#74: Study Groups Are (Usually) a Waste of Time

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🗓️ 31 October 2019

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Study groups and nursing school go hand-in-hand. They seem to be everyone's "go to" tactic when they are struggling with a class, and everyone seems to love them, so they MUST be incredibly helpful. And, the bigger the better. Right? Wrong. In this podcast episode I’ll let you in on the key reasons why your study group might be wasting you time and detracting you from meeting your goals. But don’t worry. I also provide tips for creating a study group environment that works. ___________________ Full Transcript - Read the article and view references FREE CLASS - If all you've heard are nursing school horror stories, then you need this class! Join me in this on-demand session where I dispel all those nursing school myths and show you that YES...you can thrive in nursing school without it taking over your life! LATTE Method Template - Download the free LATTE Method Template so you can streamline how you study and focus on what a nurse needs to know. Study Sesh - Change the way you study with this private podcast that includes dynamic audio formats that help you review and test your recall of important nursing concepts on-the-go. Free yourself from your desk with Study Sesh! Crucial Concepts Bootcamp - Start nursing school ahead of the game, or reset after a difficult first semester with my nursing school prep course, Crucial Concepts Bootcamp. Learn key foundation concepts, organization and time management, dosage calculations, and so much more. Nursing School Thrive Guide - Get the book that many nursing students consider the ultimate survival guide for nursing school! Available in paperback, Kindle and audio formats. 💕Did you love this episode? Please take a moment to follow or subscribe to the show so you never miss an episode! ___________________ The information, including but not limited to, audio, video, text, and graphics contained on this podcast are for educational purposes only. No content on this podcast is intended to guide nursing practice and does not supersede any individual healthcare provider's scope of practice or any nursing school curriculum. Additionally, no content on this podcast is intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Straight a Nursing is a proud member of the Airwave Media Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:27.0	Terms apply, C3.co. UK. Hey there everyone it is Nurse Mo and welcome back to the Straight A Nursing
0:46.0	podcast this is episode 74 and today I'm going to probably express what might be an unpopular opinion, but today's episode
0:57.9	is all about how study groups are a huge waste of time. But if you are a study group fan I'll give you some tips for how to make them work.
1:08.0	So don't throw those tomatoes at me just hear me out and let's talk about study groups and how even
1:18.2	though they seem to be a lot of people's go-to tactic when maybe they're starting out and they think, oh, I've got to get in a
1:26.0	study group right away, or they notice that they're struggling with a topic, make a study group, go to study group. It just seems like everybody
1:36.2	joins them and has them and loves them, right? So they must be really helpful.
1:41.3	Or maybe not. So first of all the biggest problem with
1:47.8	study groups is that they can just be way too large. Big study groups are actually a giant, giant waste of time and here is why.
2:02.3	Big groups tend to be a lot more based on social interaction
2:07.5	than on studying. So when I was a nursing student I I had my core group of friends.
2:14.2	There were about seven of us.
2:16.8	And I started out this semester.
2:19.2	We were all working in study groups on different assignments, topics, and studying. And I quickly
2:27.7	found that we spent a lot of time socializing and as much as I loved that I just did not have time for it. So if you
2:38.1	really look at what's going on in your study group are you spending 20 30 minutes socializing in a two-hour study session?
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