Study Partners
A PLAB 2 study partner is another doctor preparing for the GMC's clinical exam who plays your patient and keeps the eight-minute clock. Afterwards, they give feedback on the three domains the…
Study Partners
An Open University study group usually starts in a module's own spaces: the tutor group forum, the module forum and the online tutorials. Everyone there works to the same TMA cut-off dates. From…
ADHD
Doing a PhD with ADHD is hard less for the thinking than for its shape: years of self-directed work and one real deadline at the end. You may see your supervisor every week or two, and nobody in…
Focus
For most sixth formers and uni students, why can't I revise has an answer in the set-up, not in their character. Answers sit beside the questions, a walkthrough replaces practice, the mock doesn't…
Study Apps
A study group rarely needs all of Discord, so the best Discord alternatives for study groups depend on which parts yours uses. Discord does six jobs for a group: drop-in voice rooms, screen sharing…
Study Apps
The best study group apps for students cover six jobs between meetings: chat, scheduling, shared files, flashcards, task tracking and reading together. Most groups need only the first three in week…
Study Apps
The best apps for virtual study sessions run beside the call, not instead of it. Each does one job: a whiteboard to explain on, a timer everyone sees, a quiz game to test each other, or a shared code…
Study Partners
The best study group ideas make every member produce something: an answer before the discussion, an explanation in their own words, an exam question, a map. Pick activities by what your next exam…
Study Partners
The short answer to how to be a good study partner: try the work before you meet, and ask questions that show where you're stuck. In the session, explain without handing over answers and give…