Archive for December, 2008
How To Learn
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Students have lots of problems not the least of which is trying to cram huge amounts of material into a 7 to 10 lb head and have it stick. What are the real keys to learning and making that knowledge part of you. These are questions that I have been pondering for many years and I have come up with a couple of ways that work for me.
Here is the small list of things I try:
Immersion
Writing out your ideas or lists to remember
Making note cards to carry around
Taking naps
Reading a lot!
Rereading more.
Ok, so this is the short list from a non expert in the field. If you want to get the real low down on learning follow the link to an article that just is better than sliced bread for the student. I highly recommend reading the article Hacking Knowledge.
The Shadow Knows
Posted by: | CommentsThe “Shadow” experience for potential nurse anesthetist students is one of the critical preparatory moves that anyone interested in the field of nurse anesthesia must take before deciding that this is “it”. What better way for a person to find out if this is a field that they would like to be a part of and be able to adapt to than to spend a day with a nurse anesthetist. The experience in the operating room Shadowing a provider taking care of patients will not only demonstrate what we do in dramatic fashion but give the potential nurse anesthetist candidate an opportunity to be challenged to be more – way more. That’s what “The Shadow” knows.
Before the immersion process into anesthesia practice many of us had assumptions about what the world of anesthesia care is and what it takes to be a nurse anesthetist. Its only by being in the mix can it be demonstrated. It’s only my opinion now – every one has their place in the world where they can be their best and do good work. Where is it for you? For me its in the operating room giving kind attentive care with anesthesia and mentoring others to do the same. Only you will be able to know if this a field that you have enough passion and drive to sustain you in order to attain the necessary skills to excel as an anesthesia provider in today’s world.
