How to Study Anatomy Effectively (anatomy study tips)

Anatomy What is known about it is…. [One of the hardest things you will learn in medical school] * For the huge amount of content you need to know and passing the anatomy exam is very hard. And besides, that everything in it is in Latin… great….. the world of anatomy can seem really overwhelming, but having finished my medical studies and now starting to work as a doctor… I feel like I've learned a lot about the best ways to get around it. {Thoughts on Pathology + Clinical Application} Your driving force when studying anatomy should always be pathology and clinical application, and you will rarely be asked on a basis that is not directly related to some kind of common or clinical disease. Possibly, this is annoying but not likely to be the full focus of your exams. For example: Of all the nerves, arteries, lymphatic veins, veins, and lymphatic drainage in the arm, perhaps the most important is: the median nerve and also the radial nerve.

But let's focus on the median for now….. So you should know how the median nerve connects to the arm where it can be easily damaged and what are the symptoms or signs you might expect the patient to suffer from? If it is in fact damaged.. Podiatry in anatomy you are usually asked questions related to the most common sports injuries such as anterior cruciate ligament tear, vagal effect or various effects , disease and so on. Same for the chest..you want to know how all the different structures relate to each other so you can identify them on X-rays or MRIs or whatever, *but also if one of these structures is enlarging, let's say you have a tumor Or you have an aneurysm or enlargement of one of the chambers of the heart you can think about the surrounding structures and other things that might be affected by it..because there's obviously a lot more to this, and it's more complex than I can put into this video..but the idea that the questions in the tests and track Common clinical presentations are a very important clue..

* The more you do from paper past questions online learning anatomy pads and things like that, the more you'll see which parts of the body scan you should focus on, ** so the bottom line is: you have to Doing as many questions as possible and, in my opinion, [autopsy] the best way of all to study anatomy, which you really can't substitute for anything else is to see the anatomy of a corpse in real life..in first and second year at King's Medical School col lege London We have had the wonderful opportunity to perform a live autopsy on a real human cadaver. Every week we spent many hours in the mortuary room cutting and peeling layers off a real person that had been donated from real people to science and yet when I think about anatomy it just dug into my head some of the things I saw in the mortuary it was an emotional and intense learning experience, such that I can never forget what I learned in that room.

And when I tried to imagine the three-dimensional rendering of different parts of the anatomy and how different organs and structures relate to each other in front, behind, sideways , on top of each other, or around them. It's a lot easier for me to close my eyes and go back to the anatomy lab over there. **I'm so grateful to those people who donated their bodies to allow us as medical students to learn anatomy from the inside** Not only because I think it's a powerful way to learn anatomy, but I also think it's a really humbling experience and as a medical student it gives you a real appreciation for someone else's life and how we as clinicians can intervene In a small box and a large park in the lives of these people. I know this kind of distinction is not for everyone. But fortunately, with advances in technology, anyone with a computer, phone, or iPad , and an internet connection has access to some really amazing 3D imaging tools for learning anatomy from a bunch of 2D flashcards like this one, which I used for my studies The second year, not much since then.

This is an example of what some of these flashcards look like They have detailed pictures of different parts of the anatomy all in 2d, which can be really useful for testing your recall of different images and information but that's the extent to which you can make use of them My favorite 3D Visualizer is this The app that I have on my Mac , iPhone, and iPad is called Complete Anatomy. This thing is incredible. You can really zoom in to see: all the different detailed structures inside the body at a really great level, honestly… great.. and what I really love In that, that you can isolate different parts of the body and different parts of the anatomy to help you focus on what you want to learn.. for example, there are a lot of arteries here let's bring this image over here and then I go down here for the layers of the arteries, and I still can cut them out from Backwards from important to most important, and even we can get rid of them altogether. But I liked the beating heart animation, so let's just leave it here… I 'll keep it on top…

I want to get rid of nerves here. And here let's cut it and go to the muscles so something like this you can click on any of these structures and it will give you some information about them. * What I think is most important about these 3D images is: it shows you how these muscles move and how they are used… we have here showing us hip flexion showing you when the muscles contract and when they relax and how they move, which is incredibly useful…

Also It illustrates easily and simply the insertions and origins of these different muscles. Now if you didn't already know the amount of detail and structures you can get in this 3D visualizer …is absolutely huge… much more than you ever needed to know in medical school. The good thing about this is : whatever you learn in medical school, whether you go to a lecture or a tutorial or whatever, you come back to focus on this anatomy here…. (anatomy) Suppose for example, we just want to learn about anatomy The top left, we click on the top end and extract from this here because we're not interested in that now but we're really interested like we talked about before in the nerves… So from here, we click we can see the media nerve it's running right next to!!!!!!!!!! brachial artery that's right you can see how the nerve runs from the shoulder all the way to the medial elbow and then down and feeds the hand like that…

**now for me personally these 3D visualizers were really useful in certain contexts they're really good if I don't understand How the body works From reading a lecture or tutorial, or watching a video I can go in here myself and see how it goes throughout the body. But.. what I feel and miss for me is: an educational component where they explain to you what is going on in clinical application and so on. Personally, I learn better when I study… when someone tells me the important things to show me the important things and then I can continue this learning in my own way and with other resources.

