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How to Study Physiology

Newsletter How to Study Physiology? What is Physiology? Physiology is the scientific study of a living system’s functions and mechanisms. We explore the mechanical, physical, and biochemical changes that occur inside a typical, healthy human body. Physiology is a subject in which you must understand the process rather than remember concepts. Therefore, if you plan to study Physiology, you should also be familiar with Anatomy, as the two are interconnected. Physiology, on the other hand, is one of the most important subjects to study if you’re a student of medicine, nursing, or any other health-related study that involves human lives. Because you need to know why a patient is showing specific clinical signs and symptoms, as well as why you’re conducting particular investigations and treatment. How to study Physiology? In medical school, physiology is one of the more challenging but interesting subjects. Your physiology knowledge will help you throughout your career, and it may even save someone’s life one day. We’ve broken down all of the most effective ways to study Physiology so you can cut your study time in half and retain more information so you can ace your tests. 1) Create a suitable environment to study You can enhance your academic success by creating a suitable learning environment. A productive outcome will be achieved through a combination of effective time management, excellent reading, and note-taking abilities, drawing abilities, developing appropriate test-taking techniques, and hard work. Identify all of the distractions in your surrounding that are interfering with your concentration. STARVE YOUR DISTRACTIONS, FEED YOUR FOCUS! That’s the key to success. 2) Know your basic Anatomy & Physiology Keep in mind! Anatomy, Physiology, and Pathology are not only useful for tests; they’re also useful in everyday life. You don’t need to be an expert in Anatomy and Physiology to understand what happens inside the body during illness. If you’re studying the Physiology of the Brain this week, just recall the basic anatomical structure of the brain, surrounding structures, blood supply, and how the areas of the brain influence each function and the physiology of the brain. So, when your professor lectures about stroke in class, you’ll be able to understand how a blood clot restricts the cerebral artery and how it affects the functions of the brain. Download Pathophysiology & Clinical Medicine Flashcards eBook Sample of Pathophysiology Made Easy Flashcards eBook 3) Know the teaching style of your professor! Every professor has their own teaching style. Some professors may provide you with study notes prior to lectures so that you may get a general idea about what to prepare. Some lecturers want students to learn independently through textbooks and research. You can ask your seniors how they studied the subject if you have such lecturers. Some lecturers assign coursework and assignments based on the knowledge that is evaluated mainly through exams. As a result, you should concentrate more on such topics and questions. 4) Organize resources for studies There are numerous resources available to assist you in your academic endeavors. To enhance your studying performance and reinforce the concepts in Physiology, you should use all of the resources and a variety of learning approaches. You can take advantage of your textbooks, class handouts, reading materials, lab material your professor provides, and also there are many Online Study Resources & Notes that are accessible to students. Textbooks: For your studies, always use standard textbooks. They give you resources that are quite trustworthy. Because you can clear up any unanswered doubts or brush up on a chapter you’re unfamiliar with. Reading materials: You should always study your university’s reading materials and notes. Because they will give you chapter-by-chapter notes on what you need to know for your tests. Google: For any topic, Google is always our best friend. To make learning easier, you can look up mnemonics, infographics, and word associations. However, always make sure you’re referring to reliable sources. Because not everything you find on the internet is 100% accurate. For high-quality and reliable information, I always use and recommend websites like Medscape, PubMed, and MayoClinic. YouTube: There are a variety of YouTubers who make learning more fun. On YouTube, many complex issues in physiology are described in an understandable manner. This is particularly beneficial for students who are visual or auditory learners. You can gain access to our Medical Resources Library, which has over 300 medical presentations and other medical resources that will benefit you throughout your career. Get Access to Medical Resources Library Some slides from the presentations from our Medical Resources Library 5) Don’t just memorize the theories; Understand IT! You won’t be able to memorize facts if you don’t understand them. You can create a diagram with all of the mechanisms and a study sheet for each disease. If you attempt to memorize the facts, you will quickly forget them. Therefore, you must understand the physiological processes involved in disease. 6) Take Notes You will not remember all you hear, but writing notes will help you in remembering more. You may not understand all your professor says in class at sometimes. However, when you come back home and study your notes, you will have a better understanding of it. These notes will be extremely beneficial in understanding the topics presented in books and in your institute’s reading materials. These notes are also the best way of getting excellent grades on your tests. Before your exams, you can concentrate more on these notes, and they will help you answer MCQs based on theories not included in your textbooks. Professors may also tell you about memorizing techniques they’ve used in the past, which will help you revise the subject more effectively if you write them down. Physiology is a challenging yet exciting subject. Taking good notes on your own, on the other hand, will help you do well in exams and in your clinical practice. 7) Make some good flashcards  Physiology is one of the most essential and major subjects in medical, dentistry, and nursing school. You can

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How to Study Pathology?

