πŸŽ“ Studying

Studying for exams is one of the best things in the world. Isn’t that right?


All my articles on studying

If all that wasn't enough for you, here are all the articles I've ever written about studying, preparing and preparing for exams.

How To Study: The Essay Memorisation Framework

As a medical student, I did have to undertake some exams that required writing essays. One of the questions I […]

How To Study: Using the Method of ‘The Great Explainer’

β€œThe first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool” Β Richard Feynman […]

How To Study: An Effective Learning Framework To ‘STIC’ With

With spring just around the corner and winter fading away, thoughts are starting to turn towards a different season – […]

The Pomodoro Technique – The ‘Tomato Inspired’ Strategy to Improve Productivity

The Pomodoro Technique is perhaps the simplest productivity and time-management strategy which we can all use – you don’t need […]

How To Study: The Power of Retrospective Revision Timetables

Revision timetables are often praised as the best way to structure your time in a coherent, logical manner. It’s certainly […]

How to Study: Spaced Repetition and My ‘Magic’ Spreadsheet System

The amount of time we spend revising is always a controversial issue – some people prefer to downplay how much […]

How To Study: Active Recall – The β€˜High Utility’ Technique You Should Be Using

If rereading, highlighting and summarising aren’t effective methods of revising, then what should we be doing? The two most effective […]

How To Study: 3 Popular Revision Techniques You Should Avoid

Revision is personal. How we revise, the techniques we use and the time we spend trying to revise will vary […]

Exams are a game

I’m writing this with 2 days to go until my finalΒ examΒ in my penultimate year of studying Medicine. I’ve just bashed […]