STUDY SMARTER in Three Mastery Principles (PART I)

STUDY SMARTER in Three Mastery Principles

(PART I)

By: Christine R. Guerrero, RMT, MLS (ASCPi)CM

Always keep in mind the Three Mastery Principles of Studying Smarter:

1. Master Your Material 

2. Master Test Taking

3. Master Mutiple Choice

In the First Month, Master your Material by:

• Gathering your Review Material ( Focus only on 1 Review Textbook)
• Get on hand the Review study guides. In the case of ASCPi exam there is a set of guidelines given in the ascp website.  Prioritized on studying the listed topics on each subjects
• Study your material, Study and Read first the Hardest subjects before the easiest subjects 
• Watch videos about the subject's topics, write and condense your review notes, draw about bacteria, blood cells, create an interesting story about the concepts, sing a rhyming songs, create acronyms,
• Bring with you your flashcards or mobile phone flashcards to anywhere so you can read at anytime or during breaks, and more ways of learning.
• Remember, when working in a Laboratory you are learning, so don't be in a hurry to quit your jobs for Review lessons for 1 whole day, makes ways to spread your learning throughout the week, 1 hr each day should be fine! and don't tire your brain because you can easily forget everything you have read and studied, give time to rest your brain, it is very important to remember that LEARNING SHOULD BE FUN!
• Start your practice in the labce.com Free Quiz Game "Daig ng maagap ang masipag". Start practicing in answering multiple choice, don't worry of the score, it's just a game, Enjoy Learning!

Summary: In the First Month, You should dedicate your time 70% in Mastering Medical Laboratory Science Concepts and Fundamentals! And 30% in Testing yourself each after your review session and practice the labce.com free quiz game.

        1st Month
70% - Mastering Medical Laboratory Science
30% - Testing yourself



In the Second Month, Master the Test-taking;

• Decrease Studying Your Material by 30%, you should have already got the Basic ideas and overall scopes of fundamentals of Medical Laboratory Science by now.
• Plan AHEAD your test, from start to finish! Compensate on your weakness and maximize your strengths by starting practicing multiple choice in your weakest subjects first then later on  the easiest subjects.
• Keep reading your flash cards during break time and whenever you can, leisurely! And repetitively, even if it is already boring. There is reason behind this, it's to keep the information to your long term memory! 
• You are not actively memorizing it but passively! Information in the short term memory get easily lost when mental block and test anxiety strikes, so better keep it in the long term memory.
• Pace yourself, keep answering, flagged the difficult questions, go back to the flagged questions after you are done answering the whole exam, by this time it is possible you have already remember what ou have studied and you are now more certain of your answers.
• Start practicing the StudySmarter Test Taking System or StudySmarter "Table" that I taught during the tutorial sessions. This is the secret technique.
• Trust you first gut! Unless, if you think you answer the question wrong! 

By this time you should dedicate 70% of your time in practicing the Test Taking in labce free quiz game and BOC or MLS Review by Harr without time constraints.
30% for Reading and Studying as a reference for the questions in the multiple choice.
Summary: Opposite to the first month.

2nd Month
70% - Master Test Taking
30% - You can still review and read on for references

***END OF PART 1***