Best ways of revision?

Re: Best ways of revision?

Michelle Rewcastle — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 23:11:17 GMT

I tend to do show and tell, I show the vets and my cc things and tell them what they are and what they do. When I get something wrong or cant remember, I go and look it up. I also try and relate things to the patients i've been dealing with, I have some freakish capacity for remembering Mrs X dog bob the Shih Tzu that had IMHA, and I remember how the blood cells work through thinking of this case.

Re: Best ways of revision?

Ceri Boyd — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 12:59:56 GMT

Discussing things or doing Q&A with another student is a good way, me and the other student here bounce off each other and learn really well that way.

For anatomy I found the best way of learning was actually looking at it - scrubbing on for ex-laps, spays etc. Even pts animals, I ask if I can go through anatomy with a vet or nurse, find it really useful!

Re: Best ways of revision?

Katie Mansfield — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 11:32:28 GMT

"300 Questions on ....." books are brilliant!!!!!

K x

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Roseann21 — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 09:32:22 GMT

Can you still get samples of previous papers or "mock" exams? I did mine hundreds of years ago(!) but I always found these useful - it gives you a good idea of what might come up too. I don't have the best memory, but this seemed to work well for me.

Re: Best ways of revision?

sarah Hall — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 23:57:35 GMT

I find revision card work well for me and I make them really colourful with the key facts on. I then get my boyfriend to ask me questions on the subject and I generally end up explaining in more detail to him about the subject as he is cerious and this helps me remember.

We have just learned the names of surgical instruments and im planning to cut up an old catalogue to stick the pictures on one side and names on the other to test myself.

I also found some good muscle and skeletal flash cards on amazon

Re: Best ways of revision?

Lydia123 — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 20:56:22 GMT

some good suggestions thank you will try them :)

Re: Best ways of revision?

Charley83 — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 20:44:33 GMT

What I find helps is getting someone who knows what your talking about - ie a vet or a nurse and prepare a small presentation on a topic that you must learn - care of diabetic dogs, the role of the kidney etc and get feedback. I also found making flashcards useful and you can have a quick glance at them before exams - hopefully you've learnt it be than but they can be a good reminder.

Another favourite study method of mine is brain - storming I write down everything I know about a subject - then fill in the blank - researching the subject further.

Good luck with the studying - These are the methods that worked for me