Our Favorite Ways to Preview Lectures

Download the lecture slides and skim through them.

Turn the LOs into a set of general questions that the lecture's going to answer.

Import the lectures into my note taking app and create the "notebooks" for that day.

Download lecture on ipad. Think about what I think the main topics of the lecture are, and look up any terms I do not understand. Try to recall if any of the material has been previously presented to us.

Briefly skim through the lecture without attempting to learn/memorize anything. If the lecturer has added starred slides, it will indicate what they want us to focus on/get out of the lecture. Recognize the familiar concepts/terms to form a basic outline in your brain about what the complexity of lecture might entail. Avoid forming preconceived notions about the difficulty of the lecture. Go in with an open mind and be ready to learn something new the next day!

I like to read the relevant chapters in the textbooks the day before the lecture just to get the gist of the material that will be presented. I have used BRS books, recommended text books, Dr. Meisenberg's text book or in some cases, handouts provided by the department.

Watch YouTube/Doctors in Training/Pathoma/Khan Academy videos that cover the learning objectives

Going over the LO's and highlight known conceps in green and new concepts in red. Screenshot and use it as a reference for study focus.

Import lectures into note taking app and create the "notebook" for that day.

I look at First Aid to find out the key points about what's going to be covered.

I like to use Dr. Najeeb's videos to preview. His videos on Immunology and Embryology were extremely helpful as a preview resource.

I like to download the lectures into the OneNote and skim them the night before.

read the recommended reading before the lecture (if difficult)

Running through the learning objectives, and skimming through bold or underlined terms.

Read through the Learning Objectives and highlight the key points that will be covered in the lecture.

Read through the material, on the front of the flashcard write detailed questions about the slides which can be grouped to decrease number. Then on the back paste the entire slide, that way the pertinent information is known, while the ability to see the entire slide and obtain the "nit picky" information is available as well.

Read Becker book

Search for Access Medicine explanatory resources

I like to read the chapters correlating with the lecture of the day, ahead of time. That way if I have any questions, I could ask them-- and this also helps to just pay better attention to what the professor is saying instead of writing everything they say.

I like to read both the LO and the lecture slides to see what the up coming lecture is about.

Look at the slides a day before to learn what you don't understand so you are able to ask more engaging and better questions, or talk to the professor after lecture to see what main ideas and concepts link to later classes

I like to read power-points to preview lectures. As I am doing so, I also like to note and write down anything about the subject that I remember from the past, or anything that I find especially interesting.