Thank you ilovecrystals and Nefra. I am doing the A&P (ITEC) on Saturdays, 10-5 pm, one Saturday in every month - how am I going to learn all the curriculum with only that amount of teaching.
Deep breaths in!
I start this Saturday, will let you know how I get on, hopefully my brain won't explode.
To be honest, there's only so much they can teach you in a room. The rest you will have to do yourself. It's a matter of remembering things. Another great book I've just discovered is Trail Guide to the Body by Andrew Biel.
I'm using it for the A&P study I'm doing for my current course, which is a lot more in depth than I've done before. It's been an absolute god send.
I did VTCT A&P, so I don't know how much that differs to the ITEC syllabus, but I agree with taffywitch about the muscles. We had to learn name, position, action, origin and insertion for the muscles, and the teacher left it till the end of the course to start. With hindsight it would have been better to learn a few each week. Writing them on index cards is a good way to do it.
I loved doing my A&P course as I felt I was giving myself a good grounding before studying the practical courses. Some A&P is included in VTCT practical courses, but the separate qualification goes into more depth.
Good luck.
Ali
Ello again
Thanks guys i'm trying to study when ever i get a chance now. Does anyone know any good sites to help me revise? Our book in class is louise tucker and i find it way too hard to understand.
Hi Rosie,
Came across this thread again.
Hope you are getting on well with the course.
The website is ivyrose.co.uk , sorry I must have got mixed up with something else.
A good way to learn the muscles is to put the diagrams on the wall where you spend a fair bit of time. I used to put about 3 diagrams up at a time on the kitchen units. Whenever I was preparing food,waiting for kettle to boil etc I just kept looking over them again and again and they seemed to stick in my mind. Otherwise you have to keep getting your folder out. When you feel you have remembered them then replace with another 2 or 3.
Any help you need just ask and I will do my best.
I got my results a few weeks ago and recieved a Distinction so I'm very happy. I hadn't done any study for years so just goes to show that if you put your mind to it anything is possible.
If I think of anything else I'll let you know
Hi everyone, thank you for the advice so far. I'm doing ok at the moment, just about to learn all the skeleton and the bones, and the muscles.
Do I need to learn the origin of each muscle, I am only doing A&P and not the massage. I was told there are no questions in the A&P exam about insertion etc.