Medical Mnemonist (from MedSchoolCoach)

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63 Memory Palace Excuses/Solutions, Meditations & Habit Stacking with Anthony Metivier Jul 08, 2020

Show notes

Dr. Anthony Metivier is a prolific speaker, bestselling author, and creator of the Magnetic Memory Method. This is his third time guesting on the podcast and joins us today to discuss the Magnetic Memory Method, overcoming obstacles to retention and common memory misconceptions.

2:15 About Anthony’s TEDx Talk and New Book ‘The Victorious Mind’

4:13 Memory Palaces: Spatial Mnemonics to Promote Retention

6:45 Overcoming Excuses to Create Memory Techniques

7:29 The Magnetic Method: Creating Reliable Retention and Repelling the Unnecessary

11:03 The ‘Bad Memory’ Misconception and How to Conquer it

12:15 The Benefits of Utilizing Memory Techniques Beyond Learning

13:00 Understanding That Fun Should not be a Requirement for Learning

16:08 Building Systems That Require Participation to Reach Your Goals

19:09 Creating Your Goals: Doing Due Diligence to Understand Your Path

22:20 Pre-Planning: Decreasing Cognitive Load by Creating Visual Dictionaries

24:35 Multi-Sensory Dictionary Creation

30:25 Re-visitation Pattern Retention

33:25 Space Repetition vs. Memory Palace Techniques: There is No Universal Tool

36:30 Meditations: Reducing the Self-Referential Inner Narrative

Resources

Information about Dr. Metivier and the Magnetic Memory Method can be found here at https://www.magneticmemorymethod.com. Also, check out his recent TedX Talk!

Anthony’s free course can be found here:

https://www.magneticmemorymethod.com/free-memory-improvement-kit/

If you would like to apply for his full Masterclass, feel free to use my affiliate link!

Books

The Victorious Mind: How to Master Memory, Meditations and Mental Well-Being by Dr. Anthony Metivier

Anthony Metivier Amazon Author Page

61 Free Open Access Medical Education (FOAM) Flashcards with Brocencephalon Jun 17, 2020

Show notes

Dr. Amreet Sidhu is a Toronto-born Internal Medicine Resident based in Detroit. He is the creator of Brosencephalon, a comprehensive set of pre-clinical flashcards created for self-study that spread worldwide. Amreet’s cards have evolved into a community-driven project by medical students for medical students. Today’s episode will cover the inspiration behind the creation of Brosencephalon, the most useful aspects of Anki and how to create your own effective flashcards for retention.

3:20 The Inspiration Behind the Creation of Brosencephalon 7:42 Evidence Based Cognitive Learning for Effective Retention 9:59 How COVID-19 is Facilitating Change for Brosencephalon and Learning Programs 13:59 Curricular Design and Application 15:31 Creating Effective and Efficient Flashcards 19:58 The Benefits of Cognitive Effort When Creating Flashcards 23:30 Digital Cards vs. Physical 25:50 Elaborative Interrogation and its Relevance to Flashcards. 30:45 How to Integrate Multiple Learning Strategies 34:19 Using Flashcards for Self-Assessment 37:53 The Need to Update Standard Western Learning Conventions 40:00 Amreet’s Favourite Anki Plugins 41:50 The Use of Mnemonics and Images in Flashcards 43:43 What Would Amreet Change if He Could go Back in Time?

Resources

Information about Amreet and Brosencephalon can be found here:

https://www.brosencephalon.com https://twitter.com/brosencephalon https://www.reddit.com/r/Brosencephalon

Anki Plugins

Hierarchical Tags Frozen Fields Load Balancer Heat Mapper

Websites

https://apps.ankiweb.net https://www.reddit.com/r/Anki/

Join the Medical Mnemonist Master Mind Facebook group and find our Blog posts, Podcasts, and other Resources at FreeMedEd.org! Feel free to Email any Questions or Comments.

60 How to Memorize Your School Textbooks Jun 10, 2020

Show notes

We have a very special episode for you today. Though we are still in the midst of a pandemic, economies are going haywire, and police reformation is a top concern for the nations future students must still focus on their current educational requirements to have the personal futures they desire. As such, here is the lecture that your host, Chase DiMarco, gave during the first annual Online Medical Education Summit!

