Podiatry Study schedule

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During my first day orientation at marquette. They said that for every 1 credit we take, one should put 4hrs at home. How many hrs on average do you guys study. Especially the first year courses! and what kind of accesory items can be usefull. i know flash cards are good for anatmomy. Any other things that will be good?

 

[NatCh]

I seem to recall studying ALL THE TIME during first year. I'm talking about not even wanting to go buy groceries, eat out, or exercise due to the time away from studying. I'm sure it wasn't quite that bad, since I did do all of those things, but that's how I remember it. I think a good 10-12 hours of studying per day in addition to class time was average for me and my middle-of-the-curve peers.

Second and third years were not as stressful for me.

Fourth year was like an extended working vacation.

 

[Feli]

For me, it really depends on what kind of studying and how focused it is. If it's solo studying in the quiet area of the library with no distractions for someone who has a good science background and the ability to assimilate knowledge quickly, you can probably do fine with a 1:1 or 2:1 ratio of credit hours to weekly study hours (but you maybe 3:1 or 4:1 during exam weeks). If "studying" is meeting with a chatty group and frequently taking breaks to talk on the phone or play on your laptop, then maybe you do need the 4:1 ratio every week just to pass.

Eventually, after you have LEA and have been performing well for a couple semesters, you also want to put in some hours that aren't necessarily studying for classes and exams but just for personal enrichment and to stay ahead of the curve. That means clinical books and presentations, podiatry magazines, journals, research, etc. Grades are certainly very important, but they're not the come all and be all of learning. A lot of your classes, especially those with a non-cummulative final exam, just test your short term memory and ability to spit out word associations. It's hard to gauge how much you are really grasping until you start to apply your knowledge to patient cases.

 

[doclm]

During my first day orientation at marquette. They said that for every 1 credit we take, one should put 4hrs at home. How many hrs on average do you guys study. Especially the first year courses! and what kind of accesory items can be usefull. i know flash cards are good for anatmomy. Any other things that will be good?

I would have to agree with NatCh on the time spent studying for the first year classes. However, it was not as bad for me as it was for some of my fellow classmates, because I was used to that study pattern from undergrad.

 

[gsrimport]

Some people study all day and all weekend. I would advise you to study all the time until you get through your first set of exams. You would get a better idea about how much you would need to study. Typically about 40 hrs for each exam.

 

[Feli]

Some people study all day and all weekend. I would advise you to study all the time until you get through your first set of exams. You would get a better idea about how much you would need to study. Typically about 40 hrs for each exam.

This is the best advice.^

Jonwill said in another thread that every individual student must "do what it takes," and that varies for everyone based on their talent and what kind of grades they want.

I would agree with grim and say to study as much as possible during the first semester. In later courses on subjects you've never taken (pharm, path, etc), you could do the same thing until the first exam and see how you score. You might sometimes feel that you "over-studied," but that's never a bad thing. Everyone has different science backgrounds and various levels of natural talent, so you have no idea how hard or easy the tests will be for you until you take them. Some professors also have vastly different exam difficulties and greater expectations of students than other profs...