In summary: 1. Find a good place to study, it can can be consistent, it can be alternating 2. Plan what you want to study first thing in the morning, not too many, and base on what you are curious about, and what you are worried about, or spaced repetition/revision 3. Start studying by first trying to answer some questions, even if you have no prior knowledge, to get into active learning / searching for answers 4. Find the best resource to answer your specific questions/ knowledge gaps (eg. book, website, videos) 5. estimate time required to learn the topic, and plan short breaks in between (eg. 2 min every 30 min study)
Some things to add to his video for everyone here. Distractions - it must be a quiet place. You cannot have competing input into your brain. Do not study in bed. Your brain thinks it is time to fall asleep. How- focus on your best learning ability - reading, video, auditory - one is your main learning avenue but use all three to keep your brain engaged. Attention span: most people can go 45-50 minutes so stop after 50 minutes and take a 10 minute break. The break can be doing chores, socializing, or running the stairs(more on this later). Material - plan your study hour on what you want to learn that hour. Make notes, cards, etc ahead of time. Group study - have a group study planned once a week and ask each other questions - a small group is best 4-5 people. All of the above is to focus on UNDERSTANDING the material. You study to understand then have your group question your understanding. Having a group keeps you on task or you get kicked out of the group,. Once you understand the material it is time for MEMORIZATION. Memory requires intensity and repetition. How can you put information into your brain so it stays there? First - you need to exercise. Cortisol helps your attention and memory. Highest when you awaken, then drop with bumps late in the afternoon and then one late at night. Get up early and study!! at least two hours before class. drink coffee - have a protein bar. Caffeine helps with memory. Good nutrition helps also. Before 3 pm is for understanding the material. After class around 3 pm you will crash and you need to go exercise and exercise hard - intense training for at least 1 hour, preferable 2 - lift weights. The intense exercise will improve your attention span until the late evening. Socialize for supper and eat well. Study at night in 1 hour shifts until 9pm. Do something fun for 1 hour (TV, socialize, etc) - no alcohol. GO TO BED by 10 pm. You do not want to be awake when the 11 pm cortisol bump occurs or you will be awake until midnight and you will not be able to get up at 5AM. Get up early and repeat what you did last night. The evening material is put in your short term memory and the morning material puts it into long term memory. Use mnemonics to help memory. On graphs - think of a graph as a potato or carrot or what ever it looks like. I don't have references but when I took Psych the professor and I looked up a lot of this stuff. It really helped me.
The best way to prepare for exam is to know what professors want from you. No matter how thick the books are they always like to repeat same groups of questions. It takes way less effort to learn the test than to learn the book. Make friends with older students. Information is power.
I agree, know your professor!! However, that is helpful to pass the exam, just because another student got a C and you got an A doesn't mean you are smarter than them. Your professor helped you to focus on the important info for the exam.
@@أستغفرالله-ه1و1م You're being close minded. We have to know so many things in such little time, and it is impossible to know everything. Half of what you learn in your first years in medical school you won't need it for the rest of your life, it is just storing tons of information. The real problem in doctors isn't in fact lack of knowledge, because there are doctors who know literally everything but they can't get a good relationship with their patients and most of their time they are more focused on the disease instead of the person.
I used to start with watching videos. But after sometime yes I do feel passive and sleepy. Now I will try starting with questions and then hunt for answers. Also thanks for the tip of calculating time before starting especially with videos. Ur advices are really motivating sir. Thanks a lot and I don't know how to tell how much I love osmosis. Keep up the good work.
Hi, usually I study in an open place, like garden or in my home but in the yard, + like to have pencil to determine the very important things + having schedule is one of the most fundamental things to do also before start to study. ✨
My biggest challenge - not able to figure out how much time to go through a subjext. It becomes too overwhelming when I look at it all and then I procrastinate :(
It helped me a lot! I used to study in a completely silent room, now I listen to white noise while I'm studying and it really helps me to concentrate better :)
Its interesting because I have always learned best through just being asked questions and finding answers...and seeing traditional academic setting I thought I was silly for this and I found my self struggling to ACTUALLY learn because it doesn't feel like a traditional setting in a academics is taught this way. It feels so much like...you go, they read you info, and you leave...somewhere along the lines it became so disengaging. College now is hardest for me because it's so much of, show up, be fed info and leave and take an exam. They don't give practice problems or homework anymore (at least in what I experience lately) and I don't know where to get actual questions for practice or actual thinking (with answers provided at some point). Anyways, I am glad to see someone else bring credence to this way of studying.
