Learning trade names (or brand names) of medications poses a classic memorization challenge for medical students transitioning from preclinical to clinical medicine. We learn all manner of generic drug names as first- and second-year students, only to find that doctors and patients throw around trade names far more frequently. Knowing these trade names can be invaluable. Here’s how Alex tackles it!
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The Trigeminal Nerve: a beast of a nerve if there ever was one. It no doubt gives most medical students headaches. Luckily, memory palaces work really well for this type of thing. Here's how to do it.
Read moreLearning Chinese with Memory Techniques: Part 1
Here’s a quick intro to a project I’m really excited about: learning Chinese. I’ve been giving it a go for about 3 months now. Here are some strategies, thoughts, and struggles.
Read moreHow to Use Memory Palaces to Learn Glycolysis [Video]
Here are two quick videos I submitted as part of a recent Khan Academy contest. How to use memory palaces to learn the molecules of glycolysis (10:00). How to memorize English vocab using basic mnemonic keywords (9:35).
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