How to Succeed in a Human Anatomy and Physiology Class

Everyone used to tell me to "just sit down and study," and that was really about it. I was just not sure what I needed to do in order to do well in this class. Mainly, I knew that acceptance into medical school was very competitive, and I needed to ace this class if I were to have a decent chance.

Along the way, trying different methods and even asking professors, I figured out 3 ways to succeed in every one of my classes, including a human anatomy and physiology class...

First was flashcards; you just cannot go wrong with flashcards. The thing that you must know in order to succeed and excel in this course and possibly every other course in a healthcare field, is that you need to memorize A LOT! It is definitely a daunting task for many, and I was surely included in that "many". So, either you make your own flashcards (extremely time-consuming), or purchase them at your local bookstore or online.

After having done that, you need to get into a study routine. This goes for all of your college coursework, not just this class. Set out a specific time of your day (preferably before you sleep) to just sit and memorize the information on the flashcards, and review any notes that you may have taken in your classes in the day. The reason why I say to do this before you sleep is because studies have shown that the majority of the information you retain is processed from your short-term memory to your long-term memory while you sleep, and to hold as much information as possible, studying before you sleep will directly input this information to your short-term memory. Try it... it works. I believe this is the greatest secret to studying out there!

Lastly, I would HIGHLY recommend purchasing study guides for your difficult courses, and trust me, those study guides go a LONG way, especially when supplemented with your course textbooks. I used to sell my textbooks after using them for the semester, but the study guides I purchased, those will never leave me. The information in the guides are way to valuable, and they cost nothing compared to my textbooks. If you are planning on attending medical school, nursing school, dentistry school, pharmacy school, and so on and so forth, MAKE SURE you get a hold of study guides and hold on tight, because those will DEFINITELY save you time and many headaches along the road; and obviously, in the aforementioned professional schools, you will need to keep studying and revising previously learned material, ESPECIALLY human anatomy and physiology.

During my time as an undergraduate student, I traveled and shadowed a doctor in another country to get a feel of the career before coming back doing more of the same. It was obvious that healthcare is unified across borders through the understanding of two particular subjects: anatomy and physiology. Of course shadowing helped me academically, and practically, as well. I learned so many different things that I could not learn by just attending my classes. Hands on experience made a tremendous difference in my overall scores. I even went on to become an EMT so that I would have the ability to deal with patients face to face, but again, I would not truly feel comfortable with any of this until I really knew I could succeed in my anatomy and physiology course. Human Anatomy and physiology is not something that you only deal with in high school or college. If you plan to go on into scientific study involving humans, or any healthcare career, ranging from x-ray techs to medical doctors, from pharmacy technicians to pharmacists, from dental assistants to dentists (getting the point?)... you will need to know this subject, and know it well.

What I am saying is that you must find a source, some material that can help you succeed time and time again, with little or no extra work from the last time you stepped into class. This is when I turned to one doctor who recommended this great resource and course on how to succeed in a human anatomy and physiology class! 

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If you truly follow these 3 pieces of advice, I do not see any reason whatsoever for you not to succeed in a human anatomy and physiology class, and even every other class you take... Actually I shouldn't say just succeed, but EXCEL, in your classes.