Just wandering if anyone had any exams on the way and what may help on here to get you through. What are people worried about? what can help? obviously we cant pass for you but we may be able to share tips and allay fears....

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I have got an a & p exam when I go back to uni after Easter.

I have to learn about the physiology of the reproductive system , the names of the bones and their position in female pelvis (very hard when you only have a picture to look at lol) and also the fetal skull. (There might be more, but that is all I can think of atm)

I honestly don't know where to start, and as I also have an assignment, presentation and reflective essay to do as well as 4 weeks placement, time is going to be very linited to learn it all.

Any help and advice would therefore be much appreciated .

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Just had our A+P exam in January! I was pleased with my 83% (not boasting, it was a hard time for me, long story. Frankly was chuffed to pass it)

Revise more than I did! and I revised all day before with Ollybolly, definately good to revise with others as they understand some points better and vice versa.

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group revision defo got me through it too (86% sorry, couldnt resist, am v chuffed!)
You need to know what type of learner you are to know how best to learn IYKWIM??????? Do you visualise the names in your head...do you make mnemonics for the names, ....do you visualise the names in a song/rhythm (i always had a problem remembering how to spell rhythm and needed to spell it a lot for my music degree - so i learnt Richard Had Yoghurt Then Had Meat - which is a REALLY simple example but i hope you get what I am going for here, and i still say it today when i type it to make sure i am correct).
So, how do you best remember things? Another example is to visualise the names and make them appear on a mental journey doing wierd things to help you remember.
Personally, my way is to visualise something really silly (smwife will remember this) eg Cell Membrane is bilayer of phospholipids and cholesterol, so we visualised 2 layers of fat men holding bags of sugar.......so odd, but it worked for us (83% and 86% there it is again!!)

Oh, I also had a ton of post it notes stuck everywhere with words on that had been condensed from pages of pages of notes. The notes were stripped down over weeks and weeks and reduced to single words which were triggers to help me remember all relevant information. This was something that was absolutely necessary for me to do as I was absolutley bricking anything to do with a and p as i had not done an access course, and my GCSE biology was taken in 1989!! So, if you find the right method for you it really does work.
And most of all, have fag/coffee/tea breaks, stretch your legs, you learn more when you have regular breaks, and DONT PANIC as you worry more about what you dont know then what you actually do
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Thanks for the great replies everyone.

I am a visual learner, so need to 'see' how things fit together like the bones of the pelvis, so then I can remember what bit goes where in relation to the next part (does that even make sense?)

I do tend to stick post it notes everywhere with 'cues' written on them, but that doesn't tend to be as effective.

I will give all your tips a try and see what works though.

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Oooh, Missy I am a visual learner too!

I don't think lecturers use enough visual and tactile educational things.

We did have pelvis' and fetal skulls once though, those lessons really stay in my mind.

I download pictures of bones/tissues and label them too, it really helps me.

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I agree smwife,

They don't use enough visual aids in lectures sadly.

I never thought of downloading pictures to use, what a great idea. Thanks for that hun. xx

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