Study With Me - Scoping the Subject ft. Just Eat

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This is the first proper 'study with me' video of the new season. If you're new to the series, I'll be documenting my process of preparing for the MRCOG, a postgraduate medical speciality exam for Obstetrics and Gynaecology. In this video, I take you through a day off work where I spent some time 'scoping the subject' - ie: going through the specification and organising my Evernote and Notability notebooks into a reasonable structure. We end with a lovely evening of board games and food, courtesy of Just Eat, who are very kindly sponsoring the video. Enjoy xx

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Ali, somehow you manage to romanticize studying, and its incredible

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Ali: active recall is the most efficient study technique

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Your voice is super relaxing! You should do ASMR 😂😂

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Hey! Anki really helped me memorize the names of the bones and the markings 😻 knowing about active recall is a blessing! Thanks!

[axx]

Just clicked on the Spotify playlist and immediately saw Game of Thrones, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings and Breaking Bad.

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At first I was not understand much of what you were talking, cause my english teacher talk VERY slow and I wasn't accustomed with it, but some videos ago and I'm understanding everything.
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[thesolidnick]

Great video! I’m a surgeon general and resident in Surgical Oncology here in Brazil, and I’ve been following your work for quite some time now. I also use the iPad Pro + Apple Pencil + Notability combo for notes, and Evernote for everything I might need in my daily practice. I tried several times using flash cards as a method of active recall, but I just can’t seem to get used to it. I hope you make a video on how you decide what topics you cover on “evernote/one note” and what you use the flash cards for. Keep up your awesome work!

[justme-ldxz]

Awesome to get a closer look at your "scoping the subject" strategy! Also, about music while studying... I've always been the type of person that can't study without listening to pretty upbeat and "distracting" music (if you'd ask other people lol) I looked it up as well, but apparently when you've got a chronically underaroused brain such as with ADHD/ADD you actually tend to need that extra bit of stimulation to be able to concentrate! Which was very eye-opening to me, and finally explained why the only way I could write any assignment was while listening to a live coldplay concert on the other half of my screen LOL. Sounds crazy I know!! But if I don't I just keep zoning out every split second haha. There's some literature published about this as well. Music is basically a way of self-medicating dopamine if you think about it. I personally think that, it also depends on the task at hand which also brings a layer of stimulation to your brain. For example, if I'm doing some physics I tend to turn to classical music because the subject itself is stimulating enough. Just a little theory of mine, based on my own experience and what I've read! Also, I'm so excited about this series!! Can't wait for the rest!

[mrmacu]

Please make more videos about scoping the subject, like how to properly do it and what apps/tools to use. It would be much appreciated 😁

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I hope I get to pass my exams for college, though!

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Finally a study with me. I appreciate your videos a lotttt. They are very helpful. Please do more revision tips for A levels

[Newhandlewhodis]

Hey Ali! Could you do videos giving a walkthrough of different specialties? Perhaps your friends and colleagues can talk about the extracurricular activities they did in Med school to be considered as a competitive candidate and what post-grad training is like!

[TheJournalingType]

I like studying with classical music but when I am reading a book (mostly fiction) I put on a indie playlist from Spotify, don't know why but when I listing back to the music I can remember all I read in the book. Is like this perfume, it smells really great, is a man perfume, every time I pass by a guy with that perfume all I can remember is the cruise I went to, I remember the place where I first got the smell, it was one of does "family" dinner, the last meal of the day. That nostalgic feeling is super strong hahaGreat video btw, thank you!

[nightbot]

Your videos always help me feel peaceful, keep up the great work!

[pran]

The video turned to be shorter than i expected 😭