Most memory techniques we know and use are for memorizing numbers,
shuffled decks of cards, etc., which are short-term memory endeavors.

What about long term memory for things like Medicine.

Here is a recent post by Michael Ostrovski in wwbc yahoo group.

Over twenty years ago I started using a long-term memory technique (which I tripped over when trying to come up with a method to memorize mathematical concepts and formulas) which I call memory stories or memory movies because they’re not a single vision but a concise visual story you walk through which is loaded with memory cues.
I try to use a story, movie, or life situation we can easily relate to so they can be visually shared by the creator/instructor and their students.

Unfortunately this long-term memory technique can take the creator a long time so I do not recommend students even attempt to create them unless they have lots of time, which none of them do. An instructor however could help their students immensely by creating and improving them over the years and sharing them with their students in less than a few minutes. (That is if the instructor doesn’t get fired for stepping way outside the administration’s accepted scholastic box.)

Anyway, (a short commercial break) I’ve written a book for health science
students that is loaded with long-term memory stories for remembering over a
thousand medical and common word parts’ meanings. It also includes an extensive
group of common/medical words that share the same word part (like the sample
below) for word association, which is also a long-term memory technique that is
accepted in school.
The book is called “High Speed Memory Techniques for Medical Terminology” and it’s listed in Amazon.com. It’s a fun and expedient way for a high school or college health science student to remember most of the word parts that make up the majority of the terms in a medical dictionary without ever stepping foot in a Latin or Greek class. So, being a student of memory, like myself, the next time someone asks for memory help in medical terminology you can tell them about my book. Please. (the commercial is over)

I would welcome any questions and enjoy discussing any ideas anyone may have
about long-term memory techniques for scholastic applications either in the
group or out so you don’t have to buy a book to find out more about these
techniques.
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