Balancing study, personal life, and self-care can be challenging, but with a strategic approach, you can maximize your learning while maintaining well-being. Prioritizing tasks, planning, leveraging the right tools, and using proven study methods are key to staying on track. In this post, we’ll explore practical tips to help you study smarter, not harder, and ensure you make time for what matters outside of your academic commitments.
- Prioritise: Which are the most important tasks or those that will take the most time and focus on these first.
- Plan: Weekly and daily. Review and adjust when needed
- Use Tools: Use digital or paper planners to plan. Set aside time for studying but don’t forget free time
- Use proven study techniques: test, test, test, spaced repetition and work with fellow students in study groups
- Use available resources: These are great practical resources like ClinicalKey Student, Osmosis and Complete Anatomy to help optimize your study. Ask your university what you have access to!
- It’s not all work, work, work: Make sure to make time for other activities like sport, hobbies, socializing and self-care
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