[Histonet] RE: HTL Exam

[joelle weaver]

AdrienneThanks for your thoughts, however I was not in need of any study help, having passed the exam some time ago, but was posting in response to students questions to try to help and support them. I think your system is good if your goal is memorization. My personal feeling is that while this may allow you to select the correct answer on any MC test in the short term; if you only memorize information it will leave short term recall very quickly, and you will be lacking when called upon to use this information for application, synthesis, troubleshooting etc., in a real lab situation. Memorization is a learning first step, but good to move beyond this level of understanding in your learning process. I am glad that you were able to pass, and I hope you go on to build on your learning through your work in the lab. Best of luck.

Joelle Weaver MAOM, BA, (HTL) ASCP
 
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 > Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2011 12:38:24 -0700
> From: aaperghis <@t> uspath.com
> To: joelleweaver <@t> hotmail.com
> Subject: HTL Exam
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> Hi Joelle,
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> I took the HTL exam in April.  I thought I did terribly but ended up passing (go figure). 
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> I honestly think it's a lot of memorization.  
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> I got the flash-cards that compliment the Carson text.  Some images were repeats of the book but most were new.  And it was an excellent study guide for questions like:  what is this stain, what's wrong with this stain/section, what's the best fixative for this stain, etc.  I also made my own flashcards, of which I had probably around 500.  Not an easy task.  
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> I read and high-lighted the Carson and Barncroft text.  Then I went through and made an outline of the text (a loooong outline).  
> After reviewing that a few times, I made my flashcards.  
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> Going through the flashcards over the weeks, I could eventually cut out the ones that I knew the answers to and kept studying the more difficult ones.  
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> The Barncroft text was an excellent supplemental for Carson and also had nice images.
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> If you would like my outline, let me know and I will send it over.  $500.  Kidding.  
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> Best of luck!  
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> Adrienne
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