** I think it's really important to also talk about YouTube videos. This particular video about the brachial plexus I come back to over and over again. The reason is that I can project the brachial plexus onto a piece of paper and I can answer all the questions about the brachial plexus on the test. There is nothing better than taking a very complex topic and breaking it down for you and showing only the most important things that you really need to know. There are plenty of examples of videos like this on the internet and I encourage you to look them up if you're faltering to understand the concept of anatomy [comprehensive learning platform] Now as much as I love 3D in 3D images, the main problem I have with them is that: I can't see everything Obviously it's very nice to look at, but it lacks the explanation and education I need to know about the anatomy I need.

* As a medical student I see that I have a lot of work to do. I have exams, assignments, and learning time for my clinical placement. And for that, for me, I want my study to be as simple and easy as possible… Here comes the best place (Anatomy) which is: Today's Video Sponsor Anatomy plays a big role in Anatomy and is an online platform that combines many powerful tools to help you learn Anatomy and Histology. They make studying anatomy fun and easy with highly detailed photos , quick and easy-to-digest videos , interactive quizzes, which can be customized to suit your learning needs, and more. The content itself is organized into smaller study units that bring this together with everything I talked about earlier in this video.

You want really good pictures that you can see the anatomy. You want someone to teach you the important things about anatomy that you see and then you need to do as many questions as possible in the form of tests to make sure that you actually learn the information you are studying. The content is organized into smaller study units that really focus on the most productive information you are likely to find on your exams. Once you've watched the videos, examined the images and read the information, you can then test yourself on the material you just studied. Like I said, this is very important – because testing yourself, and remembering information like this can guarantee you that what you're learning is correct and that you understand the content itself… * The videos have speed controls so you can play the video at different speeds and I'm sure you know how much I like this feature… * They also have ready sheets and reference charts that help summarize a lot of useful information in a small specific area, * which is something I used it extensively in my studies during medical school.

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You don't need to know all that content but it is important to be aware of what you might be examining. – This is the case for all exams, but I find it especially important in anatomy. The pace at which you are asked to learn all the different anatomy and the infinite amount is just too much and helps you to know what is going on and when . – – A lot of medical schools teach either using pro categorical picture sections or anatomy with emphasis on defining structures.

Some other medical schools will use purely multiple choice or short answer questions, exam depths and more. – There is no point in spending all your time studying from Canterbury pictures when your medical school is only examining you on graphic images. – verbs – attachments – genitives..etc – your university may test you using only one resource so it's worth finding out what this resource your university uses and emphasizing that it could be this..or a number of specific anatomy atlases..or it could just be multiple-choice questions Never know..try for knowledge..and use it as your guide. How will you be tested? Very important.. because anatomy is a very fast and fast subject. And the content is incredibly easy to learn, – you may be asked to learn about important clinical applications of certain body parts and anatomy, or you may be asked to learn every little structure and molecule, its origin, how it interacts with the structures around it, etc…

* So having this information up front and knowing what to focus on is a lot of strength here. (Don't overwhelm yourself) * It's very tempting to sit at your desk with a stack of anatomy atlases , flashcards, textbooks, 3D visualizers, and online learning platforms. But this is very stressful and probably won't make anatomy a very interesting thing to learn. I think the best thing you can do is: not confuse yourself. Pick a Resource or Two and Stick With Them In medical school I feel like we've already been slammed with so many different resources on how to learn the content. *I personally found it very helpful to stick to the parts that best include the different things I talked about, in this video. And he can help you with that. – Some other things you can do is contact someone from the anatomy team at your university or medical school. This could be a professor or a colleague, a teacher whatever..they have all the information you need and it's good to be nice to them so they can help you forward to the end Anatomy is a marathon not a sprint and you need all the support you can get and you want to Know where to go to find it.

Some mistakes I made on my way that I want to tell you about so you can avoid making them yourself. The first one is: Anatomy textbooks are a waste of time. They are really detailed with tons of information that you don't need to know and you could easily spend weeks and weeks and weeks reading those books and then watch one small video or look at one very detailed picture and get all the content you need. You really need to know, and these are the resources dedicated to teaching you the information in small, easily digestible portions that you have to have. Moreover, you have to test yourself, ** Please do not forget that doing the questions is part of the learning. You can read, watch videos, and see pictures as much as you like, but if you don't do the questions and test your recall, you won't fully learn the material. Asking questions and taking quizzes is the best way to find out what you're studying.

And this doesn't just apply to anatomy and it doesn't just apply to medical school. This is how studying should be… Read the information – learn the information and then test yourself using the questions. Well, that's it. I hope this quick guide on learning anatomy helped give you some ideas on how to get started or at least how to make it less stressful ** I hope you learned a thing or two from me and your anatomy study is a little easier than me and it used to be Today . Like this video…if you enjoyed it, and subscribe for more and I 'll catch you next time …..Peace…….

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