Chinese Medicine Notes

7 Techniques to Study For Exams in Chinese Medicine

Posted on June 2, 2008 by YaelNo Comments

Truth should be told- studying for exams is never fun.
Who wants to be inside the house studying when you can be watching the new Indiana Jones movie? Or having coffee with a friend?
If you ask me, if I got to choose between writing a paper and an exam I’d take writing a paper any time.
Writing a paper is a lot more helpful than exams. I have no doubt in my mind that writing a paper is a better way to learn a new topic, learn new things about a topic we’ve been talking about for a while, and the best part is- everything that I learn in the process of writing the paper stays with me.
That hardly ever happened to me while studying for exams.

Studying for exams in TCM means that you need to learn lists of functions for acupuncture points and herbs by heart. If you understand it- that’s great, but I never felt like this was the main goal of the exams.
That sounds a bit wrong doesn’t it?