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How To Cope during Exam Season

Exam season can be stressful, overwhelming and tiring. It is likely that you are putting pressure on yourself because you want to achieve high grades and have specific requirements to meet for university. To reduce exam anxiety, think about how you are going to revise, structure your revision timetable and

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Active Revision Techniques & Effective Study Methods

Most students rely on passive study methods particularly when they first start learning how to revise. This is because these techniques such as making pretty notes and highlighting revision guides feel like an easier method.

A balanced approach that combines both passive and active techniques can be highly effective. Let’s explore some active study strategies you can consider…

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What Is The Pomodoro Technique?

Since pomodoro involves smaller, more manageable tasks it makes it easier to start and complete. You are less likely to feel overwhelmed by how much you have to do and instead can do it in parts in each of the 25 minutes. This a technique used to help focus on studies and it helps you do more effective work. By placing a time limit for you work, it helps you make as much progress as possible within the given time.

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Reflection: Areeba’s 1st Semester of University

Reflection is a crucial process in medical education and practice, providing healthcare professionals with a means of learning from their experiences and improving their skills and knowledge. Reflection is defined as “a process of reviewing an experience of practice in order to describe, analyse, evaluate and so inform learning about practice”

If there was one word I could use to describe my first semester at university it would definitely be busy. Amongst the academia involved in studying medicine, I have thrown myself into a multitude of diverse experiences ranging from society events to joining the university badminton team. I have enjoyed every bit of university so far and am looking forward to my second semester.

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Study Methods I Used to Achieve 3 A*s in A- level Biology, Chemistry and Geography

I used a wide- array of study techniques at A- level. The first half- term of lower sixth entailed me trialling different methods for each subject to figure out which method provided me with the best outcome (with the effectiveness highlighted through performance on the end of unit tests). It is very important to keep an open- mind when it comes to trying new techniques out as methods that worked during GCSEs do not necessarily work at A- level due to the stark differences in depth of content and pace of teaching.

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Cultivating Concentration: Your Roadmap to a Distraction-Free Study Space

As we’ve all experienced over the years, staying focused on our studies can be quite a challenge, especially when the allure of procrastination beckons. The struggle is familiar, but worry not – we’re here to guide you through some tried-and-true methods to help you sidestep procrastination and make the most of your study time.

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How To Take Notes Effectively

Note-taking is something that students spend a lot of time doing. Copying notes passively can be an inefficient and time consuming exercise that has little benefit in helping you to achieve top grades. However, learning how to take notes effectively by selecting the most important key points, concepts, and examples can help you to create valuable revision resources that you can refer back to when you come to revise for your exams.

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Getting The Best Outcome In Your A-Levels

Everyone studies differently and has their own techniques which work best for them. Studying effectively will not only help reduce stress but will also save you more time overall, which could be used for another activity. However, here I would like to mention a few study tips that worked best for me or that I wish I would have done, in order to help you do the best in your studies.

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How To Survive Your First Year At University

Even if you’re not a diehard fan, most aspiring medical students have heard of the Emmy winning medical drama, ‘Grey’s Anatomy’. In the very first episode Dr Miranda Bailey gives her five interns (including the infamous Meredith Grey!) five rules to survive their internship, which is roughly equivalent to FY1.

Following in that vein (pardon the pun!), here’s five of my ‘rules’ for surviving and thriving in your first term of uni!

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Problem-Based Learning (PBL): Cardiac Medical Challenge

Problem Based Learning Problem based learning (PBL) is a popular method of learning, currently used by most health professional courses in the UK. The aim of PBL is for you to read through a complex and broad series of information, to identify areas of interest and areas you would like

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