Guest OnBelay Posted February 11, 2006 Share Posted February 11, 2006 Out of curiosity..... During your didactic year(s), how many hours a week, on average, did you study outside the classroom? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doboy Posted February 11, 2006 Share Posted February 11, 2006 I am putting in about 3-6 hours a day in studing. This weekend, and next week that will skyrocket, due to tests. But I usually stop studing around midnight, and wake up at 8 for class. Studing is not all that bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HEENT Posted February 11, 2006 Share Posted February 11, 2006 asking about how long people study, is like asking people how much syrup they like on their pancakes, it's all about personal need and desire. My program has people that study all the time, and read every suggested yet not assigned reading, they bust their @ss for the 100's, and then their are the folk that study all the time, just to squeek by with high 70's, and then there are the folks that watch TV all day, leaf through the notes for an hour before an exam and manage to get strong Mid 80's on most stuff (be it luck, or skill, I have no idea) I chalk a lot of it up to what you picked up in undergrad (or prereq's classes) as to your study habits. If you have been diligent all along, it will carry through, if you were like some of us and made it through undergrad w/o opening the book outside of class, you might find it difficult to all of a sudden change your study habits (as I have found out the hard way, ) And the worst effect of studying and study habits IMHO, is people tend to "clique" with people of similar studious nature, my class definately has some division of social cue based on ones drive for the almighty "A", luckily , a Local PA who gave us a lecture on Rxing pain meds ended his lecture by warning us to not get stuck in a mode of striving for the high grades, that the education isn't about getting the "A", it's bigger then that. Just put in the effort you have to, to feel comfortable with the material, and rotations and didactic are two entirely different animals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest khatereh Posted February 11, 2006 Share Posted February 11, 2006 I am one of those who just pages through notes right before exams had all As and one B last semester, but in my case it's because with the exception of Pharm everything else is a review for me...I put in a lot of time studying in chiropractic school, so makes this really easy. Otherwise I wouldnt be able to do it with a toddler! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldje Posted February 11, 2006 Share Posted February 11, 2006 i probably put in 4 or 5 hours a week and got all As last semester. I think the trick is with me, im almost always thinking about the material.. like when im watching basketball... even though Im not "studying it." I also get a WHOLE lot out of lectures, especially when a certain prof. is giving it. chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fireguy Posted February 11, 2006 Share Posted February 11, 2006 I study 2-3 hours a week. About mid-way through last semester I realized that i do not need to have the "A" so I cut way back on my studying. It is nice to have a life outside of school, but it kinda miffs my faculty members. lol I am getting "a" and "b" grades now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlmostDone2011 Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 When I was in undergrad I did the neccessary to do well on tests and get good grades. There was sometimes I'd take a test and stuggle through it. Going into PA school i had the mindset that everything I was learning was going to be important in my future. Did about 3-4 hours per day after class first semester which was 8-3 on a few days and 8-5 on others. I did my work early and usually alone (I'm easily distracted) and I ended up having my best semester of college I've ever had... 4.0. This semester has been a lot heavier and I've actually consolidated studying to 3 hours a night.... Everyday we are in class from 8-5 and afterward I need dinner and a chill out. Weekends have been packed with studying... like 9-9, 9-12 kind of days in the library.... Hopefully as long as I do well on finals I have another shot at a 4.0. I've found that studying so much for tests makes them seem easy. I know some in our class who just have this gift and instantly memorize it during the lecture and barely study, while others study with no sleep and barely get by. I think alot of it has to do with finding your groove once the work starts piling on.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marilynpac Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 I gave it an average of 4 hrs a noc. If there was an exam about 2 days b/f the test, I would boost that up to 6 hrs. The noc b/f, I always tried to make it to bed by midnight. If the exam was hard or with a lot of material I would stay up until 2 or 3am. That usually happened in the first quarter when I was still adjusting to the massive amount of workload and my mind was not use to processing that much info. I got a tip from one of the med students. He told me about 45 min. b/f the exam eat smarties. You know those little round candies. Pure sugar will give you the " high" to get through the exam after staying up late. But you will crash. It always worked for me and even when I took the pance , and now panre I still do it. You have to find what works for you. He told me alot of the med students did it and smarties fit well in the pocket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain1028 Posted April 24, 2010 Share Posted April 24, 2010 1-6 hours a week? 2-3 hours a week? Wow... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCHAD Posted April 24, 2010 Share Posted April 24, 2010 4-6 hours a night...12-18 on saturdays. Sunday is my day of rest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain1028 Posted April 24, 2010 Share Posted April 24, 2010 4-6 hours a night...12-18 on saturdays. Sunday is my day of rest. Yes, that was more like it for me too.... How I so remember sitting for hours and hours in that horrid library on the weekends and into the wee hours of the night, when all that was left at 2 am, were some overzealous optometry students still studying on a Saturday night/Sunday morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jen0508 Posted April 24, 2010 Share Posted April 24, 2010 1-6 hours a week? 2-3 hours a week? Wow... 2-3 hours a week...thats 1 hour of studying every other day............ummm what PA school do they go to!?!?!?