“Scared is what you’re feeling. Brave is what you’re doing.”

— Emma Donoghue

Use these tips to get you through a tough study struggle!

Use these tips to get you through a tough study struggle!

Seriously! Incorporate osteology into your study plan - make the details of muscle origins and insertions more concrete by knowing exactly where they attach.

Seriously! Incorporate osteology into your study plan - make the details of muscle origins and insertions more concrete by knowing exactly where they attach.

Drawing and writing things out is a time-tested way to review. Plus, it is ACTIVE and engages more systems than just memorizing.

Drawing and writing things out is a time-tested way to review. Plus, it is ACTIVE and engages more systems than just memorizing.

Use what you already have or have been given. Don't spend hours and hours hunting down more resources...find 1 or 2 good ones and work intensely with those.

Use what you already have or have been given. Don't spend hours and hours hunting down more resources...find 1 or 2 good ones and work intensely with those.

Mnemonics and storytelling are creative ways to "trick" yourself into remembering. Make it experiential and fun so it sticks!

Mnemonics and storytelling are creative ways to "trick" yourself into remembering. Make it experiential and fun so it sticks!

While it is true that "its all connected," limb compartments typically share action, innervation, and blood supply.

While it is true that "its all connected," limb compartments typically share action, innervation, and blood supply.

Notice the shared muscle attachments, shared innervations, shared function, etc. and do less mental work when it comes time for recall. Pattern recognition!

Notice the shared muscle attachments, shared innervations, shared function, etc. and do less mental work when it comes time for recall. Pattern recognition!

Teaching a subject to others helps both parties. Sharing with others helps you find out what you really know versus what you may need to review a little more.

Teaching a subject to others helps both parties. Sharing with others helps you find out what you really know versus what you may need to review a little more.

Applying new knowledge makes it stick and makes the process worthwhile. Practice thinking clinically and in a clinical context.

Applying new knowledge makes it stick and makes the process worthwhile. Practice thinking clinically and in a clinical context.

“I don’t know where I’m going from here, but I promise it won’t be boring.”

— David Bowie

Quiet moments

In our busy, fast-paced lives as students, teachers, and scientists, it can be easy to “go, go, go” all the time.

But, sometimes we need to just step back, do something else, or otherwise give our brains time to just “be.”

It is often in those quiet moments that inspiration or solutions to problems are allowed space to enter our minds.

So take care of yourself! Put your phone and computer down and disconnect. Give yourself time to process, synthesize, or just think whatever crazy thought pops into your head. It might just be the answer you were waiting for!