Key takeaways
- Review guesses as well as misses
- Write the rule, not the answer letter
- Retest with new wording after a delay
Use four fields, not a long notebook
A useful error log stays small enough to maintain. Record: topic, tested rule, cause of error, and next review date. Copying the entire question wastes time and can make you memorize wording instead of understanding the concept.
- Topic: infection control
- Rule: porous single-use items must be discarded
- Cause: confused cleaning with disinfection
- Next review: tomorrow, then three days later
Match the fix to the cause
A missing fact needs instruction. Confused terms need a side-by-side comparison. A sequence error needs a service-order diagram. A signal-word error needs slower reading. Repeating the same question does not fix every cause.
Space the retrieval
After reading the explanation, close it and state the rule. Retest later with a different example. If you answer correctly but cannot explain why, keep the concept active. If you explain and apply it twice across separate days, retire it into normal mixed review.
20 original questions with explanations. No account. Not an official examination.
Start free practice →Use patterns to change the plan
At the end of each week, count mistakes by topic and cause. Three different misses involving contact time point to a content gap; three misses involving except point to a reading habit. That pattern should decide the next lesson or drill.
Sources and scope of this guide
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