Useless Med School Notes; Medical Education Through Mnemonics

BACKGROUND: The volume of content required for synthesis by medical students is immense and continues to grow as more insight and information is added to the existing compendium of medical knowledge. Mnemonics, memory palaces, and other visual memory aids have been used throughout history for assisting students and scholars in recalling information; offering an alternative to the practice of rote memorization. While technology has advanced and a shift towards paid-subscription services that offer pre-made mnemonics has gained great popularity among medical students, studies have shown that the act of creating the mnemonic in of itself serves as a powerful memory formation tool. OBJECTIVE: Through engaging students in social media platforms, this project aims to build a bank of mnemonics as well as engage users in the creation of their own mnemonics to facilitate richer and more interactive educational experiences. METHODS: Since its inception, this project has utilized instagram ® as a platform for social communication. Using the app GoodNotes ® as a drawing platform, images are created and then uploaded to instagram ® , where they are shared with the followers of the content. RESULTS: 250+ mnemonics have been created and posted to the platform, amassing over 1,100 followers. Each post averages 800+ views and 40-70 “likes” from followers. CONCLUSION: By increasing the reach of this social mnemonic service, this project intends to become a staple in assisting long-term memory formation for medical students. As the reach of this project continues to grow, it will provide opportunities to assess the impact and effectiveness of the various memory devices, as well as the power of influence that the project has on encouraging students to engage in the creation of their own visual means of learning

INSERTING JAVANESE ACRONYMS FOR TEACHING GRAMMAR RULES: A Theoretical Assumption

Teaching grammar approaches have been applied one after another in the class for quite some time. However, the approaches may match to some students and may not to some others. The appropriateness and the effective usage of teaching grammar approaches can help students to facilitate the language process more comprehend (Thornbury.2006). Oxford (1989) states that there is a relationship between students‘ variables and the choice of Language Learning Strategies (LLSs). Students‘ variable likes students‘ background language can be used as a media to transfer the grammar. For example when Javanese students learn English grammar, then the strategy used can be linked with the Javanese way of thinking. In addition, there must be an appropriate strategy to bridge between the LLSs and the students‘ language background. Teaching grammar using acronyms is one of the ways to bridge between LLSs and Javanese in the class

Japanese Number Puns

Japanese is a language well-suited to word play, and a good example of this is telephone number mnemonics. English mnemonics must be based on the fact that both letters and numbers appear on the dial, but Japanese can use the numbers themselves

The Rhyming Peg Mnemonic Device Applied to Learning the Mohs Scale of Hardness

NOTE: This is a large file, 55.7mb in size! This article describes the use of the rhyming peg mnemonic device to teach Moh's scale of hardness. The "pegs" consist of a set of words, each rhyming with a number from one to ten, to which the mineral names are linked. The mnemonic drawings are incorporated into a poem. This technique is effective because it is meaningful, helps students organize information, provides many associations, uses the creative thinking skill of visualization of images, and focuses student attention. Educational levels: Graduate or professional

Status of NASA's IR wind shear detection research

The status of NASA's wind shear detection research is reported in viewgraph form. Information is given on early experience, FLIR detectors, quantities measured by Airborne Warning and Avoidance System 1 (AWAS 1), the time series model for Flight 551, conclusions from NASA 737 flights, conclusions on Orlando 7-7-90, and AWAS 3 mnemonics

Localisation and linguistic anomalies

Interactive systems may seek to accommodate users whose first language is not English. Usually, this entails a focus on translation and related features of localisation. While such motivation is worthy, the results are often less than ideal. In raising awareness of the shortcomings of localisation, we hope to improve the prospects for successful second-language support. To this end, the present paper describes three varieties of linguistic irregularity that we have encountered in localised systems and suggests that these anomalies are direct results of localisation. This underlines the need for better end-user guidance in managing local language resources and supports our view that complementary local resources may hold the key to second language user support