The thing that works for me is getting hyped about the topic. For example, I wanted to learn about thyroid surgeries. So the night before, when I've completed everything, I'll look at the books I have, the pictures, the headings, sometimes a small paragraph. (since I know I must get excited, so I've already prepared some general questions in mind beforehand, so browsing over actually works!) I don't close the book when I sleep. Then, the next morning, as soon as I get up, I start the process again for a few minutes. After that when I'm taking a bath or having breakfast I'm just pumping myself up because I know I'm going to learn something really exciting. This worked for me when I couldn't manage Microbiology syllabus in 2nd year. Just devoted 3weeks to it and before I knew it I had already become quite strong at the subject! (Divided it like Bacteriology, Virology etc. for doing them on separate day(s).) Hope it helps. Thanks Osmosis for the continuous support through these videos:-)
Thanks, having done a fair amount of study...on study I wasnt expecting much, but really enjoyed your video. My key tips that keep me retaining information. 1)Look up all the words in the dictionary (from the word "To" to the obvious complex ones): This appears so simple and obvious but a lot of people just gloss over half the words they can't define, the result is getting to the end of the page and having no idea what you just read. Make a few sentences with your new word, Taking the time to at least clarify takes little time, improves your vocabulary and when you get good at it, forgetting the page you just read will be a forgotten problem of the past. 2) Draw pictures, like lots of them, I have an entire book dedicated to drawing out concepts and dry reading like the immune system, the prof I got it from calls them 'mind maps'. At first I thought it would slow me down but in the end I feel its actually sped me up long term and my memory retention is better. 3) Videos, I youtube a shit ton, in fact I often youtube a short video about compartment syndrome or whatever before I sit and read through my chapter on compartment syndrome, it makes the reading come together conceptually a lot easier. And finally just echoing the video, yeah a solid schedule and study space is key. Not my ideas, I took a course Called funnily enough "The Basic Study Manual" which basically tripled my study skill and turned my grades around.
My name is Joseph Phiri from Southern Africa Zambia, I am clinical officer student second year. Thanks for your help,your videos are really helpful I study very well in a quite environment I ask myself before studying how and what am I going to study Before I study I start by watching a video first and go to the notes or search more information on Google and in Books...... I take each and every video as my personal video, there is no different between me here in Africa and someone in America or China studying medicine internet has made things very much easy
hey joseph, am zambian too though am studying medicine in china, 5th year now. yes there is no difference, internet and books are everywhere. one just needs to apply oneself, focus and discipline. good luck in your studies.
Yes spaced repetition is excellent. I find flash cards are a great way to practice this method. Also flash cards are an excellent way to use active recall.
I have used osmosis demo .. I felt really confident doing those stuffs!! But please decrease the cost of your plans ! People from other countries can't afford that much
As a medical student, I think the most difficult thing that I face is finding the right motivation to study. I'm in first year MBBS, so basically everything is new to me and the course is so wide and deep that right now I'm literally drowning. I'd really like to know how you deal with this. Also, another issue that I have is the competitiveness, I'm not talking about the examination competition, but rather how much course so and so person has covered, you get what I'm saying? It's a big issue since it ends up making me very anxious about the way I'm proceeding and studying. So we have our finals coming up and it'd be awesome if you could give some advice on how to deal with this and how to study right before finals because in this video, I think it requires a hella lot more time and I only have a couple of weeks to cover the entire year worth of studying.
Definitely an eye-opener. But I prefer to study in a homy CLEAN & NEAT space. I can't study without a trigger, i.e I must have seen, heard, been taught the topic. Then I go, read it through using a textbook or videos. I make my own notes. I hate summaries. I normally use your method (i.e questions before studying) before the exams to see how much I know.
Great tips! I use an app called 'forest', it allows me to block my phone while I'm trying to study and count my final hours of net study (those that I didn't waste on my phone or doing something else). Furthermore, instead of having an specific goal for the day, I try to study for "x" hours and then stop. This worked for me quite well while preparing for the step 1 and allowed me to keep tract of my efficiency during my dedicated test prep period! I highly recommend this app (forest) or any other pomodoro app for those who have a phone "addiction" like myself.
