Learning on your own.

[MindOverMatter]

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I've made multiple posts on this subject in the past, but I just wanted to take a broad poll of what this forum thinks of this approach.

As I have stated before, I'm not too keen on a select handful of my professors. Unfortunately, these professors happen to be the ones that teach my therapeutics courses. I find their notes very poorly organized, their teaching styles horrendous, and in certain cases, even their knowledge of the subject material limited at best. As a result, I very rarely focus on their notes for my basis of studying, and turn to DiPiro, Katzung, G+G, Foye, and various internet sources (including here) for the majority of my focus. Instead of going to class, I go home and research the topics that are being discussed on my own.

I've found that my test scores don't reflect my knowledge in these subjects, mainly because they test directly from their notes. A lot of times I won't even look at their notes aside from getting the topics discussed. I mean, if I have time, I will go over them once I have a good overview of the topics, but never for my first attempt.

So my question is this: Is this a good approach to take? I think so, but sometimes I just wonder why I'm paying so much money to go to a school where I just end up teaching myself the majority of the material.

 

[naseuy]

I've made multiple posts on this subject in the past, but I just wanted to take a broad poll of what this forum thinks of this approach.

As I have stated before, I'm not too keen on a select handful of my professors. Unfortunately, these professors happen to be the ones that teach my therapeutics courses. I find their notes very poorly organized, their teaching styles horrendous, and in certain cases, even their knowledge of the subject material limited at best. As a result, I very rarely focus on their notes for my basis of studying, and turn to DiPiro, Katzung, G+G, Foye, and various internet sources (including here) for the majority of my focus. Instead of going to class, I go home and research the topics that are being discussed on my own.

I've found that my test scores don't reflect my knowledge in these subjects, mainly because they test directly from their notes. A lot of times I won't even look at their notes aside from getting the topics discussed. I mean, if I have time, I will go over them once I have a good overview of the topics, but never for my first attempt.

So my question is this: Is this a good approach to take? I think so, but sometimes I just wonder why I'm paying so much money to go to a school where I just end up teaching myself the majority of the material.

Read the textbook so that you can understand their notes. Then study their notes for the exam.

 

[jfm5958]

Hi. It seems like you might have answered your own question. You said that most of the test questions come directly from the notes. Why not make sure you know the notes really well, and if you feel that you still might be lacking in a subject then turn to the other sources you listed. At least that way you would know you have the knowledge to ace the exam (from the notes), but still know that you went a little more in depth in the topics you felt unsure of (outside sources).

 

[MustLoveDrugs]

have you discussed your concerns with the course coordinator? this feedback seems valuable for them to have... do other students in your class feel the same way? do their grades reflect poorly as well?