victorianeuro

I liked the way StringJunky put it, with the metaphor of the branches and the leaves. it is a meaningful and succinct way to put it.... Another important factor in memory is motivation and our own interest in the topic. I would possibly find it harder to study for the subjects you mentioned than for neuroanatomy right now... ("Environment and health", "Health economics", "Occupational medicine", "Public health" and "Health and human rights",)

Well, there is the famous 7 item rule in terms of our memory ability. this means that although there are lndividual differences we can roughly remember 7 items in each category (this refers to short term memory) . When we want some items to get registered in our long term memory, it helps to memorise them in the most organised way for our brain. There are several tricks that help us remember items , you need to see what is best for you. for instance sometimes it is helpful to use acronims where each letter in the word is the first letter of the item we want to remember. If you think you are a visual learner you could try to link each item to a picture for instance you could try to remember astrocytes by linking them to stars (star shaped glial cells). in medicine another helpful way it is to follow the latin or greek meaning of the word , it makes a huge difference to understand the actual meaning of the word, it makes it easier to remember what it is . Repetition is a good method and you seem to be doing this already... what topic are you currently studying for?