So welcome to test taking strategies. This short module is just an introduction and how to navigate this course. I'm your presenter, Dr. Mitchell schwindt. Just a little bit about me. I'm a board certified emergency physician, I practice emergency medicine in a variety of settings. And I've been working with students for the last 10 plus years on academic success.

I've written several titles on testing. And I have one title in particular that's been hanging out around the top marks on Amazon for a while, and it's also available on several other platforms. And I'm a consultant to industry I write a lot of high level test questions, mostly for physicians and training and for physician certification exams. These are high level questions. In the last year, I've written alone, probably about 5000 questions for a variety of companies that that generate testing materials and resources for physicians and physicians and in training. So the agenda for this course is the introduction which you're listening to now.

Moving on to some basic concepts about testing and test taking. The next section covers many And realities of testing and answering questions properly. Moving on to question types, there are several different question types. And there are some specific tips that you can use to tackle a variety of different types of questions. A section on the physiology of testing, which is going to be developing over the next little bit with additional lectures coming forth, I don't want to overwhelm people with the science behind testing, and then we'll wrap it up with a conclusion. Just a few quick facts, the difference between an A and a B is often just one or two points for many students.

Simple techniques can and will increase your performance. And IQ does not equate to performance or test taking success. Many highly intelligent people perform poorly on exams, and we'll talk about that in a separate module. willpower is key. It's been well shown that a person who possesses a high degree of willpower can outperform an intelligence student two to one, hands down By using this course the lectures are designed to stand alone. You can go in any order you want some of the material what may require additional review or thought and may require some discussion or questions don't be afraid to ask and please go back and review anything that you maybe didn't understand on the first go through.

I'm here for you interaction is beneficial for all of us. The courses designed to allow interaction between instructor and students and certainly students can interact and answer each other's questions as well. We can all learn from each other. Some of you may have some unique talents and techniques and strategies for answering specific types of questions and we'd love to hear those. So I hope you enjoy the course success is within your grasp. And let's get started.