Written by Grace Chang
The past two weeks I have been studying for my microbiology and immunology miniboard. I focused mostly using the Lange review book since I find it the most comprehensive without assuming you know the details. (I'm getting through this program by learning hardcore cramming skills.) While some people may read and understand and remember, I am not one of those people. I need time and repetition to drill it into my head. This takes time and patience. I greatly need the latter. So this is what I did.
I broke it into chunks.
To really focus, I wrote out what I was learning in my own language, Serendipitinese. It made it easier to find out what I was missing in understanding the concepts and much easier to read later on to review.
The problem with writing is that your hand gets tired. To conquer that, I read. This meant, when I wasn't writing, I was reading and vice versa. But even that get boring so I set up stations.
Stations are 20 minute intervals where you do different activities at each station. Think of circuit training.
I would spend 20 minutes doing questions and writing down things that I didn't understand, the holes in my knowledge. Then I would spend another 20 minutes rereading what I wrote from doing questions. Then I would spend another 20 minutes reading and writing from another section of the book directly. The last station is simply just reading ahead. I had four bookmarks and after awhile, I knew the material that I had written down from questions well enough to test myself on it. That created the fifth station: the one where I test myself to see if I really remember what was going on. The fifth station functioned as a review and a test but more importantly, it helped reduced the amount of material I was rereading in station two (rereading knowledge gleamed from questions).
Since it's all done in twenty minute intervals and alternates between reading, writing, and thinking. I wasn't bored with it. I can easily do two rounds of these stations without realizing it. My concentration was maintained and I was able to get my repetition in.
Let me know if you've tried it and how it turned out for you.
Publisher: Wiley
Number Of Pages: 288
Publication Date: 2007-04-20
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0470019956
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780470019955
Binding: Paperback
Product Description:
Cardiac intervention is a fast expanding field of medicine that is reducing the need for cardiac surgery. A Nurse's Guide to Caring for Cardiac Intervention Patients will enable nurses to fully prepare their patients and families for various cardiac intervention procedures.
Coverage includes:
* Explanations of what the heart condition is and how the procedure may relieve that condition
* Descriptions of what the patient can expect to happen before, during and after the procedure
* What nurses should observe for post procedure, and how to address any complications that may occur
* Guidelines for discharge advice
* Outlines for a pre and post care plan for each procedure – based on the latest research and experience.
| Tags: Nursing |
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Number Of Pages: 432
Publication Date: 2008-05-01
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0781784948
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780781784948
Binding: Paperback
Product Description:
Prepared by the faculty of the National Emergency Airway Management Course, this manual is an expert, practical guide to emergency airway management in any adult or pediatric patient. It offers step-by-step instructions on techniques, drug administration, and prevention and management of complications and includes a complete section on difficult clinical scenarios. The book is packed with easy-to-follow algorithms and diagrams and helpful mnemonics. Each of the Third Edition's chapters includes improved full-color illustrations and updated evidence-based analyses of procedures. A new section geared to the prehospital setting presents current National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians guidelines, including alternative airway devices.
| Tags: Emergency, Anaesthesia |
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional
Number Of Pages: 1274
Publication Date: 2008-03-18
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0071460772
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780071460774
Binding: Paperback
Product Description:
Written by a distinguished educator and nursing text author, this rigorous review for the NCLEX-RN exam reflects the latest changes in the focus of the exam and mimics the exam structure. The author incorporates the new emphasis on client needs throughout the traditional course framework, giving students a unique, step-by-step path toward understanding and applying this key concept.
| Tags: unknown |
Publisher: Springer
Number Of Pages: 278
Publication Date: 2008-08-18
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1848001010
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781848001015
Binding: Hardcover
Product Description:
Medical Management of Heart Failure will provide the full spectrum of medical options, ICU management and rehabilitation, while also prepare the reader for the second volume of Comprehensive Management of Heart Failure by introducing the surgical options in heart failure from transplant to the more noninvasive procedures in the interventional radiology department. The contributing authors are all key opinion leaders in the medical management of heart failure. This volume is designed to integrate with its sister surgery title, but also alone be the definitive guide to the medical management of heart failure.
| Tags: Cardiology |
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Number Of Pages:
Publication Date: 2004-12-22
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0203640438
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780203640432
Binding: Hardcover
Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: A Pocketbook Guide This pocketbook is a concise summary of latest evidence-based information on the diagnosis, assessment and treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension. Highly illustrated, clearly and succinctly written, the book provides an introduction to pulmonary arterial hypertension. It contains clear guidelines for the effective treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension and emphasizes the need for screening of high-risk patients and outlines the range and effectiveness of treatment options once PAH has been diagnosed.
| Tags: Pulmonology, Cardiology |
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