Also, while doing questions, I highly recommend to think like the person who made the question. What do I mean by that? Just try to put the whole clinical stem together. The question will specify that this patient comes from Greece or South America (just to give an example) / ethnicity / age group / gender. By doing this you will definitely narrow down your choices even if you DONT know what the patient has. Also, try to read what is being actually ASKED before reading the complete question, then read the last 2 o 3 senteces. In many situations (especially for the step 1), you don't need to read the whole question to answer what is being asked! This is VERY important, because you waste time worrying about details that are not relevant at all to get the question right.
Finally, I think that studying smarter is highly relevant, but I also think that you should train yourself with as many questions as possible and identify what is lacking: Was it because you DIDN'T know the fact or your mistake was in your approach to the question and probably you could've had it right ? How you'll study from that will come very important! In the first situation (where you didn't know the fact), you need to study more. In the second situation (where your approach was lacking), besides from study again, you should identify what was it that confused you while trying to answer the question. IDENTIFY IT and write it down! Then practice and practice and practice with more questions, that's the only way you'll improve your technique of approaching a clinical scenario.
This is just we need. Saying “we”, it actually means my child and myself. I tried to explain my child what I did at my study time. Not good🙄️. I show your videos to him and “voila “...
Every one has unique way of studying...but how u study is the key I have realized till now and thank you osmosis team for always being very positive..trying to shower knowledge 😊
what i do is study the material I'm supposed to study best i can... then go look at past questions... i do like hundreds... than i notice a pattern of topics that are asked about and things that aren't and i focus on those topics... plus spaced repetition is key to retain info for long term memory
The questions technique is really awesome, it works with me, another thing that l use is the 🌸mnemonic 🌸and for the spaced repetition I use Anki app 💜 thanks so much from Sudan 🇸🇩
Hey hi sorry i know that it's been nearly a whole freaking year but am kinda intuitive as to find someone with an intellectual lvl that is somehow close to mine am a medical student and also a Sudanese. so if it's ok with you I'd like us to be friends and hopefully discuss further possibilities regarding the matter mentioned above, i can assure you that am not a hack or some kinda perv. It's just that I've been so isolated from the community for it's lack of serious scientific/cultural sense. Sorry again for the stone aged reply,.
Agreed. Spaced repetition is one of the best methods for reinforcing learning. Moreover, active recall is another great method for learning medical information.
i like to study in library befor going to bed at night i make my decision that what i will stud tomorrow and how much should i cover and once i cover that topic i usually test myself （flashcard,mcqs,case study）and i never study beyond my target i choosed to be studied thats really help me get something very easy
I like to study in hostel studyroom and yes.. I do make time table for next day before sleeping.. so I know what I have to do next day! and thats how I study for exams!!
I m a med student studying at home but i don’t get any pampering from my family i woke up early to make food for my whole family and literally do all those houseworks and have to make time for my own studying ... sometimes i wonder how should I keep on going like this everyday... i burn out everyday
Excellent. Motivational presentation that provides straight-forward study habit tips. Q: What were the differences between studying for a class/exam vs. studying for the board exam? How did the methods differ? ~Thank you!
wow! you're a pediatrician :) I want to be a pediatrician soon :) OUr board exam here in Philippines is this November 2020! Your videos really really helped :)
You are really good person and provide useful information that I have not seen in other UA-cam videos. I wish I had found your channel before. Really thank you for the video and now I will subscribe and go watch all your videos. Thanks again👍
Thank you Dr. Rishi Desai SQ3R works for me. And I love to study with music in my ears. I have got challenges though; I really want to know a lot,.. read a whole lot and recall every details, but there's never enough time and sometimes it feels like mere illusions. Lecturers' notes are too concise and when I read textbooks, it feels like I've got a lot details I skipped while using lecturer's note. As days go by, workloads accumulate and it is dawning on me that I may not eventually attain my deep desires,...to go give my best to medicine and surgery, to humanity.
