1ST CLASS REVISION GUIDE
- This plan is applicable to any area of study
- This form of study uses the active recall method and the blurting method
- The examples here are in the form of neuroscience – introduction to the nervous
system
- This is planned to last around a month before the exam
- Multiple sections should be revised at the same time – following the same step by step – and
multiple can be completed during the time frames allocated to each step with an advisable
amount of 3-4 varying subject sections/ same subject sections being completed at the same time
- This guide does not however provide a weekly revision plan as that is subject to the individual –
but it is advised to create a plan of which section will be completed and when to allow
appropriate time – for example if you have 8 sections – leave 2 months for this to be completed
(at 4 sections a month)
- (* This time frame is allocated for this step to be ideally completed – but isn’t a reflection of the
full amount of time that should be spent)
STEP 1: DIVIDE UP + MEMORISE CONTENT- 1 WEEK/SECTION*
☐ Choose the content you wish to revise and divide it into logical sections
For example: Dividing into groups of an individual lecturer’s block of content
☐ Once divided, choose one section to go through first and further divide this into sub-
divisions
For example: Forming sub-divisions of ‘Nervous system divisions’ and ‘protection of the CNS’
etc.
☐ Now you have formed sub-groups, read through all of the content sub-sections within
your chosen section as to just remind and refresh the work
☐ Now read through the same content a few more times and start to memorise it all and
the details
☐ Then start to create short phrases of each piece of information, sorting the content into
smaller fragments that will act as mental cues and will encode the entire piece of
information – creating information ‘titles’ as such.
For example: In neuroscience, protection of the CNS can be reduced down to ‘The CSF and
BBB’
where this 4-word phrase should encompass you’re the entire content knowledge of what
CSF/BBB stand for and explanation of what they are and how they work – but allow you to
simply shorten it to this phrase in your revision – acting as a ‘title’ for all the information
☐ Do this for the entire section and its sub-sections and spend time memorising it all –
creating these smaller phrases and mental cues- memorising this until you have all
the content details remembered, as well as the information ‘titles’ you have reduced it
down to.
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- This plan is applicable to any area of study
- This form of study uses the active recall method and the blurting method
- The examples here are in the form of neuroscience – introduction to the nervous
system
- This is planned to last around a month before the exam
- Multiple sections should be revised at the same time – following the same step by step – and
multiple can be completed during the time frames allocated to each step with an advisable
amount of 3-4 varying subject sections/ same subject sections being completed at the same time
- This guide does not however provide a weekly revision plan as that is subject to the individual –
but it is advised to create a plan of which section will be completed and when to allow
appropriate time – for example if you have 8 sections – leave 2 months for this to be completed
(at 4 sections a month)
- (* This time frame is allocated for this step to be ideally completed – but isn’t a reflection of the
full amount of time that should be spent)
STEP 1: DIVIDE UP + MEMORISE CONTENT- 1 WEEK/SECTION*
☐ Choose the content you wish to revise and divide it into logical sections
For example: Dividing into groups of an individual lecturer’s block of content
☐ Once divided, choose one section to go through first and further divide this into sub-
divisions
For example: Forming sub-divisions of ‘Nervous system divisions’ and ‘protection of the CNS’
etc.
☐ Now you have formed sub-groups, read through all of the content sub-sections within
your chosen section as to just remind and refresh the work
☐ Now read through the same content a few more times and start to memorise it all and
the details
☐ Then start to create short phrases of each piece of information, sorting the content into
smaller fragments that will act as mental cues and will encode the entire piece of
information – creating information ‘titles’ as such.
For example: In neuroscience, protection of the CNS can be reduced down to ‘The CSF and
BBB’
where this 4-word phrase should encompass you’re the entire content knowledge of what
CSF/BBB stand for and explanation of what they are and how they work – but allow you to
simply shorten it to this phrase in your revision – acting as a ‘title’ for all the information
☐ Do this for the entire section and its sub-sections and spend time memorising it all –
creating these smaller phrases and mental cues- memorising this until you have all
the content details remembered, as well as the information ‘titles’ you have reduced it
down to.
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