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From: bren
Date: 08-17-2003, 01:58 PM (1 of 16)
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Hi Everyone, I'm taking a Medical Terminology Course, I'm finding it very hard to remember things , I thought maybe you could all help me out and give me some idea's on how to study, I have no time for sewing these day's , work a few car races and and try to study, I won't be done till end of Dec. Then I'll be able to start sewing again. Thanks in advance 
Bren:
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From: Scratch 'N Sniff
Date: 08-17-2003, 02:27 PM (2 of 16)
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Hi Bren! Making flash cards really helps! Write the definition on one side and the word or phrase on the other. Read one side and see if you can remember what was written on the other. Go through a stack, shuffle them, then turn them over and try it the other way (ie, if you read the definition and tried to remember the word the first time, try reading the word and remembering the definition the second time). Another thing that really helps me is to teach it to someone else who doesn't know a thing about it. That way you have to start from the basics, and you'd be surprised at how much you know when you do it this way! It forces you to think about everything in depth! If you can't find someone to listen to you ramble on  try picking a topic for yourself and writing a paper on it. Just sit down at the computer or with a piece of paper and write everything you can think of about the topic. It doesnt have to be perfectly written, its just a way for you to actually use whatever is you've been learning.Hope this helps, good luck! ~debie
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From: Magot
Date: 08-17-2003, 02:39 PM (3 of 16)
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People learn in different ways - some are visual learners, in which case diagrams and mind maps are the way to go, some are auditory, learn by listening, so try recording what you need to know on tape and playng it to yourself in the car. The third group are kinesthetic - they learn by experience, doing something to help them remember - try to make up an action to go with the definition and repeat the two together. You need to know what kind of person you are. When talking to people their eyes will flick away and then back - generally if your eyes flick to the sides it is your mind checking your ears and you are an auditory learner - phrases you would use are "I hear that, can you hear what I'm saying" If your eyes flick up you are checking your visual memory, phrases when explaining to someone include " can you see that" Kinesthetic people flick their eyes downwards to their hands -they say things like "does that feel right to you" hope this helps! love and kisses, Jan
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From: MaryW
Date: 08-18-2003, 11:29 AM (4 of 16)
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Sheesh Magot, do you watch everyone when you are telling them something. You know more about what they are thinking than they do. You are one scarey lady.
MaryW
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From: Magot
Date: 08-18-2003, 03:10 PM (5 of 16)
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Nah. I'm too busy watching me knitting!!!
love and kisses, Jan
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From: Reta J
Date: 08-18-2003, 03:31 PM (6 of 16)
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wooohooo and great luck on your education!!!! Here are a few tips that I have used with my kids, kids when I was volunteering at schools and I used personnally when i was studying to be a First Responder (medic with fire dept.). 1. Read assignment 2. Read assignment and make notes and highlite areas (if you own the book). 3. For definitions, i would write each word and definition 10 times saying them out loud as you write them. Then put them on flash cards. When I went through flash cards and missed one, it was written again 10 times. The more senses you get involved, the easier it is to remember, by writing (touch and sight) saying (hearing and speech). 4. Make up little tunes to go with it. Sounds silly but we all remember silly songs before we remember anything else. (I remember a ditty from fourth grade Chemistry - H20 equals water water water) 5. Make up silly jokes to go with words when you can. Sometimes this is impossible sometimes the words just lend themselves to jokes.  such as: Little Johnny was a chemist, Little Johnny ain't no more, what he thought was H20, was H2S04. (for the non chemist, H2S04 is sulfuric acid)6. Ask for help from family members or friends. If none are available, then, let me know, you can type words and definitions to me in an email, we can set up a chat time either with MS messenger or Yahoo IM or here in chat room and i will type word and you can give me definition. I will be glad to help you. Hope this helps Sewing Forever
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From: maps
Date: 08-18-2003, 04:34 PM (7 of 16)
good luck to you Bren on the busy schedule ahead of you  don't forget to take a break once in a while
Marge
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From: mamahoogie
Date: 08-18-2003, 06:09 PM (8 of 16)
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Yes, I agree with the lady who said everyone learns differently. I am visual. I must write everything down and if I'm alone I say it out loud as well..my honour student taught me that...she says doing both at once are better for learning. One of my former co-workers recorded her notes into a tape recorder and played them back while driving back and forth to work, doing housework, cooking,etc. She said half the time she didn't pay any attention to it but later on she could remember it - hey, if it works, why not? good luck and remember to take a break or you'll go into overload.
I've decided to live forever - so far, so good.
