T.I.P.S. vs Traditional Review

This table serves a comparison of the review programs available nowadays, the traditional review program which is being utilized by most review centers in the country and the TIPS which was introduced by R.A. Gapuz Review Center:

Lecture
The TIPS offers an interactive lecture which guarantees no dull and boring moments, which only an R.A. Gapuz lecturer can offer. The lectures using the TIPS present common nursing concepts in a novel approach which entices the students to listen and sustains their attention for a long period of time. Once you attend an R.A. Gapuz review session, your perception of a lecture will drastically change. On the other hand, traditional nursing review programs have long, boring lectures that aim to impress the students with a detailed discussion of concepts without considering if the students understand them. Most review lecturers focus on the pathophysiology of a disease entity and drown students with highfaluting terms and miss out on many important concepts for the exam.

Focus
The TIPS aims to provide a framework of review for the students which in the long run will give students focus on the important concepts to concentrate on for the exam. With the shortened review, nonessential concepts are eradicated and students are assured that the review is focused only on making the students pass the exam. On the other hand, traditional nursing review programs aim to tackle all the concepts discussed in nursing school in three months’ time, without categorizing which information are must-knows. With the broad concept of nursing, it is easy for students to be misled and to try studying and digesting an enormous amount of information which will not be very useful for the examination.

Simulated Practice Tests
TIPS boasts of an updated compilation of practice tests which take into consideration the latest trends in nursing examinations. Practice tests are given for every subject to assess the knowledge of the students and to gauge their performance during the course of the review. On the other hand, traditional review programs have test compilations that existed for a long time, without integrating the latest trends and updates in board exam questions.

Checking
TIPS utilizes a computerized checking of the exam through the use of a scanner, the same one being used in the actual examination. This offers a lot of advantages. First, the students get the feel of the actual board exam because of the method of checking. Second, the skill in shading is enhanced. Many students encounter difficulty in shading their answers for their exam and this increases their anxiety and contribute to the actual failure during the exam. Third, they become familiar with the technical aspect of the exam and this can increase their confidence for the actual exam. On the other hand, most review centers utilize manual checking of papers. This hinders the students from being familiar with the proper way of shading the answer sheets. This causes them to have difficulty in the actual exam.

With the comparison of the two review programs available in the country, it is obvious which offers more advantages for the nurses. TIPS understandably top the traditional review program in terms of the benefits it can offer to any nurse who will be undertaking a licensure exam.