Zach Highley is a medical student in Philadelphia, YouTube creator, and top percentile academic performer. In this show, Zach interviews top performers from around the world in business, life, and medicine. He analyzes what resources and techniques they used to get to the top. New episodes every other Monday at 5 am.
The most effective study strategies I've learned over my 11 years in higher education.
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0:00 - Intro
0:33 - Sleep
9:22 - Medical Issues
11:35 - Environment
13:07 - Mindset
13:59 - Exercise
17:57 - Planning
19:44 - Start/End Time
21:26 - Hard Things First
22:21 - Keep the Lights On
24:44 - Passive to Active Learning
27:03 - Practice Questions
29:43 - Flashcards
33:12 - Interleaved Learning
34:32 - Pomodoro Technique
36:28 - Feynman Technique
49:23 - Hebbian Theory
40:20 - Taking Breaks
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Resources:
Residency Information: https://students-residents.aamc.org/applying-residencies-eras/applying-residencies-eras
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3. Wagner, U., Gais, S., Haider, H., Verleger, R. & Born, J. Sleep inspires insight. Nature 427, 352–355 (2004).
4. Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker, PhD
5. The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo
6. Irit Wolach, Hillel Pratt. The mode of short-term memory encoding as indicated by event-related potentials in a memory scanning task with distractions. Clinical Neurophysiology 112, 186-197 (2001)
7. How to Stop Worrying and Start Living by Dale Carnegie
8. Roig M, Nordbrandt S, Geertsen SS, Nielsen JB. The effects of cardiovascular exercise on human memory: a review with meta-analysis. Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2013 Sep;37(8):1645-66. doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2013.06.012. Epub 2013 Jun 24. PMID: 23806438.
9. Winter B, Breitenstein C, Mooren FC, Voelker K, Fobker M, Lechtermann A, Krueger K, Fromme A, Korsukewitz C, Floel A, Knecht S. High impact running improves learning. Neurobiol Learn Mem. 2007 May;87(4):597-609. doi: 10.1016/j.nlm.2006.11.003. Epub 2006 Dec 20. PMID: 17185007.
10. Dunlosky J, Rawson KA, Marsh EJ, Nathan MJ, Willingham DT. Improving Students’ Learning With Effective Learning Techniques: Promising Directions From Cognitive and Educational Psychology. Psychol Sci Public Interest. 2013;14(1):4‐58. doi:10.1177/1529100612453266
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View the Show Notes Page for This Episode for transcript and more information: zhighley.com/podcast
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Welcome to the Zach Highley Show, where we discuss personal growth and medicine to figure out how to improve our lives. My name is Zach and I’m a medical student, and soon to be physician, in Philadelphia. Throughout these episodes I’ll interview top performers from around the world in business, life, and medicine in hopes of extracting the resources and techniques they use to get to the top.
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