Hello guys, maybe this is not the topic, I think your video is very useful like all other videos you've already made. And I wish you could make something about hydroxychloroquine activity, thanks in advance
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agree with most of this and do pretty much all of this BUT - time to study things Im interested in vs what I need to study...that's what I call procrastination! Repetition/revision - only have time for that while Im studying for other things as they come up. Wish all I had to do in life was just study for school
Active recall!!!! That always has helped me By asking myself questions about it & how would I explain it to someone. I used to just read read but that didnt help alot
Osmosis is geared toward any high-stake exam covering preclinical medicine, so there should be a lot of overlap with your exams. I hope this helps! Contact us at support@osmosis.org if you have more specific questions.
I think it's better to watch a short video about the subject you want to study before trying to answer questions... you'll have some informations on whatever you're studying so you can actually understand the questions and it'll be easier to identify the things you have to concentrate on
I'm a second year medical student so i'm pretty new to all this hehe, i usually study by watching online tutorials BEFORE doing questions, it works Ok for sometime for me because most of the time if i try to do questions first i usually get confused along the way (like if i'm getting too many wrong). I'd refer to my textbooks for correct answers before moving on and this usually takes up too much time. maybe because i'm a slow reader. can you please give tips on how to study faster while using the "questions-before-research"method for people like me? thank you so much.
I’m in an online grad school for nurse practitioner. My course don’t offer lectures or videos or practice questions. It’s literally just endless reading. What tips do u have about how I can better absorb so much reading material? Any help would be great !
In summary: 1. Find a good place to study, it can can be consistent, it can be alternating 2. Plan what you want to study first thing in the morning, not too many, and base on what you are curious about, and what you are worried about, or spaced repetition/revision 3. Start studying by first trying to answer some questions, even if you have no prior knowledge, to get into active learning / searching for answers 4. Find the best resource to answer your specific questions/ knowledge gaps (eg. book, website, videos)
5. estimate time required to learn the topic, and plan short breaks in between (eg. 2 min every 30 min study)
Thank you! Start to the point!
hero we needed
Thanks,
Hello every one, do you know any websites I can study pathology from?
Thank you. I'm having trouble studying these days.
I agree with this.I have this spot in the library.If I I don't sit here, I can't concentrate n I get really mad if I found someone else there🤭
Some things to add to his video for everyone here. Distractions - it must be a quiet place. You cannot have competing input into your brain. Do not study in bed. Your brain thinks it is time to fall asleep. How- focus on your best learning ability - reading, video, auditory - one is your main learning avenue but use all three to keep your brain engaged. Attention span: most people can go 45-50 minutes so stop after 50 minutes and take a 10 minute break. The break can be doing chores, socializing, or running the stairs(more on this later). Material - plan your study hour on what you want to learn that hour. Make notes, cards, etc ahead of time. Group study - have a group study planned once a week and ask each other questions - a small group is best 4-5 people. All of the above is to focus on UNDERSTANDING the material. You study to understand then have your group question your understanding. Having a group keeps you on task or you get kicked out of the group,. Once you understand the material it is time for MEMORIZATION. Memory requires intensity and repetition. How can you put information into your brain so it stays there? First - you need to exercise. Cortisol helps your attention and memory. Highest when you awaken, then drop with bumps late in the afternoon and then one late at night. Get up early and study!! at least two hours before class. drink coffee - have a protein bar. Caffeine helps with memory. Good nutrition helps also. Before 3 pm is for understanding the material. After class around 3 pm you will crash and you need to go exercise and exercise hard - intense training for at least 1 hour, preferable 2 - lift weights. The intense exercise will improve your attention span until the late evening. Socialize for supper and eat well. Study at night in 1 hour shifts until 9pm. Do something fun for 1 hour (TV, socialize, etc) - no alcohol. GO TO BED by 10 pm. You do not want to be awake when the 11 pm cortisol bump occurs or you will be awake until midnight and you will not be able to get up at 5AM. Get up early and repeat what you did last night. The evening material is put in your short term memory and the morning material puts it into long term memory. Use mnemonics to help memory. On graphs - think of a graph as a potato or carrot or what ever it looks like. I don't have references but when I took Psych the professor and I looked up a lot of this stuff. It really helped me.
Terry Bejot thanks man❤️
This was really helpful. Thank you!
Great man... Great👍👏😊
Wow so long...
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The best way to prepare for exam is to know what professors want from you. No matter how thick the books are they always like to repeat same groups of questions. It takes way less effort to learn the test than to learn the book. Make friends with older students. Information is power.
