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  • With finals week quickly approaching, it is becoming more and more critical to spend your

  • time wisely.

  • In the rush and stress of finals, we often make the same mistakes.

  • Stay tuned to find out what common Finals Week mistakes to avoid.

  • What's going on guys, J from MedSchoolInsiders.com.

  • I've been posting regulary on the blog for the last several weeks, so if you haven't

  • checked out the website in a while, take a pick and let me know your thought.

  • Also, if you have not already, be sure to check out my prior video and post on 6 tips

  • for Finals Week where I go over good study habits and strategies to maximize your score

  • on test day.

  • In this Video, we will instead focus on common mistakes to avoid leading up to and during

  • Finals.

  • The first mistake I see far too often is using Passive Learning rather than Active Learning.

  • I have gone over the differences in active versus passive learning in earlier videos

  • such as this one above.

  • The main takeaway is this: during finals week, your time is extremely limited, so when you

  • study, be sure to study effectively and efficiently.

  • It's too easy for us sit down and decide tostudywithout a clear goal or purpose

  • in mind.

  • What this often leads to is mindless passive studying, which is only a fraction as effective

  • as active studying.

  • So rather than sitting at your desk at 9AM and telling yourself you will study for the

  • next 4 hours, break down the studying you wish to accomplish into achievable tasks and

  • goals.

  • Examples would be completing Practice Test #4, finishing 200 Anki cards, or using the

  • Feynman technique to teach a complex concept to a classmate during a small group study

  • session.

  • Rather than passively reading notes or listening to audio recordings, instead make studying

  • an active process with recall tasks like flash cards, doing practice problems, explaining

  • or teaching concepts to others, quizzing your friends, or creating condensed notes.

  • You will retain more information in a shorter period of time and ultimately get a better

  • grade.

  • The next mistake is being disorganized.

  • This closely ties in with the first.

  • I don't mean tidy up your room and color code your class notes.

  • The organization I'm referring to is with regards to your study schedule.

  • Sometimes you have multiple finals in a single day, or a final and a paper due the same day.

  • If you casually approach studying one subject at a time, you're gonna to have a bad time.

  • Because of the conflicting nature of exam dates and assignments, it is paramount to

  • create a schedule to plan out how you will allocate your time for each exam as the date

  • approaches.

  • So this is what I would do, I would take a piece of paper and list out the days leading

  • up to each exam.

  • I would then divide days based on subject and task.

  • For example, Monday morning may readcondense chapter 3 through 5 notes and complete practice

  • test #2 under Chemistry, and Monday afternoon may readComplete 200 Anki cards on Central

  • Nervous System Anatomy and go over complex concepts A, B, and C with study group all

  • underneath my Neuroanatomy course”.

  • Don't forget to have blocks of time for errands, mental breaks, and catch up blocks

  • for when you fall off track, which will very likely happen.

  • There are certain things you have to do every daylike shower, eat, exercise, etc. – use

  • these moments as breaks from studying.

  • Remember, efficiency is the name of the game!

  • So, other important things to remember include things like taking 20 seconds every 20 minutes

  • to look at something in the distance to relax the ciliary muscles in your eyes and reduce

  • eye strain.

  • Another one of my favorites is to stay hydrated by keeping a water bottle close by which has

  • dual purpose: one, you're staying hydrated which has a slew of benefits, but two, it

  • also forces you to get up and move when you need to use the restroom.

  • The third mistake is something most of us are far too familiar with: procrastination.

  • I'm gonna take this moment to introduce my friend Justin from Engineering Worth.

  • His channel is similar to Med School Insiders but it is primarily focus on empowering engineering

  • students.

  • However, it is also like Med School Insiders in that there's something there for everyone

  • regardless of what type of student you are.

  • So, without further ado, here is Justine with more on procrastination.

  • Thank you J for allowing me to be on the Med School Insiders channel.

  • So, procrastination; this again ties in with the previous point on staying organized.

  • If you approach your studying without a plan, that is without a proper study schedule and

  • organized structure, it's easy to push off studying until later.

  • Creating a schedule for the days leading up to the exam helps you pace yourself and plan

  • out a method of attack.

  • Often times, we don't realize how much we have to study until we actually write it all

  • down on a schedule.

  • Therefore, creating a schedule will be a huge step in the right direction if you have issues

  • with procrastination.

  • There are other tips and tricks you can use as well (J made two great videos, one on specifically

  • how to beat procrastination and another on how to use the Pomodoro techniquewhich

  • also happens to be my favorite technique for overcoming procrastination and getting a lot

  • done in a shorter period of time).

  • There also will be links to all these videos in the description below.

  • The fourth and final mistake is limiting your sleep.

  • If you recall from the first video I created on Final Exams, all-nighters are rarely ever

  • going to do you any favors.

  • In short, all nighters make you sluggish during the test and rob you of the benefits of REM

  • sleep.

  • I have spoken about sleep stages and the importance of memory consolidation in this video.

  • While most of us are not pulling all-nighters regularly, most of us ARE depriving ourselves

  • of sleep on a nightly basis.

  • I would argue that leading up to and during finals week, there are even fewer reasons

  • that you should be restricting your sleep.

  • Yes, you heard that right.

  • Leading up to finals, you should be getting more sleep, not less.

  • Class tasks and assignments are on the decline and during finals week, there are generally

  • no classes to attend.

  • If you are sleep deprived leading up to Finals Week, I can point to one of two things that

  • are the likely culprits: First, you're not using active learning when you study, because

  • active learning is really exhausting.

  • It's extremely challenging to go the whole day using active learning, especially when

  • you start getting tired later in the day.

  • Second, you are not effectively using a schedule to organize your study days and plan of attack.

  • With proper scheduling, you should be able to accomplish a great deal of studying every

  • day while still maintaining enough time for errands and sleep.

  • In short, you're not getting enough sleep because you are not being efficient with your

  • studying or your time.

  • I've said it before and I'll say it again, Efficiency is king.

  • Master efficiency and everything else will fall into place.

  • Remember, to consolidate facts into our long term memory and make them stick in the brain,

  • we need deep sleep and REM sleep.

  • Robbing yourself of sleep is therefore robbing yourself of the hard work you put in while

  • studying.

  • If you study and get a good night's rest, you will remember more than if you had gotten

  • less sleep.

  • If you are still depriving yourself of sleep, check out my video on Sleeping Smarter which

  • will help you get higher quality sleep even if you are not getting the recommended 7 to

  • 9 hours.

  • There have been some fascinating studies comparing sleep deprivation to alcohol intoxication.

  • In this study, the researchers demonstrated the after 17-19 hours without sleep, performance

  • on some tests was equivalent or worse than a blood alcohol concentration of 0.05%.

  • Response speeds and accuracy were significantly poorer than at this level of alcohol.

  • After longer periods without sleep, performance dropped to the equivalent of a BAC of 0.1%.

  • Another study came to similar conclusions.

  • The scientists demonstrated that moderate levels of fatigue impair performance to an

  • extent equivalent or greater than is currently acceptable for alcohol intoxication.

  • There are more studies coming to similar conclusions and I will place links to this in the description

  • below.

  • So, thanks again Justine for helping with this video.

  • He also created a video to help you out with finals.

  • He actually featured me in that video, so be sure to check it out.

  • I will place a link in the description below.

  • I hope you all found this useful, thank you all so much for watching.

  • If you liked the video, make sure you press that like button.

  • New videos every week, so hit subscribe if you have not already and I will see you guys

  • in that next one.

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