Journal Review Article #1 The article that I chose was on how to prepare yourself for the dental hygiene national board exam from the RDH Magazine website. The website gives a lot of great tips for students preparing for boards. The author, Jane Weiner, talks about the actions a hygienist student should take to prepare for the boards starting from the first day of dental school. She then continues to say what students should do throughout their schooling, and then what to do when it comes to test day. The first tip that she mentioned was to be organized. Organization is important for anything. The more organized you are the less stressful things are. Another tip she mentioned was to have a separate notebook that had questions that instructors …show more content…
I thought to myself, how am I ever going to be able to study everything I need to for this exam! I really liked the idea of the notebook with board exam questions in it. I definitely plan on taking the board review course as well. I know the class costs a bit of money, but I think it will be worth it in the end. One thing I found interesting is that Jane Weiner suggested that we do not study the day before the test. I’m the type of person that likes to look things over one last time before a quiz or an exam, so that will be hard for me. When it comes to taking the test, I liked the idea of answering a chunk of questions then taking your eyes off the paper & stretch your hands and neck. With the exam being about 200 questions, I’ll definitely be using that last tip. Having to sit there for 4 hours taking a test, that is going to be a huge relief once it is done and I will also take Jane Weiner’s advice on going to do something fun afterwards. I can’t wait for the day that we all go in that testing room and ace that exam! I’m glad I found this website, because I will be using all the tips she