#optomstudies talking about using textbooks ššš! @slowtownstudiesā Unlike high school, teachers wonāt usually assign specific pages or problem sets to do, and youāll be using it as a supplement to your studies. Thereās no one way of using textbooks because there are multiple types.Ā
Characteristics: Usually pocket or A5 sized, bit hard to understand without having background knowledge first, basic dot point summaries. E.g. Wills Eye Manual and Kanski Clinical Ophthalmology Synopsis.Ā
Benefits of this type of txtbk: good for things you can forget easily, great to revise with before exams, doesnāt break your back to carry around.Ā
How to make notes: you donāt. Just read straight off them - they are quick reference and require you to understand concepts first.Ā
Characteristics: thick, typically 2-3 inches in thickness, written in easy to understand language, as wordy and comprehensive as a print text can be whilst still being able to be carried home out of a bookshop, updated but usually not much difference between versions E.g. Campbellās Biology.Ā
Benefits of this type of txtbk: can be studied from without attending lectures, easily readable even when university has sucked the life energy out of you, so comprehensive your lecture usually uses it as the basis of their lecture notes.Ā
Make your lecture summaries first
Get a good grasp of topic
Read textbook and jot down notes or write down on a post-it anything you didnāt already know/needed clarified/anything the textbook explained better.Ā
Use active reading and make sure you try and word it in your own way!
Add these post-its into your lecture summary notes
Characteristics: typically 1-2 inches thick, author will specifically say in their Preface that the book is intended to cover the basics, is updated regularly every few years often with overhauls of content. E.g. Kanskiās Clinical Ophthalmology.Ā
How to make notes: Similar to Explanatory type, but since itās written more in a dot-point fashion, youāll find it to be similar in format to your lecture notes. Judge on a case-by-case basis whether or not you want to make notes.Ā
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