Learning Strategies
Potpourri
Longwood Medical Area (LMA)
MCPHS
PAs
100

Explain and describe ideas with many details.

Elaboration

100

The last time the Boston Celtics won the NBA Finals

2023-2024 season

100

The number of institutions in LMA

22

This includes includes hospitals, research centers, colleges and universities, schools, an art museum, a religious institution, and an international pharmaceutical research company

100

Works with students with disabilities to make sure they have the same access to academic programs and campus activities as fellow peers without disabilities.

OSAA

100
The exam PAs take in order to become certified.

PANCE

200

Space out your studying over time.

Spaced Practice

200

The main ingredient in household dust

dead skin cells

200

The green line branches that service the LMA

The D and E green line branches

200

Network that includes Peer Tutoring, Supplemental Instruction sessions, Tutor Me and Peer Assistance leaders

University Learning Network (ULN)

200

The average salary of PAs

$105,000 to $129,000

300

Practice bringing information to mind.

Retrieval Practice

300

The year Facebook launched

2004

300

This hospital is one of the largest employers of PAs on the East Coast

Brigham and Women's Hospital

300

Helps students set academic goals for the semester. Includes Academic Coaches and Faculty Mentors.  

CASE

300

The required degree for a PA.

Masters degree

400

Switch between ideas while you study

Interleaving

400

The American president that is in the wrestling Hall of Fame.

Abraham Lincoln 

400

This hospital received  more funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) than any other children's hospital in the nation

Boston Children's Hospital

400

The building our class is held.  

White Building

400

The areas of medicine that PAs work in.

All areas!

500

Use specific examples to understand abstract ideas.

Concrete Examples

500

The year the first iphone was released. 

2007

Nearly 300,000 were sold in the first weekend!

500

Number of patients treated in this area annually

2.8 million

500

The place to go if you are interested in clubs and organizations.

Campus Life

500

Minimum number of patient contact hours to apply to the MCPHS PA program.

250 hours

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