Dr. J is Touro California Director of Academic Support Dr. Jill Alban. Dear Dr. J, I am already getting behind and I’m worried I’ll never catch up! What do you recommend? — Behind the Wheel on Mare Island Dear Behind, Use your …
It has been recommended to the College of Pharmacy students that they take a speed reading course before school begins. This recommendation may be helpful to all professional and graduate students. In the next two years you will have a …
Graduate school is different than college! Do you remember memorizing and regurgitating, studying into the wee hours of the morning to take an exam in a few short hours and scramming to write that paper the day before it’s due? …
The pace of learning here at TUC is intense, which can sometimes be overwhelming even for those who have excelled at previous levels of education. We regularly ask students who are at the top of their class to tell us what …
Dr. Jill Alban, Ed.D., is Director of Academic Support at Touro University California. Recently, I reported on spaced repetition. Today, I’m reporting on my students’ experiences with metacognition. While I learned about metacognition in my earlier life as a reading …
Dr. Jill Alban, Ed.D., is Director of Academic Support at Touro University California. We have all heard that learning medicine is like drinking from a fire hose. Yet often the most effective study techniques available are not implemented. Spaced repetition …