PSEUDOSTUDYING VERSUS ACTUAL STUDYING
You read hours on end for this test. You even used several study materials and spent the whole night watching videos trying to understand the concept. However, you just can’t answer any of the...
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GET INTO THE FLOW STATE, OFTEN
You know that feeling you get when you’re in the middle of a task and you feel so fully immersed that you don’t want to stop anytime soon? When it feels like you’re in...
HOW TO ENJOY YOUR LEARNING PROCESS
Sometimes learning can be really boring. Let’s admit it- you don’t always feel motivated to study. No one does. And that’s okay. This is because our motivation often comes from different sources and we...
HOW TO PREPARE FOR A NEW ACADEMIC YEAR
A new semester is starting for me this week and I felt this was the perfect time to share how I’m planning for the new year. Many people go into a new school year...
New Realities: Reflecting on COVID-19 and Medical School.
The past two weeks found me in Kazan for the RANEPA International Summer Campus 2021 themed: ‘New Realities of Human and Personal Interaction’. Coming back to my home city, Rostov-on-Don, I can’t help but...
HOW TO HAVE A PRODUCTIVE HOLIDAY
Throughout the school year, you are so constantly bombarded with a lot of work you can’t wait for the holidays to arrive. By the time holidays come, however, it’s another story because now you’re...
HOW TO STAY FOCUSED AND AVOID DISTRACTIONS
You’re trying to finish that one assignment you’ve been putting off till the deadline but you find yourself constantly reaching for your phone. Or instead of focusing on your research project, you are again...
HOW TO HAVE A BALANCED LIFE IN UNIVERSITY
Many students often get overwhelmed when they realise the magnitude of school work they have to cover, while trying to balance good grades, enough sleep and making time for the things that truly matter...
SPACED REPETITION: LONG-TERM RETENTION IN MEDICAL SCHOOL
So we’ve talked about active recall and how it is by far the best method you could implement in your studies. But you’d be seeing much more results if you combined it with spaced...
ACTIVE RECALL: LONG-TERM RETENTION IN MEDICAL SCHOOL
Active Recall is an evidence-based study technique that is hinged on the principle of retrieval, remembering and recovering information as you study. This means you are actively stimulating your memory during learning and not...
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