Newsletter How to Study Pathology? What is Pathology? Pathology is the study of the causes and effects of disease or injury. In Pathology, we study the changes inside our body that occur either due to a disease or resulting from a syndrome. Pathology is a subject that you must understand the process and not to memorize by heart,  like memorizing drug names. So to study Pathology, you should make sure that you know your basic sciences like Anatomy, Histology etc However, I would say that Pathology is one of the most important subjects you should study if you’re a student in medicine, nursing or any health related course dealing with human lives. Because you should understand why a patient is presenting with certain clinical signs and symptoms and why you are performing certain investigations and interventions.  How to study Pathology? Pathology is one of the difficult subjects, yet interesting subject in medical school. Your knowledge in Pathology will help you throughout your carrier, also one day it will be lifesaving. We’ve explained all of the most effective methods to study Pathology in medical school to cut your study time in half and retain more to score highest marks in your exams.  1) Create a suitable environment to study Creating a good learning environment allows you to maximize your learning efficiency. Combination of effective time management, good reading and note taking skills, Illustration skills, creating effective test taking strategies and your hard work will give you a productive outcome. Identify all of your environmental distractions that interfere with your concentration. STARVE YOUR DISTRACTIONS, FEED YOUR FOCUS! That’s the key to success. 2) Know your basic Anatomy & Physiology Remember! Anatomy, Physiology and Pathology are not just for exams, they are for life. You don’t have to be a genius in Anatomy and Physiology, but you should know the basics to understand the Pathology and what happens inside the body in diseases. So if you’re going to study the pathology of the brain in coming week, just go through your basic anatomical structure of the brain, surrounding structures, their blood supply, and lobes of the brain controls each function and the physiology of the brain. So, when you go to lecture and your professor is talking about stroke, you will clearly understand how the blood clot blocks the cerebral artery and functions affected by the particular brain lobe supplied by the artery.  Download Pathophysiology & Clinical Medicine Flashcards eBook Sample of Pathophysiology Made Easy Flashcards eBook 3) Know teaching style of your professor! Every professor is different in their teaching style. Some may give you study notes prior to lectures, so you can have a basic idea before you go to the lecture. Some professors require students to learn by themselves using textbooks and through research. If you have such professors, you can ask your seniors to see how they studied the subject.  Some professors give you homework and assignments based on the theories that are mainly assessed in the exams. So you should focus more on such topics and related questions. 4) Collect resources to study There are actually a lot of resources available to you to make your studying endeavors easier. You should use all of the resources and combination of learning techniques to maximize your studying effectiveness and reinforce the concepts in pathology. You can take advantage of your textbooks, class handouts, reading materials, lab material your professor provides, and also there are many Online Study Resources & Notes that are accessible to students. Textbooks: Always use standard textbooks for your studies. They provide you the highly reliable resources. Because you can clarify your doubts or read up on a chapter you’re not familiar with. Reading materials: You should always study your reading materials and notes provided by your university. Because they will provide notes from chapters focusing on what you must know for your exams. Google: Google is always our best friend to search on any topic. You can search mnemonics, diagrams and word associations to make your learning easy. But always make sure that you refer from a trusted sources. Because not everything you find in google is 100% true. I always use and recommend websites like Medscape, PubMed and MayoClinic for high quality and reliable articles. YouTube: There are many YouTubers who make our learning easy. Many complex topics in Pathology are explained in an easy way on YouTube. This is especially helpful for the students who are visual or aural learners. You can get access to our Medical Resources Library to get access to more than 300 medical presentations and all other medical resources that will be helpful for your entire career.  Get Access to Medical Resources Library Some slides from the presentations from our Medical Resources Library 5) Don’t memorize the facts, UNDERSTAND IT!  You can’t memorize the facts without understanding it. You can put all the mechanism in a flowchart and you can make study sheet for each disease. If you try to memorize the facts, you’ll forget them very easily. So you have to understand the pathological process that happens in a disease.  6) Take Notes You don’t remember everything you hear, but when you write down notes, it will help you retain more information. Sometimes you even don’t understand everything your professor teaches in the class. But when you get back to your home, you’ll understand it more clearly when you revise the notes you’ve taken. These notes will be so helpful in understanding the theories in books and your reading materials given by your institute.  Also, these notes are the secret behind scoring high marks in your exams. You can focus more on these notes before your exams and they will be useful to answer your MCQs from theories that are not covered in your reading materials.  Professors may also tell you memorizing techniques they have used, so when you write them down it will be more useful for you to revise the subject. Pathology is a is a difficult, yet

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how to study pharmacology

How to Study Pharmacology?

