent of the time i answer it right at the first try.
I'm gonna try out your study techniques. Big thumbs up for sharing your study techniques!
Imma use these techniques for my exam to my dream high school it looks tough and its just a couple months left to the test. I’ll update when i succeeded thank you kind sir. Gem quality video by the way.
I try to simplify my subject matter and convert it into a summary that I fully understand and I learn my summary by looking very briefly at my summary and then writing down all my thoughts around it without looking at the rest and then seeing how much I knew about the subject matter.
But thanks for the great tips!!
Thank you, i am studying MSK module and this is the right video at the right time
New subscriber from Philippines.
I got interested so i start watching it,big thanks,its a big help.
This was the 20% I was looking for. Thank you.
I appreciate your effort, I am so happy I came across this video! Good luck in your studies, I pray that you excel in your life.
Love your videos! I'm really just rewatching a bunch of them before studying just because it motivates me haha
You know the funny thing is that I've always been doing practice questions my whole school life basically
When I was in elementary school and in middle school my mom would tell me "after you finish studying I will write you questions to see if you really studied well" And If that doesn't freek me out I don't know what does 😂 so I would study hard abd ask my self all the questions that I think my mom would ask and later get most of her questions right thus the exam questions
That 2+2 flashcard skit had me rolling lmao, that deserves a sub! Also, I'm in Philly too for my post-bac, Drexel Med!
Just subscribed, i am from Cameroon. This is beautiful. My mum always taught me to quizz myself- active recall and test myself always . But i also think i always need a minor summary cause i cannot always go back to a textbook or notes for just one fact.
Thank you! This helps a lot.
I study pharmacy, now 4th year and in the first exam period I bought that white board with black pen you can later erase and that was the best investment and also the only way to save a rainforest so that it won't be destroyed for all the paper I would be using without that board :D I always first read the material carefully, put it aside and try to recall everything and write it down on the board. That is the most effective way of studying for me :)
I'm taking your advice into account. They actually sit well for me and satisfies me. I think your techniques will work well for me!! Thank you 💕🙈
Perfect!
I guess if you're in the numbers part of STEM (physics, math, and engineering), it's either you get it or you don't lol
Gonna start my new semester so so so good now! Thanks for this video Zach!
Thanks for this video! Much needed reminder
Wonderful advice! Thank you so much.
True!! Active recall I just call it for myself drilling. And that’s what works for me. And practice questions.
Hey Zack, I am really impressed they way you represented the effective way of reading. Ofcourse people have different technique but the most important thing is to find something that works for you. For me , I study Pharmacy. I am observed many different methods of reading but they were all ok but my grade didnt goes up. I used to reread note and spent alot of time to make very effective and efficient note. That looses alot of time. Secondly i tried to make test practice in very short time and definitely my grade improved.
Then I made a new stratigic which :-
1. Reading books and make good revision note.
2. Test practice
3. Active recall
That was my experience😊 thank you very much for giving us those golden tips.
your videos are so helpful! thank you
I was so afraid of taking gap years that by taking too much work, I ended up wasting my time anyway. Finally I am going to be single focused.
This was so helpful
U have enabled me to consolidate what Dr Jubbal teaches about this. He confused me on how he actively recalls things.
I’m a 28 y/o premed and will be applying this to gen chem this coming semester. Bet I’ll score way higher now than I did before
Awesome! I'm sure you're going to do great.
Great videos!!! Thank you!
You are excellent at conveying information and your video quality is superb! Keep it up. :)
Funny how I didn't notice I actually did all of this. Now I know the answer to my friends question "How can you do good at school and still be able to do everything else (work, going out, hobbies, responsibilities)"
Thank you for this video! Great insight.
Same here
These methods are so difficult, I don't understand how you find so much time and effort 🥺🥺🥺 but I'll try to follow you advice. I hope I'll succeed in it
First of all, thank you SO much for all these wonderful videos you’ve been making! As a first year med student I’m finding the tips you’ve given very effective, and I especially love Anki! I’ll have to admit though that I can’t feel assured that I’ve covered the required without rereading. I’m doing okay in most parts.. I’m just finding it a bit difficult with Physiology - anki doesn’t seem to work, most is understanding but there’s also memorization.. questions available are limited. Is there specific advice I could find helpful?