Medicine is an extremely vast field to study & memorize. While many things can be recalled with logical thinking, how does one find the time and energy to study and commit the sheer volume of Medicine basics to memory? This can be intimidating and not always fun. Whichever route of Medicine you walk, be it Medical school, Nursing school, PA school, Pharmacy school, etc., some boredom, monotony & sometimes anxiety often set in. On this blog, we are already covering some effective Medical Mnemonics and Medical quizzes to help you remember stuff more easily, but from time to time we will also discuss effective study techniques to use in school and tests. One of them is the good old Pomodoro technique!
Popularized by Francesco Cirillo, who used a Tomato-shaped Kitchen timer meter to divide his tasks into 25-minute chunks, this technique is called “Pomodoro” after the Italian word for a tomato. It has become a popular technique for time management & efficiency in completing any tasks, including studying.
Let’s say you want to wrap up learning about various types of antibodies and their molecular structure but are feeling mighty bored & unmotivated. How would you use the Pomodoro technique?
- Set the timer for 25 minutes
- Read/Study as much as you can in those 25 minutes
- Take a 10-minute break.
- If not done studying yet, restart the timer for 25 minutes
- After completing 4 sets of 25 minutes, take a longer 20-minute break
- Repeat the above either for a new topic or to take test questions on the topic you read
Thus, the Pomodoro technique breaks down your time & energy into manageable chunks of time to get things done. It doesn’t have to be 25 minutes, you can choose a time that works for you. I do find 25 minutes just right – neither too short nor too long – and I like using it for completing all sorts of mundane tasks that I don’t always enjoy like cleaning, paying bills, paperwork, etc. besides studying.
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