Taking Responsiblity

As Paramedic school was coming to a close, it became apparent which students were "getting it" and which really weren't. There is something that I can say that I observed about those that seemed to have more trouble than the rest.


They always had an excuse.

I never heard someone who was really having trouble with rhythm recognition say "I will take responsibility for my own learning"

Of course, that is a really strange thing for someone to say...but there always seemed to be extrinsic factors regarding learning, with the course, the teacher, the book, the tests, or the rhythms themselves.

To future paramedic students, my advice in regards to this is that when you crash and burn (you will). Learn from that experience and find ways for you to improve, don't just blame it on factors outside of your control.

Also, if banging your head against the wall doesn't help you retain material, stop banging your head against the wall.

Flash cards were the suggestion for learning pharmacology.

Flash cards didn't work for me.

I stopped using flash cards.

I didn't blame the flash cards, or the people who told me to use flash cards, I didn't blame the fact that we spent slim to nil amount of time on the material in class.

I found something else that worked for me.