Hemera bullshit ... your best friend is the book ... you don’t study to pass a test you study to gain knowledge
I agree, know your professor!! However, that is helpful to pass the exam, just because another student got a C and you got an A doesn't mean you are smarter than them. Your professor helped you to focus on the important info for the exam.
@@أستغفرالله-ه1و1م he said to pass the exam not to solely study.
Matthew Sebastian and that’s why we have a bunch of incompetent losers in hospitals.
They studied to satisfy their professor not to save lives.
@@أستغفرالله-ه1و1م You're being close minded. We have to know so many things in such little time, and it is impossible to know everything. Half of what you learn in your first years in medical school you won't need it for the rest of your life, it is just storing tons of information. The real problem in doctors isn't in fact lack of knowledge, because there are doctors who know literally everything but they can't get a good relationship with their patients and most of their time they are more focused on the disease instead of the person.
I used to start with watching videos. But after sometime yes I do feel passive and sleepy. Now I will try starting with questions and then hunt for answers. Also thanks for the tip of calculating time before starting especially with videos. Ur advices are really motivating sir. Thanks a lot and I don't know how to tell how much I love osmosis. Keep up the good work.
Yes, studying using methods of active recall are definitely the best. E.g. using flash cards or question banks to test yourself are great ways
Hi, usually I study in an open place, like garden or in my home but in the yard, + like to have pencil to determine the very important things + having schedule is one of the most fundamental things to do also before start to study. ✨
My biggest challenge - not able to figure out how much time to go through a subjext. It becomes too overwhelming when I look at it all and then I procrastinate :(
Damn! The 'study using questioning' method is revolutionary. THANKS!!!
Very lucky i got ur channel since my 2nd year MBBS ...
Love from kashmir
It helped me a lot! I used to study in a completely silent room, now I listen to white noise while I'm studying and it really helps me to concentrate better :)
For me it is study with me real time vids. Knowing that i have a study buddy way more efficient. But it only works with Jade's videos
Its interesting because I have always learned best through just being asked questions and finding answers...and seeing traditional academic setting I thought I was silly for this and I found my self struggling to ACTUALLY learn because it doesn't feel like a traditional setting in a academics is taught this way. It feels so much like...you go, they read you info, and you leave...somewhere along the lines it became so disengaging. College now is hardest for me because it's so much of, show up, be fed info and leave and take an exam. They don't give practice problems or homework anymore (at least in what I experience lately) and I don't know where to get actual questions for practice or actual thinking (with answers provided at some point). Anyways, I am glad to see someone else bring credence to this way of studying.
The thing that works for me is getting hyped about the topic. For example, I wanted to learn about thyroid surgeries. So the night before, when I've completed everything, I'll look at the books I have, the pictures, the headings, sometimes a small paragraph. (since I know I must get excited, so I've already prepared some general questions in mind beforehand, so browsing over actually works!) I don't close the book when I sleep. Then, the next morning, as soon as I get up, I start the process again for a few minutes. After that when I'm taking a bath or having breakfast I'm just pumping myself up because I know I'm going to learn something really exciting.
This worked for me when I couldn't manage Microbiology syllabus in 2nd year. Just devoted 3weeks to it and before I knew it I had already become quite strong at the subject! (Divided it like Bacteriology, Virology etc. for doing them on separate day(s).)
Hope it helps. Thanks Osmosis for the continuous support through these videos:-)
I agree.. Experienced the same.. Excitement helps!
Agreed I feel the more interested you are about the topic the more you pay attention and can focus on it
Thank you for your advice, going to try this :)
@Matthew Seinfield i didn't understand the way you study.. can you please help because its look quit interesting
Thanks, having done a fair amount of study...on study I wasnt expecting much, but really enjoyed your video. My key tips that keep me retaining information. 1)Look up all the words in the dictionary (from the word "To" to the obvious complex ones): This appears so simple and obvious but a lot of people just gloss over half the words they can't define, the result is getting to the end of the page and having no idea what you just read. Make a few sentences with your new word, Taking the time to at least clarify takes little time, improves your vocabulary and when you get good at it, forgetting the page you just read will be a forgotten problem of the past. 2) Draw pictures, like lots of them, I have an entire book dedicated to drawing out concepts and dry reading like the immune system, the prof I got it from calls them 'mind maps'. At first I thought it would slow me down but in the end I feel its actually sped me up long term and my memory retention is better. 3) Videos, I youtube a shit ton, in fact I often youtube a short video about compartment syndrome or whatever before I sit and read through my chapter on compartment syndrome, it makes the reading come together conceptually a lot easier. And finally just echoing the video, yeah a solid schedule and study space is key. Not my ideas, I took a course Called funnily enough "The Basic Study Manual" which basically tripled my study skill and turned my grades around.
