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Helping medics to memorise medicine: memory palaces and visual associations

[Memrise @memrise]

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[AlexSW @medicmem]

Grubstake: stake through a grub; money notes and Starship Enterprise fly out [def=money at start of enterprise] #wotd

[AlexSW @medicmem]

Oology: bird flying w a log [-logy] drops into a nest n smashes eggs [eggs=oocyte=Oo-] [=study of birds' eggs] #wotd

[Extreme Memory @ExtremeMemory]

@joshuafoer how's your memory these days? Results go to memory research to prevent cognitive impairments http://t.co/qvw5cIspmO

[AlexSW @medicmem]

Funambulist: Bruce Lee [kung fu, -Fu] tightrope walking [=def] between trees in Vietnam [-nam-], writing list how to scare ppl ['Boo'] #wotd

[SpatialNote @SpatialNote]

Spatial mechanisms for powerful memorization https://t.co/Dlyo5QGJiA #memorization #memorize #mindpalace #memorypalace #learning #mnemonics

[AlexSW @medicmem]

Antidepressants: Tricyclics=Tri=3/a few, cycle=circles; MAOs='Mayo'-naise; SSRIs=SS singing rhyme #gepmem #psychiatry

[AlexSW @medicmem]

Antipsychotics: 'Typical' snds like 'Type'; Atypical opposite = not typing = dictation #gepmem #psychiatry #medicine

[AlexSW @medicmem]

Heberden's nodes (DIP): 'Heb-' snds like 'Head', Bouchard's nodes (PIP): 'Bou-' for 'Bottom' of finger puppet #gepmem

[AlexSW @medicmem]

Cantillate: Chanting [=to chant] round a can on fire [Can-] bottom opens like a till [-till-] +all eat it [-ate]#wotd

[SQL by Day, VR by Night @toddkleinhans]

Reading about memorization techniques. What if one built a #VR #memorypalace and showcased memorization techniques in it? Hmmm. #mindpalace

[AlexSW @medicmem]

Pulmonary embolism = PE = Pea #gepmem #respiratory #medicine

[AlexSW @medicmem]

Inhalers: Serevent (vent a stong fart=single steroid) vs. Seretide (massive tidal wave=combined steroid/LABA) #gepmem

[AlexSW @medicmem]

Migraine = woodpecker #thumpingheadache #neurology #gepmem

[Memrise @memrise]

Why forgetting is the secret to learning vocabulary, read yesterday's blog post and find out! http://t.co/EKR8q9V3TM #blog #GrowYourMind

[AlexSW @medicmem]

Dendrochronology: tree stump w brain dendrites attached [Dendro-] w a crow acting like a clock hand [-cro...] [=science tree rings] #wotd

[AlexSW @medicmem]

Mal de mer: telling off a bad [Mal-, French] mermaid [-mer] for rocking boat [definition=seasick] but jus has big smile [-de-, d = :D] #wotd

[AlexSW @medicmem]

Anthesis: large book/PhD thesis [-thesis] w squished ants inside [Ant-]; book + pages open out into a flower [=expansion in flowers] #wotd

[AlexSW @medicmem]

Fingers crossed memorising numbers wasn't disputed too much w Mr Fire Alarm! Pls spread the competition word; keenly a/w your imagination!!!