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honeybee_oz (offline) Joined: Oct 2010 Location: Posts: 4	Thu Dec 02, 2010 4:12 pm Im in my third week of Div 2 (EN) course which is part time (2 days a week). I am fine in other subjects but I am finding it difficult to remember some of whats being taught in Anatomy and Physiology. Mind you I do know more than what I did when i first started but I just need tips. Or am I just being too hard on myself too soon? What study tips are the best to remember for this subject

911insidejob (offline) Joined: Sep 2009 Location: Brisbane Posts: 11	Dec 08, 2010, 08:02 pm Last edited Dec 08, 2010, 08:02 pm update #1 Honeybecool. I studied anatomy and physiology at an EN level a few months ago. I found the subject a bit daunting to begin with due to the shear volume of information which I somehow had to remember. In the last few weeks prior to the exam I found that everything started to connect and make sense. The crossover between systems is quite substantial and as such the amount of information to remember is no where near as voluminous as what it seems. I also came up with a few cool pneumonics to remember some of the key concepts which served me well during the exam; I can't post them here unfortunately as they are very rude and involve lots of f's and c's and I think the mods here do delete posts from time to time. So my advice to you Honey is this: relax, everything will make sense soon enough. cheers 911insidejob modified: Wednesday 08 December 2010 8:03:11 pm - 911insidejob

jules74 (offline) Joined: Jan 2008 Location: Posts: 135	Dec 09, 2010, 11:09 pm hi, i just finished my EN course in november, and so i had my A&P and Pathophysiology exams around june this year. there is ALOT of info to take in, so its not unsual to feel overwhelmed. at the time i would have like to have been able to spend a bit more time revising each weekend just to go over what we'd done during the week. but due to the fact that i was doing full time 4 days per week, plus working weekends- i simply couldnt fit it in. in the end i spent about 3-4 days.. all day... seriously cramming just before the exams, which isnt ideal but i managed to get HD for both exams so it worked for me. our teachers gave us a study guide with the most important points to be covered as we got closer to the exams and so we followed that and it was a great help, because although you cover loads of info, of course not everything can be included in the exam. there are some work books that you can buy that help you with A&P revision, i think from memory that Marieb have one, or the back of each chapter in the A&P text you are using probably also has exercises for revision which might help. or else just start writing out study notes as you go, and spend a few hours at the end of each week going over what you did that week. my other little secret with A&P this year was the internet...it is an AMAZING resource for A&P if you find you arent understanding some things. for example, i was having trouble understanding the 'nephron' which is in the kidneys..and when i did a google search and looked at 'videos', there was loads of resources on there, many of which were on you tube. i found some really fantastic animations which showed me exactly how the nephrons function in moving colour!! it was brilliant! im a very visual person so once i could see the moving pictures on my laptop it made total sense...plus i was able to just play it over and over until i understood it. A&P can definitely be daunting and overwhelming- theres sooooooo much info and it can feel like its getting on top of you, so instead if YOU can stay on top of IT then it will help heaps in the long run. make sure you revise a little bit each week so that you understand what youve covered, and then you wont end up having to cram at the last minute like i did. and even though i still got a good mark, i seriously wouldnt recommend it because i nearly had a nervous breakdown bcos of it at the time! : ) good luck! hope that helps

abbeyside (offline) Joined: Jun 2009 Location: Brisbane Posts: 74	Dec 10, 2010, 09:21 am Hi, I've completed A&P and this worked for me. For learning the bones, anatomical positions, etc I think you are just going to have to become familiar with them For learning about action potentials, fertilisation, antibodies, etc... I found drawing my own pictures based on the learning outcomes worked. Essentially the picture will summarise the masses of words. When you look at the picture it will jog your memory and you can then convert the picture into words.. This should mean you just need to remember pictures rather than lots of words. For the picture to make any sense you obviously have to have an understanding of how things work. I hope that makes sense!

sash (offline) Joined: May 2010 Location: Posts: 45	Dec 10, 2010, 12:23 pm I drew my own diagrams and stuck them on the fridge and on the toilet door. LOL. It worked for me! : )

Fran (offline) Joined: Dec 2010 Location: Posts: 6	Jan 04, 2011, 05:55 am Hi Honeybee, I think you'll find the regardless of the course EN or RN A&P is almost always considered the hardest subject due to sheer volume of info. I have taught this subject several times and my bigest tip is to find out what type of learner you are as a first step. Look online for quick quiz's. For example I am very much a visual learner I can read text books all day and not understand the point and then see a diagram and it all becomes clear. Other types include auditory learners who like to hear info. Once you know what type of learner you are there are lots of study tips available. All this will take you about 30min on the internet and it will be well worth your time as you can use these stategies for all your studies. Good luck and hang in there. Fran

minigmgoit (offline) Joined: Apr 2010 Location: Darwin Posts: 50	Jan 04, 2011, 02:53 pm When learning "processes" such as action potentials or the kreb cycle, the only way to do it is to draw it from the book and repeat. Goes with anything that is a diagram. By far the easiest way. Good luck. A+P was by far the toughest thing I've studied so far. I scraped through with Credits for 1 and 2.

~Rose~ (offline) Joined: Aug 2011 Location: Brisbane Posts: 12	Apr 14, 2012, 07:05 pm I found the best way for the A & P stuff to stay in my head was by mixing up my study methods. Youtube was awesome for videos & info, reading of course. I bought a white board to draw all the different systems and then would go through each of the functions. ipad was also handy to carry around with me and any chance I got I went over stuff. Also, DON'T get behind. We did our A & P over 4/5 week period and after the first week many people in my class were behind with study....and they seemed to struggle the whole way through. Good luck! I loved/love A & P...don't get bogged down in the little stuff.

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