Cool. Thanks
My name is Joseph Phiri from Southern Africa Zambia, I am clinical officer student second year.
Thanks for your help,your videos are really helpful
I study very well in a quite environment
I ask myself before studying how and what am I going to study
Before I study I start by watching a video first and go to the notes or search more information on Google and in Books......
I take each and every video as my personal video, there is no different between me here in Africa and someone in America or China studying medicine internet has made things very much easy
hey joseph, am zambian too though am studying medicine in china, 5th year now. yes there is no difference, internet and books are everywhere. one just needs to apply oneself, focus and discipline. good luck in your studies.
Really helpful. I used to study at library, but now I prefer studying at home.
I really need to work on the spaced repetition.
Yes spaced repetition is excellent. I find flash cards are a great way to practice this method. Also flash cards are an excellent way to use active recall.
Great for ALL healthcare students!! I use these with my nursing students - Thank you Osmosis!! ✨❤️✨❤️
The testing effect is gold 👏👏
I have used osmosis demo .. I felt really confident doing those stuffs!! But please decrease the cost of your plans ! People from other countries can't afford that much
Probably they're not targeting those countries
As a medical student, I think the most difficult thing that I face is finding the right motivation to study. I'm in first year MBBS, so basically everything is new to me and the course is so wide and deep that right now I'm literally drowning. I'd really like to know how you deal with this. Also, another issue that I have is the competitiveness, I'm not talking about the examination competition, but rather how much course so and so person has covered, you get what I'm saying? It's a big issue since it ends up making me very anxious about the way I'm proceeding and studying. So we have our finals coming up and it'd be awesome if you could give some advice on how to deal with this and how to study right before finals because in this video, I think it requires a hella lot more time and I only have a couple of weeks to cover the entire year worth of studying.
The moment i heard he struggles with renal physio... same feels bruh
Vann Leofold augh me too hhhhhh
well me too
Damn me too
Yeah tbh renal physiology was brutal
Me too 😭
Definitely an eye-opener. But I prefer to study in a homy CLEAN & NEAT space. I can't study without a trigger, i.e I must have seen, heard, been taught the topic. Then I go, read it through using a textbook or videos. I make my own notes. I hate summaries.
I normally use your method (i.e questions before studying) before the exams to see how much I know.
So excited you guys are so close to a million subscribers!
I wish there was a channel about dentistry studies like osmosis 😢
This video literally gave me the validation I needed, thank you.
Glad to help! 👍🏼
Great tips! I use an app called 'forest', it allows me to block my phone while I'm trying to study and count my final hours of net study (those that I didn't waste on my phone or doing something else). Furthermore, instead of having an specific goal for the day, I try to study for "x" hours and then stop. This worked for me quite well while preparing for the step 1 and allowed me to keep tract of my efficiency during my dedicated test prep period! I highly recommend this app (forest) or any other pomodoro app for those who have a phone "addiction" like myself.
Also, while doing questions, I highly recommend to think like the person who made the question. What do I mean by that? Just try to put the whole clinical stem together. The question will specify that this patient comes from Greece or South America (just to give an example) / ethnicity / age group / gender. By doing this you will definitely narrow down your choices even if you DONT know what the patient has.
Also, try to read what is being actually ASKED before reading the complete question, then read the last 2 o 3 senteces. In many situations (especially for the step 1), you don't need to read the whole question to answer what is being asked! This is VERY important, because you waste time worrying about details that are not relevant at all to get the question right.
Finally, I think that studying smarter is highly relevant, but I also think that you should train yourself with as many questions as possible and identify what is lacking: Was it because you DIDN'T know the fact or your mistake was in your approach to the question and probably you could've had it right ? How you'll study from that will come very important! In the first situation (where you didn't know the fact), you need to study more. In the second situation (where your approach was lacking), besides from study again, you should identify what was it that confused you while trying to answer the question. IDENTIFY IT and write it down! Then practice and practice and practice with more questions, that's the only way you'll improve your technique of approaching a clinical scenario.
