As you go through your course, you will probably find it easier to be successful because you have had more practice with your studies, time management, and so forth. You are going to finish your online course with a bunch of tips you would like to offer other people to help them get through their course, here are those types of tips.
Use Every Resource
Your college, online or offline, has its own library, a series of tools, and various other materials to help you get through your Health Services Management course. You may be tempted to use your textbooks and whatever else Google throws up, but at least try out what your online college has to offer. Even the simplest of tools may help you become more efficient or effective over time.
Study Other People’s Work
You are going to get courses and assignments that have course codes on them. Research those course codes on the Internet, and research your assignment questions and notes. Look online for other people who have written about the same thing as you. In many cases, you can find the answers that other people have written, and you can write them out yourself with your own flavor. It doesn’t matter how ethical this is so long as the answers are correct, you understand them, and you present in your own words.
Plan Two Weeks Ahead
With any luck, you will be working a curriculum that has a set timetable that you can look up or gain access to very early. Many projects and assignments can last for weeks. With that in mind, portion out your time and your effort to a schedule that lasts two weeks. Plan for longer, and those plans will no doubt be changed due to circumstance. Plan for shorter periods and you will struggle to strike a balance between the many things you need to study.
Watch Other Material
Let’s say you are working on a certain subject. You have read the textbook, watched the online video, and maybe even had a talk with your tutor. Even with all that done, watch a few other lectures and videos on the subject. It often solidifies the knowledge in your head and broadens the subject a little so that you can understand it better. You may not have time to dedicate yourself fully to a second book on a subject, but couldn’t you listen to a podcast or video while riding a bus or waiting in a doctor’s office?
Have Negative Expectations
Always figure that you are going to be 20% behind. When you plan, assume that each project will take 20% longer than it should, assume that you will be 20% behind when you are working. Even assume that you only have 80% of the allotted time required to complete the task. Force yourself into a situation where you are worried about the next deadline because the moment you start to relax is the moment you start falling behind. Negative expectations are not always a bad thing.
Portion Out Your Distractions
A lot of negative stuff is said about play-and-wait games, but the fact is that they offer a great bit of relief when you are studying hard. Take the game “Fallout Shelter.” It offers a series of tasks, and then gives you nothing to do besides wait for resources to come in and tasks to complete. Such a game allows you to hit the books for tens of minutes, and then take a break by checking in on your shelter, completing a few tasks, and then getting back to work. The great thing about these games is that you run out of things to do, so you cannot get lost in the narrative like you would with a regular game.
Do Not Reward Yourself
The last tip may sound like you are studying and then rewarding yourself with a little bit of gaming, but that is not the case. All you are doing is allowing yourself to be distracted, but only by tasks that are temporarily finite. Do not try to reward yourself for working because it teaches your subconscious that studying is horrible. Over time, you will need more and more rewards, bigger and bigger rewards, just to get you to do your work. Before you know it, every time you study it becomes a horrible slog and you cannot understand why.
Studying online is a commitment and a potential major change to your lifestyle. To complete your course, you need to be organized and focused.
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