Newsletter How to Study Pharmacology? What is Pharmacology? Pharmacology is the study about drugs. In pharmacology, we study the mechanical, physical, and biochemical changes inside our body that occur either due to a drug or resulting form the reactions to drugs inside our body. Pharmacology is a subject that you must understand the process and not to memorize by heart,  like memorizing drug names. So to study Pharmacology, you should make sure that you know basic medical sciences like anatomy, physiology and biochemistry, because they are connected to each other. However, I would say that Pharmacology is one of the most important subjects you should study if you’re a student in medicine, nursing, or any health related course dealing with human lives. Because, without knowing the drugs and pharmacology, you cannot work as a doctor or treat patients.  How to study Pharmacology? Pharmacology is one of the difficult subjects, yet interesting subject in medical school. Your knowledge in Pharmacology will help you throughout your carrier, also one day it will be lifesaving. We’ve explained all of the most effective methods to study Pharmacology for MBBS and Nursing to cut your study time in half and retain more to score highest marks in your exams.  1) Create a suitable environment to study Creating a good learning environment allows you to maximize your learning efficiency. Combination of effective time management, good reading and note taking skills, Illustration skills, creating effective test taking strategies and your hard work will give you a productive outcome. Identify all of your environmental distractions that interfere with your concentration. STARVE YOUR DISTRACTIONS, FEED YOUR FOCUS! That’s the key to success. 2) Know your basic Anatomy, Biochemistry & Physiology Remember! Anatomy, Physiology, Pharmacology and Pathology are not just for exams, they are for life. You don’t have to be a genius in such subjects, but you should know the basics to understand the clinical medicine and what happens inside the body in diseases. So if you’re going to study the Pharmacology of the drugs that act on brain in coming week, just go through your basic anatomical structure of the brain, surrounding structures and the physiology of the brain. So, when you go to lecture and your professor is talking about Pharmacological management of stroke, you will clearly understand how the drugs lyse the clot that block the cerebral artery. Download Pharmacology Books & Thousands of Medical Resources Sample of Pharmacology Essentials Flashcards eBook 3) Know teaching style of your professor! Every professor is different in their teaching style. Some may give you study notes prior to lectures, so you can have a basic idea before you go to the lecture. Some professors require students to learn by themselves using textbooks and through research. If you have such professors, you can ask your seniors to see how they studied the subject.  Some professors give you homework and assignments based on the theories that are mainly assessed in the exams. So you should focus more on such topics and related questions. 4) Collect resources to study There are actually a lot of resources available to you to make your studying endeavors easier. You should use all of the resources and a combination of learning techniques to maximize your studying effectiveness and reinforce the concepts in Pharmacology. You can take advantage of your textbooks, class handouts, reading materials, and lab material your professor provides, and also there are many Online Study Resources & Notes that are accessible to students. Textbooks: Always use standard textbooks for your studies. They provide you the highly reliable resources. Because you can clarify your doubts or read up on a chapter you’re not familiar with. Reading materials: You should always study your reading materials and notes provided by your university. Because they will provide notes from chapters focusing on what you must know for your exams. Google: Google is always our best friend to search on any topic. You can search mnemonics, diagrams, and word associations to make your learning easy. But always make sure that you refer to trusted sources. Because not everything you find in google is 100% true. I always use and recommend websites like Medscape, PubMed, and MayoClinic for high-quality and reliable articles. YouTube: There are many YouTubers who make our learning easy. Many complex topics in Pharmacology are explained in an easy way on YouTube. This is especially helpful for students who are visual or aural learners. You can get access to our Medical Study Resources Library to get access to more than 570+ medical presentations and all other medical resources that will be helpful for your entire career.  Get Access to Medical Resources Library Some slides from the presentations from our Medical Resources Library 5) Don’t memorize the facts, UNDERSTAND IT!  You can’t memorize the facts without understanding it. You can put all the mechanism in a flowchart and you can make study sheet for each drug. If you try to memorize the facts, you’ll forget them very easily. So you have to understand the pharmacological process that happens in a disease.  6) Take Notes You don’t remember everything you hear, but when you write down notes, it will help you retain more information. Sometimes you even don’t understand everything your professor teaches in the class. But when you get back to your home, you’ll understand it more clearly when you revise the notes you’ve taken. These notes will be so helpful in understanding the theories in books and your reading materials given by your institute.  Also, these notes are the secret behind scoring high marks in your exams. You can focus more on these notes before your exams and they will be useful to answer your MCQs from theories that are not covered in your reading materials.  Professors may also tell you memorizing techniques they have used, so when you write them down it will be more useful for you to revise the subject. Pharmacology is a is a difficult, yet an interesting subject. But taking good notes

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