Wow even I do this!! And it has always made me stay in track and the amount of satisfaction I got after I have finished my X number of hours!!
Thanks for the advice, I really needed such a app
Actually my first step in studying medicine is opening your video trying to search the topic that I"m planning to study .. thanks so much ,
This is just we need. Saying “we”, it actually means my child and myself. I tried to explain my child what I did at my study time. Not good🙄️. I show your videos to him and “voila “...
The question thing is what I've been missing. I never knew when to do questions. I guess its okay to not know the answer. Thanks. This was helpful.
When I am doing questions I like to use my notes, to give me confidence and to help me learn the information.
I love your channel , your videos make the understanding of topics easy and effective .thank you so much
Love Osmosis... You guys really made our lives and Studies much interesting and easier...
Our pleasure to help! 🥰
The best way to do something is the way that suits you, try different ways and figure it out.
Every one has unique way of studying...but how u study is the key I have realized till now and thank you osmosis team for always being very positive..trying to shower knowledge 😊
what i do is study the material I'm supposed to study best i can... then go look at past questions... i do like hundreds... than i notice a pattern of topics that are asked about and things that aren't and i focus on those topics... plus spaced repetition is key to retain info for long term memory
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The questions technique is really awesome, it works with me, another thing that l use is the
🌸mnemonic 🌸and for the spaced repetition I use Anki app 💜
thanks so much from Sudan 🇸🇩
Hey hi sorry i know that it's been nearly a whole freaking year but am kinda intuitive as to find someone with an intellectual lvl that is somehow close to mine am a medical student and also a Sudanese. so if it's ok with you I'd like us to be friends and hopefully discuss further possibilities regarding the matter mentioned above, i can assure you that am not a hack or some kinda perv. It's just that I've been so isolated from the community for it's lack of serious scientific/cultural sense. Sorry again for the stone aged reply,.
Agreed. Spaced repetition is one of the best methods for reinforcing learning. Moreover, active recall is another great method for learning medical information.
i like to study in library
befor going to bed at night i make my decision that what i will stud tomorrow and how much should i cover and once i cover that topic i usually test myself （flashcard,mcqs,case study）and i never study beyond my target i choosed to be studied thats really help me get something very easy
I like to study in hostel studyroom
and yes.. I do make time table for next day before sleeping.. so I know what I have to do next day! and thats how I study for exams!!
Thank you for the tips Dr. Desai!
Awesome! Loved it! Thanks !!
I m a med student studying at home but i don’t get any pampering from my family i woke up early to make food for my whole family and literally do all those houseworks and have to make time for my own studying ... sometimes i wonder how should I keep on going like this everyday... i burn out everyday
same..
Same
How is it possible? You are genius
same :/
Mikasa Ackerman awesome. I'm also med student. But i used to study in library.
Starting with questions is something that I don´t do, but it actually sounds like a rlly good idea
Excellent. Motivational presentation that provides straight-forward study habit tips. Q: What were the differences between studying for a class/exam vs. studying for the board exam? How did the methods differ? ~Thank you!
Very very helpful video thank youuu so much 🌷❤️🌷
I like studying but i don't like studying for an exam
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hey, guys
u r amazing , literally every time i got lost u help me out
thanx
really good tips dude, thanks a ton
Great clip, str8ght to the point, I like that. Thumbs up.
It made a lot of sense thankyou so much
I understand and I'm good at the basics but , I forget medicine so easily , any tips on that ?
Appreciate the stuff you guys are doing..
Love from India.
You are really a great person hard work can be seen in our eye bags 😭
Thank you so much
Thanks for caring about students 👍🏻🌹🙏🏻
God bless you
Nice tips
wow! you're a pediatrician :) I want to be a pediatrician soon :) OUr board exam here in Philippines is this November 2020! Your videos really really helped :)
Good luck.
Start your video from 1:10
The Pomodoro technique is goated. Anki is great for spaced repetition
Thank you osmosis team❤
I am one of your fan from Bangladesh 🇧🇩
I think to know,Why I need to study,is also necessary to clearly figure out.
Can I have some examples of how to make a question when u r about to study a whole new lesson?
