How I Get TOP GRADES With ENCODING & ACTIVE RECALL - A Practical Step-By-Step Guide
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 พ.ค. 2024
- In this much requested video I share my screen and walkthrough step-by-step how I use encoding and active recall to learn new content in a practical step-by-step guide to show you how I get top grades with encoding. I jump back in time to one of the hardest exams I ever had to sit - my membership to the royal college of surgeons and I'm going to be showing you how I was able to learn a huge amount of information efficiently and effectively and get top grades using a pretty unique method.
I use #encoding combined with #activerecall to learn #newcontent and I break down the complex topic of encoding into simple and easy to understand practical techniques which you can use right now to help you learn faster and more effectively.
I'm going to show you a really practical example of how I reduce my cognitive load and use encoding to learn. I screen-share my mac pro screen and iPad so you can see the actual techniques that I use which got me top grades.
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💡Hope you enjoyed today's video! If you want me to do any other step-by-step guides do let me know below and I've summarised the key steps you can apply to your own studying right now blog.alexanderfyoung.com/how-i-get-top-grades-with-encoding-a-practical-guide/
I see that u skipped alot of thorax info ,is that cuz u studied before❔
Like as a first year how i could study can u pls make a video about that ,
Like if i know what i shouldnt study i will have good grade
My struggle is i never skipped a line without studying
You do realize that you are probably one of the only studying gurus out here on TH-cam who actually provided a real time walkthrough example of how to study new material through inquiry based learning/efficient encoding. Like really taking a chapter and going through it. This is very important and what you’ve done is extremely precious! If you do plan on making more of these detailed examples i just hope your channel really blows up fast and strong, because your content will actually be the S tier of all TH-cam studying-related videos. What I, personally, would love to see is even more detailed examples on how to study and create questions for different types of tests, i.e. for multiple choice questions from heavier denser and more detailed textbooks and chapters, like Kumar’s clinical medicine. What I would like to ask you is: when preparing for an MCQ exam for which you have a lot of test examples, how and when should i most optimally revise? I tend to go through my questions within 24-48 hrs, then I go through many questions from the said chapter on the 3rd/4th day, then again, on fewer questions/questions i got wrong on the 6th-8th day, and after 20-22 days i take a test of multiple related chapters i studied three weeks ago. What would your take be on this?
🙏 Thanks so much for the kind feedback! Couple of things here -
1. I’m planning a practical series over the summer liking at specific exams like medical finals, School Sciences, surgical exams and math/language examples to go pretty specific
2. In terms of timing ⏱ I think your spacing schedule sounds good and I have some videos in the evidence based learning series that dive into this more m.th-cam.com/play/PLr3eeRrW0AJP01AMMphS2kaEOMljWKrJD.html
3. For larger textbooks like Kumar I’d argue that you want to be using them for filling in the gaps of your knowledge rather than trying to learn everything in them. There are more concise medical texts that can help you structure and chunk and better organise your question generation like this book for example www.amazon.co.uk/Complete-Revision-Medical-Surgical-Finals/dp/1444120662/
4. For medicine and subjects with lots of information and application of knowledge for SBA and EMQ style MCQs I’d set goals based on number of questions you can get through in your study time as this is the most efficient and relevant way to learn
Thank you for the fast and helpful insight. I am a final year med student in Romania and sadly, for our residency exam we have to study from 3 textbooks. 400 or so pages of Kumar, 400 or so pages from Lawrence’s general surgery and 100 pages from Ganthi’s synopsis. All the 200 MCQ’s of the exam will be taken from this bibliography and exact pages, so we have no way around it 😂. Most of what we’ve (I’d assume wrongly) been used to are MCQs that rely on very detailed memorisation of textbooks, aside from deeply understanding concepts/larger pictures. Some of the questions might sound like “all these are false with the exception of:” or “all these are true witg exception of:” and one of the answers would include a long enumeration of 5-6-7 entities of which one is not actually listed in a certain paragraph from where it is taken, therefore it is wrong.
RSB I agree with you. I love real time walk through. This is one of the better studying channels on TH-cam. I just subscribed.
I really agree ! Most people really want to get every cent out of this information but you see the greater good and help everyone!!
Hey, please continue making these!
Really appreciate it!
Good lord, every video is a gigantic load of useful info. Love your content brother, keep at it!
Thank you for this video! I will start applying your method as I think it could optimize my strategies. I‘m very grateful that you‘re making this type of content and I hope it can be seen by more people
This is a super helpful and practical video!! Thank you so much ❤️
This is the most practical demo I ever came across. Changed the way I should think about notes while studying.
I ve discovered your channel today, Ive watched 3 videos and all I can is I'm mind blown
Thank you Dr Alex
This is what I was looking for. I study like that but couldn't find anyone, literally NO ONE explaining it the way you do. I thought I was doing it wrong because everyone doing flashcards is copy-pasting the info but you really guide us to understand better how to make more efficient flashcards. Thank you for sharing the tips and thank you for not making me think I'm crazy for studying differently.
Wow! This is the most helpful video out of all studyrelated content i have been consuming. Would you like to make one about how you would approach learning in a lecture?
absolutely fantastic video 😀
Thanks a lot for that amazing lecture!!
You really are the best out here! I pray your channel keeps growing, may the lord bless you for all you do!💕this is incredibly helpful, thank you!!
