Mnemonic Techniques: Characteristics, Educational Suitability and Research Prospects in the Field of Anatomy

The outcome of using different mnemonic techniques have been established through several researches from the ancient time but systematic researches in the field of Anatomy like how and why different mnemonic techniques work better than others are still sketchy. This is likely lead to incomprehensive understanding of how particular mnemonics may work better than others in specific situation and how the exact potentials of mnemonics be objectively understand. For medical undergraduates, even though many things have to be understood, sometimes it is very important to retain a piece of information by memorization and later recall it. A way of easing memorization is using a mnemonic device.