You are really good person and provide useful information that I have not seen in other UA-cam videos. I wish I had found your channel before. Really thank you for the video and now I will subscribe and go watch all your videos. Thanks again👍
Thank you Dr. Rishi Desai
SQ3R works for me.
And I love to study with music in my ears.
I have got challenges though;
I really want to know a lot,.. read a whole lot and recall every details, but there's never enough time and sometimes it feels like mere illusions.
Lecturers' notes are too concise and when I read textbooks, it feels like I've got a lot details I skipped while using lecturer's note.
As days go by, workloads accumulate and it is dawning on me that I may not eventually attain my deep desires,...to go give my best to medicine and surgery, to humanity.
Hello guys, maybe this is not the topic, I think your video is very useful like all other videos you've already made. And I wish you could make something about hydroxychloroquine activity, thanks in advance
This is just amazing. I am following this rutine but you affirmed it.. and improved it somehow . ❤️❤️
Keep it up, Ishfaque! 👍🏽
very organized and practical advices that you have made
thank you very much. I wish you to be happy healthy and successful
Thank you! 💕
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Soooo thnkyouuuu soooooooooo soooooo vryyyy mchhhhh.
God bless u all.
Thank you so much
Osmosis My favorite you tube channel
thank you for useful information!
Thank you so much 🌹🌹
Thanks a lot Sir
I love your videos!!!! especially because of how cute your illustrations are!! thank you so much!!!!!!!!
Thank you so much, Luisa! Glad you like them! 🙏🏼
How to overcome anxiety in exams or crush assignments
Thank you so much Sir
agree with most of this and do pretty much all of this BUT - time to study things Im interested in vs what I need to study...that's what I call procrastination! Repetition/revision - only have time for that while Im studying for other things as they come up. Wish all I had to do in life was just study for school
Really great. Love wat u guys are doing
Thank You soo much this is soo helpful
Active recall!!!! That always has helped me
By asking myself questions about it & how would I explain it to someone. I used to just read read but that didnt help alot
Do problem sets.
Will be going to apply your techniques, My classes are starting from 4rth of March... Thank You again
Hi thanks for the tips
thankyou soo much for the tip video it really worked for me.
wow!! that was helpful
thank you
Thanks for your useful tips!
I really love you guys Thank you a lot Osmosis
You people are great and your all videos are very useful.. ❤
Great work!!
Very good 👍👍👍
thanks it was helpful
Thanks a lot 🙏💕 sir such a helpful tips
I think there should be a 4th tip, which is "Why?", because if I don't know the reason why I'm going through all of this, then it may be meaningless!
Gud
So helpful thank you❤️
well said Doc !
i love osmosis...i use thesevideos through ouy my med school...i have a question can osmosis help me in indian medical exams
Osmosis is geared toward any high-stake exam covering preclinical medicine, so there should be a lot of overlap with your exams. I hope this helps! Contact us at support@osmosis.org if you have more specific questions.
Do you have subscription of osmosis bro??
I just got the subscription and its really really good.
Clinical vdos are very helpful.
the third tip was really necessary for me
This is really gonna help me , i like your vedioes and keep doing it
thank you very much for this video! :-)
I think it's better to watch a short video about the subject you want to study before trying to answer questions... you'll have some informations on whatever you're studying so you can actually understand the questions and it'll be easier to identify the things you have to concentrate on
Agree :)
Are you a medical student? What are your study secrets?
This video was really very useful.......
I'm a second year medical student so i'm pretty new to all this hehe, i usually study by watching online tutorials BEFORE doing questions, it works Ok for sometime for me because most of the time if i try to do questions first i usually get confused along the way (like if i'm getting too many wrong). I'd refer to my textbooks for correct answers before moving on and this usually takes up too much time. maybe because i'm a slow reader.
can you please give tips on how to study faster while using the "questions-before-research"method for people like me?
thank you so much.
I find that studying using methods of active recall and spaced repetition are the best. e.g. flash cards
Thank you....❤️😊🌼
thank you for the tips!! i will try this out :)
You study in medicine?
Amazing video 👍👍👍
hi..can i have a question...about the book...i really wanted to have it...but i dont have any cards or what...is it possible for COD...?????
I’m in an online grad school for nurse practitioner. My course don’t offer lectures or videos or practice questions. It’s literally just endless reading. What tips do u have about how I can better absorb so much reading material? Any help would be great !