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How to Learn Effectively in Medical School: Test Yourself, Learn Actively, and Repeat in Intervals

Students in medical school often feel overwhelmed by the excessive amount of factual knowledge they are obliged to learn. Although a large body of research on effective learning methods is published, scientifically based learning strategies are not a standard part of the curriculum in medical school...

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Autor principal: Augustin, Marc
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: YJBM 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4031794/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24910566
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description Students in medical school often feel overwhelmed by the excessive amount of factual knowledge they are obliged to learn. Although a large body of research on effective learning methods is published, scientifically based learning strategies are not a standard part of the curriculum in medical school. Students are largely unaware of how to learn successfully and improve memory. This review outlines three fundamental methods that benefit learning: the testing effect, active recall, and spaced repetition. The review summarizes practical learning strategies to learn effectively and optimize long-term retention of factual knowledge.
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spelling pubmed-40317942014-06-06 How to Learn Effectively in Medical School: Test Yourself, Learn Actively, and Repeat in Intervals Augustin, Marc Yale J Biol Med Educational Scholarship Students in medical school often feel overwhelmed by the excessive amount of factual knowledge they are obliged to learn. Although a large body of research on effective learning methods is published, scientifically based learning strategies are not a standard part of the curriculum in medical school. Students are largely unaware of how to learn successfully and improve memory. This review outlines three fundamental methods that benefit learning: the testing effect, active recall, and spaced repetition. The review summarizes practical learning strategies to learn effectively and optimize long-term retention of factual knowledge. YJBM 2014-06-06 /pmc/articles/PMC4031794/ /pubmed/24910566 Text en Copyright ©2014, Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons CC BY-NC license, which permits use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. You may not use the material for commercial purposes.
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