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

• Reading Strategies — there’s more to reading a textbook effectively than you may think!
• Professional Library — why you should not sell your textbook
• Using Outlines — tips for using outlines and printing them
• Using Slides — tips for using slides linked to Learning/Review Outlines

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
  • Submit your concept map or list — the more samples you share, the more it will help other students “get it”
• Concept Lists — how to make and “run” a list that will help you keep track of all the interconnected concepts of A&P
  • Submit your concept map or list — the more samples you share, the more it will help other students “get it”
• 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

• Having Fun — fun as a study tip?
• Kevin’s Stress Diet — not to be taken internally

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