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Many freshman medical students initially don't realize the importance of time management in their studies. This Study Guide has helped several students.  Day New Pages 1st Rep. Pages 2nd Rep. Pages 3rd Rep. Pages 4th Rep. Pages 1 1-50         2 51-100 1-50       3 101-150 51-100       4 151-200 101-150 1-50     5 201-250 151-200 51-100     6 251-300 201-250 101-150     7 301-350 251-300 151-200     8 351-400 301-350 201-250 1-50   9 401-450 351-400 251-300 51-100   10   401-450 301-350 101-150   11     351-400 151-200   12     401-450 201-250   13       251-300   14       301-350   15       351-400   16       401-450 1-50 17         51-100 18         101-150 19         151-200 20         201-250 21         251-300 22         301-350 23         351-400 24         401-450 You can extend this plan, including more than one subject, e.g., Genetics and Biochemistry. The principle of this study method is that you learn a new topic every day (50 textbook pages for example) and review on the same day what you have learned the day before. After this one-day review you increase the time interval between reviews to 2 days, then 4 days, then 8 days. The later reviews take less and less time since your memory is being reinforced.