re med school john carey jcarey news weeg uiowa edu wrote actually i am entering vet school next year but the question is relevant for med students too memorizing large amounts has never been my strong point academically since this is a major portion of medical education anatomy histology pathology pharmacology are for the most part mass memorization i am a little concerned as i am sure most med students are can anyone suggest techniques for this type of memorization i have had reasonable success with nemonics and memory tricks like thinking up little stories to associate unrelated things but i have never applied them to large amounts of data has anyone had luck with any particular books memory systems or cheap software can you suggest any helpful organizational techniques being an older student who returned to school this year organization another one of my weak points has been a major help to my success please no griping about how all you have to do is learn the material conceptually i have no problem with that it is one of my strong points but you can t get around the fact that much of medicine is rote memorization thanks for your help the only suggestion i can think of off the top of my head is get a large supply of index cards and memorize small amounts of info at a time making flash cards and quesitons everytime i get a question wrong i always manage to get the damn thing right the next time felix the cat the wonderful wonderful cat meow hoss panix com
