Sooo much pooping

[foreveryoung]

ive just taken my 1st look at "Manual of Clinical Paramedic Procedures" book Ive read 2 paragraphs and I cant even remember what it said, how on earth will i learn whats in it and remember it??? I want to train as a paramedic which is a uni course..... i have to do an access course before hand to thought it might be handy to swat up! any suggestions how to make things stick??

 

Emma

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[bronze]

Make sure you hydrated and not tired. Not hungry but no having just eaten as that makes you sleepy. Read a bit then make notes from memory. Good luck, hope it works out for you

[foreveryoung]

so make notes and look up words i dont understant..... will give it a try

[Scramble]

I find that if you make simple notes on some paper as you read along (in brightly coloured pens ) and stick them up around your room, it really helps as you can deliberately revise them when you need to but you also catch glimpses of them when you're just doing everyday things

 

Good luck.

[Sheilaz]

Emma, don't worry, the access course will help a lot I'm sure.

Looking at the manual now is like trying to run before you can walk. Once you start the actual training, the manual will make sense because you'll be seeing it in context, & you'll look back later & wonder how you ever found it hard.

 

When I started studying, I was nearly put off that I didn't understand the questions, let alone know the answer. But a year later I looked back & couldn't see what had been hard at all.

 

If you do decide that the level of study required is too much to take on, there are related jobs without being a qualified paramedic, so do make the most of the access course to discuss your aims.

 

It's great that you're embarking on new challenges & gaining new skills, I wish you every success, and definitely don't be put off by not understanding at this stage, you'll learn as you go along.

[Lewis]

What were told (particularly for exams) is to read a sentence at a time, and don't carry on until you understand what you've read. Underline/write down any key words + find out what they mean.

 

Once you start the course, it should become a lot easier

 

Good luck

[Purplemaniacs]

I find if I just read something it does not stick, I have to make notes, very brief but that way I can quickly remind myself and the actual writing of it helps me to remember it, I did this for school exams and nursing exams both some years ago but a few years ago I did an exam to become a National Archery Judge and found I almost rewrote the rule book, but it worked!!

 

Good luck for the future, my DD is doing an access course, it is hard work, she is in her early twenties very bright and coping well with the course, many on the course are a lot older, some of those started it thinking it would be easy, most of those have dropped out, others have come into it, expecting it to be hard work and they are doing much better. I know when we visited universities they said that they welcomed access students as they had already proved their commitment to studying.

 

Keep going, I bet you will end up amazing yourself. It is over twenty years since I did my RGN and RSCN and I have recently passed my Foundation degree in Early Years, with distinction, I was amazed!! I am now looking to do my BA. So go for it!!!!

 

Chrissie

[Seagazer]

My DD uses Scrambles method of brightly coloured pens to make notes and my OH uses mind mapping techniques. I'm sure it will all make sense eventually.

[Space Chick]

My DD uses Scrambles method of brightly coloured pens to make notes and my OH uses mind mapping techniques. I'm sure it will all make sense eventually.

 

Another fan of multi coloured pens here, reserve a different pen for each topic, and then you can remember.. the x topic was in the blue pen; the y topic was in the purple pen etc etc

 

Then you can remember the coloured writing, it really does work.

[British]

They say that if you read out loud, as though reading to someone, you remember better

[chicken bark]

Once you have made notes on a topic, pick a key word out of the note. Then when you remember the key word you remember the rest of the sentence too.

Some people make their notes fit to music which sounds really complicated to me but I could see that it might work. After all we all knows words to lots of songs.

 

How about using acronyms?

 

Great that you are learning something new - as others have said I'm sure it will all make sense once the course has started. If other people can do it then you can too!

[debbier]

What were told (particularly for exams) is to read a sentence at a time, and don't carry on until you understand what you've read.

 

It depends on what I'm reading. If I followed that advice, sometimes I'd not get past chapter 1!

[WarrensWorld]

I sat in the shed with a flask of coffee, and half a dozen day-glow high lighters. I found class presentations far more interesting and you get more points. The reading list was a little bit wearing but I really liked Industrial psychology. It's a pity that I've never used the experience to any great advantage. Ho Hum.....

[foreveryoung]

last time I tried to study (or read a "study type book" i threw it out the window and ran around the block in frustration.... although it would be a fab way to loose weight id rather l earn this book (or have an understanding of it lol) then after the access course i will be all ready for the actual uni course (if i ever get in) , i have had ppl worry that i am aiming too high and should prob aim a little lower, but i have never been got at aiming for whats within reach.....

[Geoid]

You will never succeed if you don't think you can do it. Don't put yourself down, or let other people put you down. You can do it!

[Snowy]

I agree with Teabag - you are trying to learn too much too soon! It will start to make sense as you go through the course. For now I would just keep dipping in and out. Try to familiarise yourself with the terminology - look up any words you don't understand. Understanding some of the medical terminology alone will give you a useful headstart - it's a whole new language!

[sadietoo]

You have already shown you are keen to learn..the access course will help direct you to the best way to do it, and will demystify the terms you are finding so daunting now..don't panic..just imagine in a few months time it will all seem so much easier....

 

We are all different, and what you need to think about is how you best remember things because we all have different preferences...I like to re write in my own words..but even more importantly put it into a real case study or it just won't stick...sometimes people like to learn by listening, others prefer the visual stimulus of coloured pens etc....it's finding what works for you that matters...and that means experimenting...you could try with just a list of random things .and see how best you can recall them.

 

Apparently Gordon Brown when he had to remember speeches when he was chancellor used a method where he would visualise things in a familiar room and attach a fact to each specific place in the room...so taking his bathroom for an example he would picture the shower cubicle and this prompted him to remember one set of facts, whilst shaving mirror would prompt something else... My daughter used this system to good effect for her A Levels..except she actually attached the fact cards in the place, and the ones she had stuck up in the shower cubicle( outside) got a bit soggy once when I was cleaning...but that's a whole other story!!!

 

However you approact this I wish you all the very best for your studies..have faith in yourself, and keep your mind open, all things are possible.xxxx

[foreveryoung]

Im very much a dooer, i learn by doing it. but i will try anything to get it to stick!!

 

thankyou

[foreveryoung]

I popped into the local mid Kent college this afternoon, spoke to one careers advisor and so far alls looking good for me to apply for the access course being its during school hours, there for allowing me to work and learn at the same time (well between each other)

 

so fingers crossed by September i will be starting a access course that will help me to get into the paramedic uni course (and an understanding of that book)

 

Yay

 

Emma

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[Lewis]

Hope you get on the course

[Plum]

Good news. Here's hoping you get on the course.