By combining past episodes training on memory palaces and visual marker creation, you will now learn one potential method for memorizing all of your school textbooks! This is an advanced stage of mnemonics creation but in reality it is simply using the same universal principles to a larger scale. For a refresher on visual marker creation and memory palace basics, here is a list of past episodes that may help:

E2- Memory Palaces basics w/ Mullen Memory’s Alex Mullen & Cathy Chen

E4- Visual Marker Creation & Journey Method w/ Nelson Dellis

E17- Creating Visual Mnemonics with Sketchy Medical Drs. Bryan and Aaron Lemieux

E23- Visual Mnemonic Generation with Ron Robertson of Picmonic

E26- School Success and Productivity with Memory Athlete Brad Zupp

Also, if you would like to view the video presentation you can find it here. A recommended pre-requisite to this material would be the FreeMedEd tutorial on Memory Palaces and Medical Mnemonics. Enjoy!

Join the Medical Mnemonist Master Mind Facebook group and find our Blog posts, Podcasts, and other Resources at FreeMedEd.org! Feel free to Email any Questions or Comments.

58 Lessons Learned in Medical Education Entrepreneurship May 22, 2020

Show notes

Chase DiMarco holds an MS, MBA-HA, and is an MD/PhD-candidate, having studied at Saint James School of Medicine in the Caribbean. He is the founder of FreeMedEd.org and host of The Medical Mnemonist and 1-Minute Preceptor podcast. Chase has also co-authored the book Read This Before Medical School. Today’s episode sees Chase interviewed by 4th year medical student Sharif. They will cover his time in medical school and how he would approach studying if he could go back.

04:24 What Motivated Chase to Begin FreeMedEd
07:10 Filling the Gaps: What Teachers Don’t Know About Learning Techniques
08:40 The Benefits of Preceptors
10:20 How Chase Would Have Applied Memory Techniques for Study
12:35 The International Schooling Experience
15:10 The Qualities of a Successful Medical Student
18:06 Competitiveness and Burnout
26:15 Chase’s Daily Medical Student Routine
32:48 The Techniques Chase Wishes He Knew in Medical School
47:50 Implementing a Mind Palace
51:38 Quality of Learning Over Quantity
53:37 Using Memory Techniques to Create Free-Time

Resources

FreeMedEd.org

How to Make a Memory Palace on Youtube

Books

Read This Before Medical School by Chase DiMarco, Theodore X. O’Connell and Gregory Rodden

Join the Medical Mnemonist Master Mind Facebook group and find our Blog posts, Podcasts, and other Resources at FreeMedEd.org! Feel free to Email any Questions or Comments.

57 Memory and Effective Learning With Michelle Miller PhD May 13, 2020

Show notes

Michelle Miller holds a PhD in Cognitive Psychology and is Professor of Psychological Sciences at Northern Arizona University. She also serves as President’s Distinguished Teaching Fellow. Additionally, Dr. Miller has published several books and studies on memory and effective learning. Today’s episode will cover principles and techniques for memory effectiveness in the medical field.

3:50 The Emerging Methodology of Teaching Online
4:35 The Core Principles of Memory to Increase Learning Outside of the Classroom
10:30 Factors Involved in Retention
13:30 Techniques for Terminology
18:50 Conceptualizing Context to Shift Memory Modality
22:30 Knowing How and When to Apply Different Techniques for Memory
26:50 Spacing Out Study and Why it is Beneficial for Retention and Recalling
32:35 Reflecting on Techniques That Work for You

Resources

Information about Dr. Michelle Miller can be found here: https://www.michellemillerphd.com

Books

Make it Stick: The Science of Successful Learning by Peter Brown

Moonwalking with Einstein by Joshua Foer

The Invisible Gorilla by Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simmons

Websites

https://www.retrievalpractice.org

https://www.learningscientists.org

Join the Medical Mnemonist Master Mind Facebook group and find our Blog posts, Podcasts, and other Resources at FreeMedEd.org! Feel free to Email any Questions or Comments.

55 Applying Spaced Repetition and Visual Mnemonics to Medical Study with Gabe Wyner Apr 29, 2020

Show notes

Gabe Wyner, author of Fluent Forever, is fluent in 8 languages and has developed multiple strategies for mnemonics-based learning. Today’s episode will cover how to apply those strategies to the medical field.

Intro
2:20 Developing Initial Learning Strategies.
7:10 Implementing Memory Skills: Pre-packaged vs. Personalized Options
10:08 Levels of Processing
16:10 The Importance of the Personal Level of Processing
27:00 Topic Management
37:40 Repetition and Retention

Resources

Get 2 months of Fluent Forever FREE with this coupon! Information about Gabe’s approach can be found here: https://fluent-forever.com Catch our interview with Sketchy Medical!