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From: weB2cats
Date: 08-19-2003, 02:15 AM (9 of 16)
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1-State chapter heading 2-State heading of all succeeding paragraphs 3-List main points of each paragraph-they should lead to the general ideas set forth in the chapter heading. 4- This is like a puzzle, or road map, if you will. 5- When you scan over your completed Chapter outline, the information should have obvious direction to the overall concept of the chapter. 6-Fewer notes are easier to digest and getting bogged down in extensive note-taking can be overwhelming. |
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From: bren
Date: 08-19-2003, 10:23 PM (10 of 16)
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I can't thank you lady's enough for all your help. Your different way's on studying realy helped me already, I can hardly believe how much writting each word and definition down helped me remember it , Do you think I'm a Kinesthetic learner Magot ? You Lady's are wonderful and I thank you again for all your support. Your all a bunch of , 
Bren:
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From: Magot
Date: 08-20-2003, 02:53 AM (11 of 16)
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Could be Bren! Most of us are mixtures - I know if someone asks me to spell something I have to write it down and look at it to see if the shape of the word is right , so I'm fairly visual and yet I can use words creatively too. I'm glad however ypu're getting it in that it is sticking! I'm having to do my Red Cross refresher course as a First aider in September - I find it hard remembering all those this many breaths to this many chest compressions depending on the size body you are working on. Sort of like stopping distances in a car - you just do it. I was amazed though at how the training comes out as automatic when faced with a crisis - 3 weeks after I first trained I came across a man in a shop panic struck because his child was turning blue. I remember taking the child from him, whomping it on the back Really Hard 3 times and then looking after the young 'un as he went into a febrile convulsion. After I stripped him you could see my handprints on his flesh! My hands were on automatic while my brain was watching his breathing get more and more eratic thinking "don't stop. keep breathing" over and over. I was a wreck after the ambulance came and whisked him away - my husband took me to McDonalds for a coffee and a cry. Love that man! love and kisses, Jan
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From: Ann Made
Date: 08-20-2003, 01:47 PM (12 of 16)
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I think we are all learn using a combination of methods but we have one or two really strong ways of learning. We had to identify our learning style in my first masters course. If you have to learn a lot of medical terms with your course, start with 5 and really learn them well. Drop one and add a new one. Review the ones you drop so you won't forget them. (This is how I taught Grade One's to learn words and it usually works for them). Having someone quiz you will help. Good luck in what you are doing. It is hard work doing courses. And many people clam up when the word "exam" is mentioned. My scary word right now is "research". My next course is the first of three on my research project and I am nervous. Good luck Bren. Ann
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From: Clarkia
Date: 08-23-2003, 10:39 AM (13 of 16)
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Good luck on your course, Bren. I learn best in the morning when I am rested. I like to have the house quiet and my surroundings tidy, phone turned off, etc. Then I put myself in a really work-type mindset. In other words, I really concentrate. I break things up in small sections, too. I find about 3/4 of an hour is my best learning time. Then I go do something brainless for a while, like housework! And don't panic. I am 70 now and feel that I can learn better than ever. I suppose a person is more motivated. Also less interruptions. Also owning a computer has helped, I think, because I have had to polish up the old brain cells so I could get the most out of it! Kay.
Kay
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From: VCMOM
Date: 08-25-2003, 04:54 PM (14 of 16)
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Bren, I went back and got my degree when my kids were 1 & 6. I did most of the things the ladies mentioned, but wanted to give you another tip. You might also try studying somewhere other than your home like a library etc. Everytime I sat down to study i'd think oh I should start a load of laundry etc. I spent more time at home doing small chores or thinking about those that needed to be done. I could study much better away from home. I was the queen of using spare minutes with those flash cards though. I carried them in my handbag and would whip them out whenever I had to wait in a line anywhere ...grocery store, traffic etc. Good luck! Lori |
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From: DorothyL
Date: 08-25-2003, 07:50 PM (15 of 16)
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Everytime I sat down to study i'd think oh I should start a load of laundry etc. I spent more time at home doing small chores or thinking about those that needed to be done. My husband is back in school and he is just the opposite. Every time he starts to do a chore he thinks of studying he should be doing. The funny thing is, he did that all summer even though he took the summer off to work around the house. Dorothy |
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From: weB2cats
Date: 08-25-2003, 09:38 PM (16 of 16)
| One hour at a time. Rest. Wash dishes. Study one hour. Other stuff for one hour, back to studying one hour. If you can regiment yourself like that, it's not so chaotic. |
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