Ultimate Anatomy Study Guide: Learn How To Learn
Ultimate Anatomy Study Guide: Learn How To Learn
Ultimate Anatomy Study Guide: Learn How To Learn
Ultimate Anatomy
Study Guide
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www.kenhub.com
Introduction
● Some cool ways that you can use Kenhub while you are
preparing for your next exam.
Step 1:
Stop procrastinating
Do you study for your anatomy exams when it’s time, or do you
put it off for as long as possible? If it’s the latter, you are a
victim of procrastination. Not to worry, though. It’s something
we all do, and there’s a way to handle it.
Why do we procrastinate?
Did you know that there's a technique that can help your brain
remember things much better and for longer? It's true that
cramming is just as ineffective as your teachers always said.
Cramming is just as
ineffective as your
teachers always said.
Anki is a great, free tool to help you build your own flashcards.
It fits any subject, not just anatomy. However, you'll have to
prepare your own flashcards.
Step 3:
Improve your memory in 40 seconds
Here are a few other tips that can help you to improve a
memory:
Step 4:
Read effectively
Step 2: Question - This step allows you to get your foot in the
door and really start to read effectively. As you preview, ask
yourself as many questions as possible. Try and transform each
heading into a question, formulate questions you expect the
text to answer, create future exam questions, etc. Essentially,
be a curious five year old child who is constantly looking for
answers.
Step 3: Read - You familiarised yourself with the content and
now it is time to tackle it. However, don’t simply plough
through it until the end! Divide it into manageable chunks of
approximately one to two pages. Try and answer your previous
questions and deeply process what you are reading. Try and fit
it into your existing web of knowledge. Make an outline or
take notes. You can also highlight, as long as you do it properly.
To mark correctly, avoid highlighting entire sentences, chain
words together to form new ‘sentences’ and put down the
highlighter when you preview.
Step 4: Recite - This involves recalling what you have just read.
Close the book and start explaining what you have just read
in the previous two pages (this is actually active recall, an
essential principle for any learner!). The easiest way to do this
step is using the “2, 1, 0 method” (there are a lot more here!).
After you finish your explanation, quickly glance at your
anatomy book and score yourself - a “2” if you remembered
most of the information, “1” if it was about fifty-fifty and “0” if
your attempt was straight up terrible. This method is basically
a quick yet effective test. Remember to connect the ideas,
simplify the concepts and use your own words rather than pure
recitation.
Step 5: Review - This step is more of a constant and ongoing
process that you need to undertake, especially for a fact-filled
subject like anatomy. Revise the notes that you took and try
to answer the questions that you formulated at the beginning.
In terms of a long-term plan, good methods to revise would
include Kenhub’s learning strategies and quizzes. Specifically
designed to learn and test all your anatomy knowledge,
your learning will certainly skyrocket from using them. Do you
want to see the most common learning mistakes to avoid
when studying this subject, or revise the heart using active
recall? Go and have a look, they're all waiting for you!
What are mind maps and how can they help you learn
anatomy? Did you know that creative geniuses like Leonardo
da Vinci, Galileo, and Albert Einstein used them constantly
to elaborate their ideas?
... You get the idea. New and old information is constantly
‘hooked’ onto an already existing one, which acts to build up
a map. Knowledge is organised like a spider web inside your
mind, allowing you to link seemingly unrelated topics together.
● Colours
● Keywords only
Spinal
Vertebral
Column
Bodies
Vertebral
Region
Vertebral
Body
It is possible to create mind maps electronically on your
computer or your favorite portable device - So don’t worry
if you can’t draw like da Vinci! In fact, special tools aren’t
needed at all. Quick and simple sketches are enough to make
a connection. In addition, anatomy offers an amazing tool
that many students have a love-hate relationship with.
This resource is an atlas and it can be the inspiration for all
your anatomical drawings. For instance, the images in
the above mind map are from Kenhub’s atlas, a collection
of clear and professional illustrations that will help you learn
anatomy with ease.
Mind maps are another potential learning strategy that you can
use to learn anatomy. Being the Swiss army knife of the brain,
they can filter out the essential information, organise it clearly,
create associations, and inject some fun into the process. They
might be exactly what you need to stimulate your learning!
Step 6:
Learn anatomy while playing games
From a very innocent and early age, your parents, family and
teachers have drawn a very clear and distinct line between
learning and playing. Commands like “It’s time to end your
game and start doing your homework” or “Are you playing
again? For heaven’s sake, you’ll get nowhere in life with your
laziness!” were probably a daily occurrence in your childhood.
After reading all these tips, tricks and mind hacks (you did read
all of them - didn't you??), you might be wondering where to
start. You may know that you need to learn the muscles and
the bones of the upper limb but one look at your textbooks and
you feel alone and scared again. Well, stay calm. We are here
to help you.
Next stop: quizzes! You watched the video and you got an idea
of the topic. But now you need to memorize the terms and
the relations. Kenhub quizzes are specifically designed for
easier learning and more fun. Unlike the quizzes from other
tools or apps that are designed to test your knowledge, with
our quizzes you can actually learn the topic, without having
any prior knowledge. They follow a proven logical approach
and they guide you step by step in order to memorize terms
and understand the concepts.
You can choose from a long list of more than 400 interactive
quizzes. These “smart” quizzes adapt to your knowledge
and they use sophisticated algorithms. This makes sure you
are exposed to the same information in a multitude of
ways to ensure that you understand the concept. The quizzes
are designed to allow you to repeat questions in areas that
you are not so confident on, until you grasp the concept
(you remember “spaced repetition”, right?)
Another very cool feature is the custom quizzes. That means
that you can “build” your own quizzes. So, if you want to
review in detail the muscles of the upper limb, you have the
option to build a quiz according to your needs.
Last, but not least, there are hundreds of questions for clinical
cases. If you are preparing for USMLE or other clinical related
exams, you should try these questions!
If you want to dive deeper into a topic, you should also take a
look at Kenhub’s articles. There are hundreds of illustrated
articles that go into detail and explore not only the anatomical
aspects of the topics, but also the relevant clinical conditions.
Don’t simply read! Watch the
embedded videos inside the
articles narrated by our expert
anatomy geeks.
4. Atlas:
● Read effectively
● Play games
● Incorporate colour
Kenhub’s top-notch study materials - readily accessible and
educationally connected to make your learning even easier.
● Videos
● Quizzes
● Articles
● Atlas
Luckily for you, the above compilation is only the tip of the
iceberg. The good news? There are a lot more learning
strategies waiting for you on our website. The best news? We
have even more of these in the pipeline, ready to make your
learning even easier. Keep a close look on the learning strategy
section so you don’t miss out on them! Don’t keep this little
secret to yourself. Share it with your friends now!
We hope you enjoyed this
e-book and good luck with
your studies!