ESP Block 1: Self-Study Activities
The self-study begins with an introduction to the significance of learning style and its relationship to personality type. You will then progress through a series of videos that will culminate with two videos that apply the theory to learning methods. The outcome of the self-study will be an approach to managing your time and your learning with increasing skill as you progress through medical school. More information on the ESP is available at the Introduction to ESP video.
Originally published in print form as “SuccessTypes for Medical Students: A Program for Improving Academic Performance,” this book is no longer in print but is now available to you free online in the updated electronic version, “SuccessTypes in Medical Education, Version 1.1.”
- The comprehensive study guide is designed to focus your reading on the important points. It gives you something to look “for.”
- It is provided as a “doc” file, instead of “pdf,” for your convenience in keyboard recording of answer responses.
- It will help you focus on the important points to learn and will help you to use Deliberate Practice with your learning style.
- Henderson Hasselbalch concept map (used in concept mapping exercise)
- Henderson Hasselbalch text passage (used in concept mapping exercise)
- Anatomy Terminology (used in concept mapping exercise)
- SuccessTypes In Medical Education handout with concept mapping examples
- Primer on Deliberate Practice (needed when answering some of the questions in this guide,).
- SuccessTypes Learning Styles Type Indicator
- Video 0 - Introduction to ESP for students (not covered by study guide but listed for convenience)
- Video 1 - The Growth Mindset and Increasing Intelligence
- Video 2 - Clinical Skill Areas of the Cortex
- Video 3 - Learning Style, Personality Type, and Specialty Choice
- Video 4 - Changing Your Brain to Improve Learning Skills
- Video 5 - Brain Skill Development with Concept Maps
- Video 6 - The Power of Us: Question Analysis Groups (QuAGs) and Mindful Learning
A deadline on the skill concepts in the ESP is undefined. It is an ongoing process that continues to develop and refine itself with every challenge your career, and your life, present to you. Always find a way to "be noticing some improvement (Casals)."