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Study Tips & Tools

The whole toolbox in a detailed list of study tips

photo of a person pulling a heart out of an anatomy model; text: study tips for A&P, a master list of learning strategies

Resources

  • Pre-A&P Foundations in Science — overview of a completely online refresher course to take before taking A&P
  • The A&P Student blog — up-to-date tips and advice for A&P students
  • Subscribe to the FREE email newsletter The A&P Student
  • Survival Guide for A&P — handy guide outlines study tips, shortcuts, analogies, and what to do when you are lost!
  • Handbook of A&P — pocket guide to the most essential information to keep handy in class, in lab, in clinicals, or on the job

Using course tools

Study Strategies

  • New Terms — how to quickly master the huge new vocabulary of your A&P course
    • Learning Terminology — a quick primer on how terms are constructed and used in A&P
    • ESL —strategies for folks who’s first language is not English
  • Concept Maps — this easy tool helps you learn content and develop critical thinking skills
  • Concept Lists — how to make and “run” a list that will help you keep track of all the interconnected concepts of A&P
  • Study Groups — tips for organizing a group and ideas for what to do in your group

Taking Tests

  • Taking Tests —strategies proven to help you improve your performance
  • Online Tests — tips and strategies specifically for online tests
  • Test Item Analysis — free tool for analyzing your test to determine your weak and strong skills and content areas
  • Test Item Challenge — if you think you have a case regarding the scoring of a test item, here’s how to handle it

Learning Anatomic Structures

  • Learning Structures — why having a framework is the critical first step when facing a long list of structures to learn in your A&P lab
  • Field Guide to the Human Body™ — how methods used by naturalists (such as bird watchers) to identify animals can make learning human anatomy easier and more effective

Reduce Stress

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Last updated: January 12, 2022 at 14:23 pm