66 Interleaving Study Materials

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Chase DiMarco shares tips for practicing an evidence-based study technique called interleaving. Interleaving is tricky to apply because there is no golden rule that is analogous to the 1-1-3-1-1 rule for spaced repetition, for example. Instead, the effectiveness of interleaving depends on various factors such as the topic, the depth at which we are studying and our schedule. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[01:28] Interleaving Topics</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[03:36] Interleaving Materials</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[04:33] Choosing Study Resources</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[06:52] Filtering Question Banks</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[08:19] Stress + Rest = Growth</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[10:57] Recency Bias</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[12:14] Repeating the Same Question Bank</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">To interleave topics, one method is to ramp up the number of topics and the intensity of study as the week goes forward. For example:</span></p> <p> </p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Monday: Anatomy, 80% intensity</span></em></p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Tuesday: Pharmacology + Anatomy, 100% intensity</span></em></p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Wednesday: Biochemistry + Pharmacology + Anatomy, 100% intensity</span></em></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This method provides several benefits including overcoming the forgetting curve. We tend to forget materials after three days, if we do not review them. This method allows us to review old topics, whilst still learning new ones. In addition, we can prevent burnout. If we study anatomy for the whole week, for example, we will get very tired. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We can also choose to interleave study materials, in addition to study topics. For example, taking the example schedule abov