Great Ways to Learn Anatomy and Physiology

Cover
Contents
Acknowledgements
Foreword
Introduction
	The Memory Bottle
	10 Top Tips for easier learning: summary
	Do it your way!
	Questionnaire: What is your preferred learning style?
1 Relax and take control
	Understanding your own stress
	What makes us behave the way we do?
	What can drive your best performance?
	Positive emotions
	The Vagus Nerve and Parasympathetic Nervous System
	Emotions and the Limbic system
	Controlling unwanted emotions & boosting brain function
	Instant Calmer
	Progressive muscle relaxation
	Dealing with exam stress – questionnaire
	Calming exam nerves
	Summary: Top tips for dealing with harmful stress
2 Bodymaps
	What is a Bodymap?
	How do you make a Bodymap?
	The 6-step system
	What if my Bodymap looks terrible?
	What else can I use a Bodymap for?
	How can Bodymaps be used for exam revision?
	Activity: Using a Bodymap as a planning tool
3 Timing is everything
	Questionnaire: What are your study habits like?
	Know your time bandits
	Cut it up!
	Learning the skeleton
	Learning the skull
	Learning the hand and foot bones
	Activity: Muscles of the lower arm
	Saving time
	Day planner
	Weekly planner
	Monthly time map
	Long-term planner
	Meeting assignment deadlines
	Quick fixes for time-saving
	IT solutions for saving time
4 A picture is worth 1000 words
	Visual learning
	Activity: The digestive system
	Activity: A casualty has collapsed
	Activity: A casualty is unconscious
	Activity: Sudden illness
	Activity: First aid for injuries
	Activity: Heat exhaustion
	Activity: Panic attack
	Colour coding: arm muscles
	Flash cards
	Activity: Making flash cards for revision
	Activity: Bookmarks for revision
5 Use all your senses
	Sensory learning
	Activity: Learning the names of body movements and positions
	Activity: The respiratory system
	Activity: Posterior and anterior muscles
	Activity: Colour-coding and labelling shoulder, arm and back muscles
	Activity: Labelling lateral view of the brain
	Posters and presentations
6 Think-a-link
	What is the Link System?
	Activity: Using the link system to learn the names of the joints
	Remembering information in a sequence
	Activity: Using rhythm and rhyme
7 Memory tricks
	What are mnemonics?
	Tricks for remembering words
	Tricks for remembering numbers
	Activity: Remembering the main veins in the body
8 Spelling: the ‘WAM’ way
	What does WAM mean?
	The 3 steps
	The 6 different memory techniques
	Putting it all together
	Terminology: strange words used in Anatomy and Physiology
	Activity: Linking words
	Crossword puzzles
	The circulatory system crossword
	The digestive system crossword
	The endocrine system crossword
	The lymphatic system crossword
	The nervous system crossword
	The reproductive system crossword
	The skeletal system crossword
	The skin crossword
	The urinary system crossword
9 Read right
	Textbooks and supplementary reading
	Why can reading about Anatomy and Physiology be challenging?
	What is the ‘right’ speed to read?
	How can you make reading easier (or harder)?
	Activity: Making notes
10 Cool calculations
	Are you frightened of figures?
	What maths will you need at work?
	Activity: Maths Action Plan
	What maths skills do you need to revise?
	Test yourself: how cool are your calculations?
	Helpsheet: Working through the steps of a mathematical problem
	Answers to Questions 1 to 10
	Handy tips for quick, painless calculations
	Some examples of easy conversions
	Maths Emergency (ME) notebook
Useful resources
Answers
Index