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Katherine

friend · in 13 sources (2017–2018)

Speaks in 2 sources; this page lists what is said about them.

Sources by year: 2017: 3 · 2018: 10

Also named in the threads: Ali will do a 10,000-subscriber Q&A themed on study tips and revision on Thursday 12 April 2018, and asks viewers to send questions by Instagram or Snapchat message. · Ali says the next day's video (13 April 2018) will answer viewers' questions on specific study techniques, such as active recall, spaced repetition, flashcards and how to learn material in the first place.

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What comes up in the same parts of the videos; the number is how many parts.

Paul (13) · Jake (3) · active recall (6) · Emmanuel College (3) · Singapore (2) · spaced repetition (4) · History taking (2) · 6med (3) · Anki (2) · Cambridge (3)

What the videos say

The most important statements of each year; all statements.

2018

  • 2018-04-12 · Motivation, Stress & Time Management - Exam Revision Q&A with Cambridge students — recommendation: Katherine recommends the Pomodoro technique: work for about 25 minutes, rest for five and repeat; she has friends who work furiously together in cafes for 25 minutes and chat for five, which works well for some people. — 00:03:48
    • Katherine recommends apps such as Forest, which lock you out of social media and other phone apps for a set time so you cannot get distracted by them. — 00:03:48
    • Ali says everyone has days when they cannot be bothered: that day he, Paul and Katherine did about three hours of OSCE preparation in the afternoon and nothing in the morning. — 00:07:22
  • 2018-04-14 · Last Minute Study Tips, Flashcards, Essays & Maths - Exam Revision Q&A with Cambridge students — recommendation: Katherine says you only learn material by doing active recall, so be willing to try the practice paper even if you feel horrendously underprepared. — 00:00:55
    • Katherine and her friends each learn a topic in self-study and then teach it to each other, which checks their understanding. — 00:04:14
    • Katherine: With a month left and much uncovered, Katherine advises stepping back, taking stock of what is covered and where the big holes are, covering those topics in overview, and having a plan. — 00:07:25
    • Katherine says if you are not willing to use Anki properly, don't use it at all: use paper flashcards or the spreadsheet method instead. — 00:16:11
  • 2018-04-18 · Study With Me + 10 Productivity / Revision Tips - Cambridge University medical student VLOG #31 — Ali and his friend Katherine spend half an hour on psychiatry history role plays; Ali plays an asylum seeker with post-traumatic stress disorder who has taken a paracetamol overdose. — 00:02:26
    • Swapping roles, Katherine plays a homeless young woman in a spiral of depression who comes to the GP with a social worker, and Ali, as the GP, works towards an action plan. — 00:02:55
    • Ali's tenth tip, for quizzing with a friend: one reads the question aloud, both answer silently, and they look only when both are ready, so each still uses their own active recall. — 00:06:54
  • 2018-05-07 · Live Q&A + Hangout - Bank Holiday vibes - Ali Abdaal, Cambridge medical student — Ali would name his friend Paul as the smartest person he knows, good at the logic of games like Avalon or Mafia, though Callum, Jake, Molly and Katherine are smart too. — 00:29:54
  • 2018-05-28 · Study with Me + How I take notes - Cambridge University medical student VLOG #36 — Ali: Over lunch Ali's group taught Jake and Paul the fitness-for-discharge assessment: Katherine explained it to Jake while Ali, who had made up the story, watched for holes in her knowledge, which helped all three learn. — 00:03:04
  • …and 12 statements more in 2018 — all statements of 2018

Also named in: Study with Me + Revision tips from friends - Cambridge University medical student VLOG #32, Exam Study Tips for University & A-Level students - Revision Q&A with Cambridge students, Live Stream - Hangout

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