Good Study Habits

Batching and time blocking are really effective. I schedule tasks in three hour blocks. I use Trello and a physical planner for scheduling. Pomodoro apps are another option and reporting is built in.

~bella

Singing while learning or telling ridiculous stories with the stuff you're supposed to learn kind of works for me. For some reason, the most ridiculous the most efficient!

The main learning habits I have ever noticed - understanding your learning goals and having a certain study schedule. We can know it as time management for students. And we can divide this big concept into small tasks: methods to avoid procrastination, making notes for better memorizing, regular breaks for physical exercises, and so on, and so on. There are plenty of tips on effective study habits for learners - for example, this article highlights this matter very well, as for me. But every student finds their own way to be productive while studying, there is no one recipe for all cases.

Here is what I advise you to do to improve your study habits.

1) Identify you have a studying problem (Which you did, so check)
2) Quit any bad habits that may have been distracting but didn't affect your grades in undergrad (i.e. smoking, drinking, etc.)
3) GET A STUDY GROUP (cannot really stress this enough)
4) Stay on top of things in the study group (don't just show up, show off)
5) Talk to other students (find out what other people are focusing on- there's a lot of material to learn in med school so make sure you are covering the most significant points). Use some decent study resources like Wikipedia, https://writinguniverse.com/essay-types/аnalytical-essays/ etc
6) Avoid passive learning (within your study group, constantly quiz each other, make concept maps together, talk through lectures, etc.)
Good luck!

I have been out of college for quite some time, but I wanted to contribute.

1) Dedicate an area to be used SOLELY for studying. If you study in the same place that you do other activities (eat, sleep, play video games, watch tv, etc), it will be very easy to become distracted.

2) Constantly ask yourself "what does this remind me of?" Whenever you make connections between new information and old information, it helps you retain the new information.

3) Find ways to relate what you are learning with something you feel strongly about. When you link emotions to something you learn, it will help you remember things.

4) Get good quality AND quantity of sleep. I recommend 7-9 hours. REM sleep is important for retaining information. In his book "Why We Sleep," Matthew Walker talks about studies in which people who were getting less REM sleep had a harder time remembering information that they had learned the night prior.

5) Before learning something new, ask yourself "What do I think this means?" Making predictions will allow you to feel good if you get it right (and thus reinforces it), and if you get it wrong, you will remember it.

6) Come up with acrostics/acronyms/mnemonic devices. For example: In elementary school, we were taught "My Very Endearing Mother Just Served Us Pizza" as a way to remember. An acrostic that has helped me with prayer is PRAY (Praise, Repent, Ask, Your Will Be Done)

7) Spend time with people who prioritize studying. I once learned that "You are the average of the people you spend the most time with." You adopt their values. You adopt their habits. You adopt their priorities. You adopt their interests. Making sure you choose to be around people who are studious will not only hold you accountable and make you want to study more, but you will be able to learn various skills from them.

8) Create a study schedule. If you don't schedule your study time, chances are you will put it off. Come up with specific times that you would like to dedicate to studying, and follow through.

9) Turn your phone OFF, or at least on silent while studying. Phones are distracting.

7 Habits of Highly Effective Students

Ruby has a nice channel. She's studious and positive. That's encouraging for many.

TenthAveN said:

I opened this thread because I figured we’d be able to help each other out. This can be for online and in-person, as both bring their challenges.

One thing that I’ve found is that if I write stuff down, I tend to retain information better.

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