Given the ease of use of MOL and its power as a mnemonic device to facilitate repeated access to memory, the present study explored its potential to help medical students recall concepts associated with insulin and diabetes mellitus (DM). We discovered that there is a rich literature out there describing the efficacy of MOL as a means to superior memory ( 25). The origin of this ancient method, sometimes called the “journey” or “mental walk” technique ( 3), is attributed to the Greek poet Simonides of Ceos in 477 BC ( 26), and its efficacy is reflected in its continued use over 2.5 millennia in a virtually unchanged form. MOL is a mnemonic device that relies on spatial relationships between “loci” to arrange and recollect memorial content ( 11). Maguire and colleagues ( 15) observed that 9 of the 10 superior memorists used the mnemonics known as the “method of loci” (MOL). Various experiments have shown that these techniques are effective, although some of them can be hard and time consuming to learn” ( 5).Įleanor A. Mnemonics also force one to pay attention to relevant features of the material, and to ‘process’ the material more deeply than by simply rehearsing it.
“They do so by making associations between items to learn and items that are already stored in long-term memory. “What most mnemonics do is to impose meaning and structure to material that would otherwise be meaningless and unstructured,” says Fernand Gobet (University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK), a psychologist who has studied expert memory extensively. Mnemonics are strategies for encoding information with the sole purpose of making it more memorable ( 1). Descriptive analysis showed that all students found MOL to be a helpful technique. Group 2, which underwent didactic lectures followed by a MOL interactive session, showed significantly improved performance on the assessments compared with group 1, which had been taught through didactic lectures and a self-directed learning session. A questionnaire survey and open-ended questions were given to the participants. Memory palaces for insulin and diabetes mellitus were generated by students under supervision of the teacher and taught by students as well. Students were divided into two groups: group 1 was taught insulin and diabetes mellitus through didactic lectures and a self-directed learning session, whereas group 2 was taught insulin and diabetes mellitus through didactic lectures and MOL. In the present study, we hypothesized that the use of MOL leads to better understanding of the topic among students, which can be observed through better student performance on assessments.
The method of loci (MOL) is a mnemonic device that relies on spatial relationships between “loci” (e.g., locations on a familiar route or rooms in a familiar building) to arrange and recollect memorial content.
Cognitive psychology has demonstrated that the way knowledge is structured in memory determines the ability to retain, recall, and use it to solve problems.
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