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acebecker Posted April 25, 2010 Share Posted April 25, 2010 2-3 hours a week...thats 1 hour of studying every other day............ummm what PA school do they go to!?!?!?! No joke... There have been a couple of weeks (around midterms/finals) when I've studied for 50+ hours on top of 30 hours in class. As others have said, though, to each his own - everybody needs to study a different amount to perform up to their own personal standards academically. Andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkoraedu Posted April 25, 2010 Share Posted April 25, 2010 Let's see....I'm not a 4.0 student and would never try to be....I have 3 kids ages 9, and 2 year old twins. I study about 2hrs each day before class, and maybe 2 hrs after class in bits and pieces before going to bed. The latest I stay awake to study is about 10:00....I'm in bed no later than 10:30 maybe 11pm on a finals night. I believe in beauty sleep:). Also, it's not how much you study, but what you study. I know my focus and don't memorize random nothings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hemegroup Posted April 25, 2010 Share Posted April 25, 2010 Also, it's not how much you study, but what you study. I know my focus and don't memorize random nothings. Very important ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeminiPA34 Posted April 25, 2010 Share Posted April 25, 2010 Like someone said earlier it all depends on you and how well you retain information. Some subjects you will be stronger on than other. How many hours you put in is totally trial and error. I believe someone can get by on studying 2-3 hrs a week. Ohters may need 2-6 hrs a day it simple depends on how well you process and retain information. One answer to this question is impossible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marilynpac Posted April 26, 2010 Share Posted April 26, 2010 My school didn't have random nothings. Looking back nearly everything was important. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jen0508 Posted April 26, 2010 Share Posted April 26, 2010 My school didn't have random nothings. Looking back nearly everything was important. ditto... they dont put useless info in our notes so we have to know the powerpoints inside out.... even if they are 100 slides long and the test covers 12 of them.... smh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCHAD Posted April 26, 2010 Share Posted April 26, 2010 My school didn't have random nothings. Looking back nearly everything was important. oh man, ZING! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kelvinwaugh Posted May 5, 2010 Share Posted May 5, 2010 I can read 13-18 hours per week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DYCPAStudent Posted May 18, 2010 Share Posted May 18, 2010 Thanks for the post. Entering didactic in fall and really was curious about the same thing. Thanks. Sent from my Droid using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cervantes21 Posted June 1, 2010 Share Posted June 1, 2010 Depends on the week/test. Some tests like pharm require a slow buildup over a week. Some clinical med tests are a good two day cram. I make an excel spreadsheet for almost every (serious) lecture for notecards later and really get a lot done during the presentation. So...I guess you could count the hours in class per week as quality study time. I've noticed that I've gotten better at retaining info over the past year as well, which makes sense. Yeah, I have my fair share of random web browsing...but the excels help cut down on zoning out. My question is: how much do you study over clinicals? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lzypanda Posted June 6, 2010 Share Posted June 6, 2010 Depends on the week/test. Some tests like pharm require a slow buildup over a week. Some clinical med tests are a good two day cram. I make an excel spreadsheet for almost every (serious) lecture for notecards later and really get a lot done during the presentation. So...I guess you could count the hours in class per week as quality study time. I've noticed that I've gotten better at retaining info over the past year as well, which makes sense. Yeah, I have my fair share of random web browsing...but the excels help cut down on zoning out. My question is: how much do you study over clinicals? For didactic we had 8hrs of class and then I'd try to study about two hour/night and on weekends I'd study pretty much the whole week (test every monday morning).. I probably could have gotten away for studying a lot less, but I know I'm an awful good crammer but won't remember **** like a few months down the line.. so I forced myself to study more.. hoping I'd retain that little bit of extra when I hit clinic. I thought that I would study more when clinic started and we had 3 weeks clinic and only 1 week of class per month, but seriously I study less. I cram the weekend right before my monday test - the rest of the time I don't read anything unless my preceptor was nice enuf to go over some concepts and tell me to go home and read about it (might happen like once/week... extremely helpful though!!). I'd say I average about 10 hours per month now studying for class vs maybe 20hrs/wk even though I have 4x's extra time to do the same amount of studying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acozadd Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 I'm only a little over a week into my program, but we are generally in class for 8-9 hours between actual lectures and the cadaver lab. Most days run until from 8 until 4-5ish. I've been spending 4+ hours each night getting through that days material and perhaps a topic or 2 previous days. The weekends are a good time to review old material (by the weekend, monday lectures feel like they took place months ago). You have to become good at memorizing topics after only looking at them once or twice. To get an idea of the volume, my anatomy exam this Thursday easily covers over 1200 PPT slides of the back/thorax, over 100 pages of handouts, all embryology and radiology (x-ray, ct, mri) of associated structures (back/thorax). It's intense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbrsmurf Posted July 1, 2010 Share Posted July 1, 2010 1 or 2 hrs /night. A few days before midterms or finals about 4-6 hrs/night. I go for the A's but also do extra studying (not on the test) on topics that interest me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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