Preliminary Outline
1. What is Memory?
2. How Does Memory Work?
3. Why Don’t You Remember Things?
4. What Causes Memory Loss?
5. Multiple Types of Memory Exercises like Mnemonics for Remembering Names and Dates, Learning New Subjects, Retaining New Information, Processing Multiple Ideas at Once, Keeping Information Straight to Make Important Decisions, Doing Math in Your Head, etc.
Sample:
It’s a long-known secret that mnemonics are an effective tool in memorization in the medical profession. In case you didn't know, a mnemonic device is any study aide that helps in the retention of information. This includes memorizing anatomy. Mnemonics will actually help you remember items that don’t necessarily come instinctively, like parts of the body whose names are based in Latin. Learning the Latin terms for all of the parts of the body can be a stumbling block to your future medical career, but it doesn’t have to be.
Here’s a perfect example: On a medical exam, you may be asked to name the ordering of the abdominal muscles. There’s only one right answer, but no one can come up with the right answer in Latin without some memorization skills. And this is why mnemonics are such an effective tool in memorizing the parts of the body. So the abdominal muscles can be memorized by using the simple mnemonic device of the acronym ‘TIRE’:
The Ordering of the Abdominal Muscles
T: Transversus Abdominis
I: Internal Abdominal Oblique
R: Rectus Abdominis
E: External Abdominal Oblique