I see that u skipped alot of thorax info ,is that cuz u studied before❔
Like as a first year how i could study can u pls make a video about that ,
Like if i know what i shouldnt study i will have good grade
My struggle is i never skipped a line without studying
Thank you for the video. I liked this approach and try to apply it.
Although, i do think it would have been a very helpful had you chosen to learn and construct notes about a topic from an unrelated field. Often times in my own experience, it’s hard to skim through text because it very difficult to know what is worth skimming over. To then build a strategy of learning for that topic is especially a bit more challenging.
Invaluable information, thank you!
Dr. Young, I cannot thank you enough for this. I have searched for countless videos for examples step by step. Continue making these videos and I will be back to comment on another video with my undoubted success in grades. Cheers!
Thanks so much! Glad you’re finding them useful ⚡️
I see that u skipped alot of thorax info ,is that cuz u studied before❔
Like as a first year how i could study can u pls make a video about that ,
Like if i know what i shouldnt study i will have good grade
My struggle is i never skipped a line without studying
Sir u are amazing👏
I am curios why ur channel doesnt explode , let some of the internet marketing, make an effort to help ur video to be seen .
Many medstudent need ur advises doctor ❤🔥
I wish I found a creator that used the encoding method but to prepare for exams like the USMLEs, because although this is great different countries have different question/exam styles
Loved this long form content! Could you speak a little on how to use this process to study technical subjects like physics and maths with a lot of problem solving?
Yep for sure. I have a math-specific video coming out. In essence more focus on using scaffolding like worked examples and focusing on concepts
@@AlexanderFYoung Your channel is going to blow up soon!
Glad to be one of those who stumbled upon this channel in its early days.
Great video!! evrey one talks about it but only you teach with examples how to do it.
CAn yo explain hot apply this with 2 hrs classes or lectures ? With CCNA anD cyber security?
thank you so much
when you skimming are you just reading the heading and the sub heading and then trying to chunk them or do you read the information below the heading also
Yes🎉
hey are there a correct way to skim through your material or you invented your own way of skimming
for me i use speed reading to skim through the text and ask why the topic important ?
then i found answer and i take the keyword from it as the main idea
i basicly a vietnamese so i dont know how to skimming even someone told me to hovering through the text
When do you answer your questions? So you Just use your Keyboard or also applepen
Hello, I am a Bolivian student in the 5th year of high school, I saw your video when you explain the coding and I loved it, I would like you to advise me with something, would you recommend me to take notes in class? should i take them later? What method can I use: outline or cornell? when should I and shouldn't I apply spaced repetition? Should I make a mental map of each topic that I advance in my 12 subjects? How should I study for technical subjects and history and literature?
you should start experimenting on each questions
You studied medical technology, I'm studying python coding. Surely Medicine is more complex than coding, but at any rate...how could I use these techniques for coding? Has anyone else used these to learn coding?
hi! why dont to use remnote how last vídeos? you take the questions into rems and later studing the flashcards. Thanks and sorry my english.
Hey Jose, yep you can use any note taking app. I’m actually going to do a breakdown on all note apps soon. Most of them are preference and whatever works best for you
Awesome video ❤ What book is this?
@alexuey Basic science for the mrcs: a revision guide for surgical trainees
My textbooks are just 600 pages od texts, no diagrams or bullet points 🥺
I see that u skipped alot of thorax info ,is that cuz u studied before❔
Like as a first year how i could study can u pls make a video about that ,
Like if i know what i shouldnt study i will have good grade
My struggle is i never skipped a line without studying
Do you recommend looking at pass papper question at pre studying (scoping, skimming) or after attend a class?
I'd usually do both. If you prime yourself with questions you can then use the class to deepen your understanding and you'll likely engage more. You can then do further questions after class to consolidate your learning. Both are more effective than re-reading if you're short on time.
@@AlexanderFYoung ah, i see.. but in scoping how can u combine alot of resource at the same time, meanwhile the content for book A is not structured the same way as book B also how do you combine powerpoint slides with books at priming?
Yep great question. I have a video coming out in a few weeks on information overload covering exactly this.
I'd try and limit the volume of resources you are learning from on the initial pass (remember you want to go back over things in the future).
I would typically skim the lecture notes/ppt first as these tend to be concise without deep explanations. This gives a good overview of key points. I'd then skim the appropriate chapter in my reference book.
I'd set myself a time limit of 10-minutes to do this as perfectionism can get in the way and you can go down a rabbit hole. I'd then do questions (either from a question bank or closed book testing) and refer back to the books and ppt.
The key is not to get overwhelmed with resources.
If a book or ppt is hard to follow it may well be that it isn't very good at explaining what you need to know in simple terms. This is where you can add in more materials that explain things in a way that is relevant to you and which you understand.
@@AlexanderFYoung owhh i get it... alright can't wait for the vids doc!! Thank you so much
What is the name of that book? I been trying to find it but I cant
Basic Science for the MRCS: a revision guide for surgical trainees (2nd edition) by Andrew T.Raftery, Michael S. Delbridge and Helen R.Douglas
My only struggle that i feel like i should menorise the details
Still i cant figure what i should memorise and what not
I am in my first year medstudent
Can u help me doctor🥺❤
Like how i could study a textbook that alot of info
And all are important .how do i know what to learn and what not
I think your learning outcome or objectives shown at the start of a chapter can help you shift your focus on more important things.
I think your learning outcome or objectives shown at the start of a chapter can help you shift your focus on more important things.
His accent is for me to difficult to understand