With so many terms and systems to memorize and apply at the drop of the hat, anatomy can seem like a truly unforgiving subject in the exam room. We have a few tricks and tips up our sleeve designed to help medical students breeze through their exams with flying colours and minimal stress. Here’s our guide of how to NOT fail your next anatomy exam…. Contents Stay calm and prepare Draw up a schedule Assess your strengths and weaknesses Get into your groove Learn, revise, repeat! Summary Stay calm and prepare Use the time you have wisely. Before you start, take a moment to plan ahead and prepare for the task. Think about which topics you will tackle first and which topics you are most confident with. Have a light read through your materials and do some revision ‘spring cleaning’ by finishing off any outstanding work and tying up loose ends. Have a look through Kenhub’s library and atlas and pick out any topics or subjects that you are interested or confident in. The most important thing before getting started is to relax and enjoy your leisure time. Stay cool and make the most of the calm before the storm. Draw up a schedule Try to draw up some kind of revision schedule. This schedule can be as rigid or as flexible as you like. You can use Kenhub’s sectioned anatomy to divide the body into manageable sections and plan your schedule around these. Make sure that your allocated revision times don’t clash with your work and social life, and be careful not to underestimate how much time certain topics and sections might potentially take from your schedule. But don’t stress. Assess your strengths and weaknesses ‘Dividing’ or ‘sectioning’ the anatomy before revision is very important because it allows you to break the bigger task down into manageable portions. Once these divided portions have been logically ordered, a student can then cherry-pick subjects and re-order them based around personal preference. By assessing your own strengths and weaknesses within each topic and sub-topic, it is easier to predict which subjects may require more time and focus, and vice versa. Get into your groove Once you’ve smoothed out those creases and got a realistic timeline of how long your revision timeline will be, it’s time to start having fun and really get down to work. It’s important to make sure that your method of revision is comfortable and suitable for you. Build yourself the most laid back and revision-friendly atmosphere and environment that you can, with home comforts and treats included. Work hard and maintain momentum. Learn, revise, repeat! Once you have really got into the swing of revision and built your very own personalized study routine, the most important thing is to maintain momentum. Make sure that you keep working at the same pace and that you aren’t complacent when it comes to studying and revising topics that you feel might not require as much work. It has been proven that multimedia interactive revision is far more effective than old-fashioned singular format studying. So by making the most of different formats or medias whilst revising, you will undoubtedly improve your memorization and the subsequent application of the information you have learned. Basically, by spicing up the method of revision, not allowing yourself to become stuck within one specific format and always repeating and relearning what you have learned, you will improve your chances of passing tenfold. Summary There are a few tricks and tips designed to help medical students breeze through their exams with flying colours and minimal stress. Here’s our guide of how to NOT fail your next anatomy exam…. Stay calm and prepare by planning ahead Draw up a revision schedule and divide your work into manageable chunks, without forgetting about leisure time Assess your strengths and weaknesses so you can re-order your topics based on your personal preference. Arrange your environment so it has a revision-friendly atmosphere in order for your study session to be as smooth as possible. Revise, revise and revise some more! Source
Very fantastic tips out there. My best method you talked About was on repetitive study; it’s is underrated and one of the best ways to study anatomy. I would also recommend that students learn the 11 unbeatable techniques I used to study anatomy in medical. With them, anatomy will now be easier to comprehend.
