Office of Special Services for Students
VMI Building, 2 nd Floor
828-9782
Lisa Webb, Interim Director
Amy Miller, Learning Specialist

 Having projects done early or on time
 Always being on time
 Knowing where everything is
 Making good use of your time
 Keeping your study and work area neat
 Taking good notes
 Setting goals and deadlines

 Use Binders
 With dividers for each subject, class, and/or topic.
 Use Planners
 Make sure all your dates are in one place
 Have a weekly ‘round up’ time
 Where you review all your notes from that week
 Prepare for the next day
 Review notes
 Pre-read

 Have one place to do your work
 With a desk, comfortable chair, good lighting, all the supplies you need, etc., free of distractions
 Schedule everything
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Project/assignment due dates
Breaks
Study time
Eating
Sleeping
Recreation

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Example Weekly 24-Hour Calendar
TUESDAY WED.
THURS.
FRIDAY SAT.
SUNDAY
LEARNING STRATEGIES CENTER 420 CCC 255-6310 www.lsc.sas.cornell.edu

 Pre-Read PowerPoint's, readings, study questions, oracles, syllabus, etc. before class/lecture
 Review questions related to the topic covered right after the class/lecture
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CONDENSE ALL YOUR
NOTES from each lecture/class onto a
1 page worksheet
Review your worksheets
EACH WEEKEND
Try to recreate your worksheet from memory
Medical School Best Practices Created by Tamer Hadi, VCU MCV School of Medicine

 Before Lab
 Make notes
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Familiarize yourself with terminology
Sketch pictures of what you expect to see
 During Lab
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Record characteristics
Locate everything
Make references
 After Lab
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Recap what you learned for at least 5 minutes
Complete worksheets
 Keep all materials' together and in order

Studying on a few hours of sleep and/or an empty stomach is not a good use of your time.
Avoid food and drinks with caffeine just before or just after studying.

For More Information
Please contact
Lisa Webb, lbwebb@vcu.edu
or
Amy Miller, ammiller4@vcu.edu
804-828-9782