Join the Medical Mnemonist Master Mind Facebook group and find our Blog posts, Podcasts, and other Resources at FreeMedEd.org! Feel free to Email any Questions or Comments.

52 State-dependent changes, mentorship, and self-assessment in medicine- Recap 6 Apr 03, 2020

Show notes

Review test-taking skills, preparation, and how to use self-assessments and mentorship to thrive!

In these last episodes of the Recap series, we will discuss test-taking skills, preparation, and how to use self-assessments and mentorship to bring our skills to the next level! Though proper exam prep, both for our mind and our bodies, we can limit many of the anxiety provoking responses and distractions that hamper our abilities.

Of course, our preparation can only get us so far. Sometimes we simply need help from the experts. This is when tutoring and mentorship can come into play. With the use of our own Purposeful Practice, and the guidance of someone with greater knowledge and experience than ourselves, we can reach for Deliberate Practice and be on a path for mastery!

Key Episode Points!

2:37 Mind Over Grey Matter - Conditioning our Stress Response

12:43 Setting our Mindset for Study and Exam Prep Success!

15:25 A Jedi’s Path - Using Medical Education Mentors

18:50 Purposeful Practice + Mentorship = Deliberate Practice & Subject Mastery!

24:20 Key Takeaways and Offers/Updates

51 Medical Mnemonics Masterclass for Medical Students - Recap 5 Mar 26, 2020

Show notes

Uncover best practices for memory palaces and mistakes to be aware of to create elaborate and dense palaces.

This is our FINAL recap for medical mnemonics as we finish off the best practices for memory palaces and mistakes to be aware of. With an organized structure, we can create very elaborate and dense palaces. Alternatively, with less structure, we can create visual mnemonic associations more quickly.

There are many strategies to utilize when it comes to creating our own personalized visual markers. As it is a creative process, there is no right or wrong answer. Similar to much of learning, it all comes down to what works best for you. This comes from experimentation, education, and consistency. So study smart and remember longer with these key points of memory palace creation for medical students!

Key Episode Points!

1:45 Begin at the Beginning- Organizing and Structuring Your Memory Palace

14:30 Using Spaced-repetition & Adding Linking Markers to Visual Mnemonics

19:50 Advanced Techniques- Hyperlinking, PAO, Memory Cities, Mind Forests

23:26 Avoid Pitfalls- Negative Self Talk, Density of Visuals, Limited Memory Palaces, and MORE!

38:08 To Tech or Not to Tech & Information Overload

50 Why You Should Use Visual Mnemonics for Medicine NOW! Recap Part 4 Mar 12, 2020

Show notes

Discover how to create visual mnemonics, dynamic stories, and add these into a memory palace.

Here is our second part of the accelerated learning and mnemonics recap of all 2019 highlights! You will get a much more succinct view of how to create visual mnemonics, how to create dynamic stories and an introduction in adding these into a memory palace. The third part of the accelerated learning recap will finalize this part of the mini-series by condensing a year of great memory palace techniques, mistakes, and more into one informative episode!

Key Episode Points!

2:42 Creating Visualizations- Visual Aids for Memory Techniques

5:40 Peg System Example with Howard Berg

11:29 Using Associations to Create Dynamic Visuals

16:53 The Story/Linking Method

22:50 An Intro to Memory Palaces

39:53 You are Invited! Check out our first Meetup and Other Events to Come

48 Learn Faster with Accelerated Learning in Medicine! Recap Part 3 Feb 27, 2020

Show notes

Examine accelerated learning techniques and focus on the limitations of our brain and memory to fight against the Forgetting Curve.

In this episode, we will take our first recap look at accelerated learning techniques. Here, we focus on the limitations of our brain and our memory. With a deeper understanding of these limitations, we can plan to fight against the Forgetting Curve and succeed at learning quicker.

We will also take a broader view of speed reading and mind maps for medical students and give examples of how to use these in our current studies. Those who seek more direct advice on these topics can reach out to Chase, or visit FindARotation on the social media links below.

Key Episode Points!

2:50 Intro to Mnemonics for Med School

24:20 Speed Reading Tutorials and Mistakes

37:40 Mind Maps as Medical Mnemonics

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