An Interventional Study Comparing the Memory Retention of Verbal & Pictorial Materials among MMMC Students
Journal Title: Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research - Year 2017, Vol 21, Issue 10
Abstract
Aims: To compare the effectiveness of pictorial against verbal materials in memory retention among medical students. Study Design: Crossover randomized controlled trial. Place and Duration of Study: This study was conducted in Melaka-Manipal Medical College, Muar, Johor, Malaysia in April 2016. Methodology: 38 right-handed medical students of Melaka-Manipal Medical College were volunteers and participants were divided into two groups equally via simple random sampling. One group of participants were to recall pictures shown first followed by words while the other group of participants were to recall words first followed by pictures. All the pictures and words shown were of everyday objects. Data were analysed using Epi Info version 7. Results: There was a significant difference of memory retention between pictures and words (P-value =; p < 0.05) and of memory accuracy (P-value; p < 0.05). For memory retention, both groups were found to have higher scores for pictures than words as both groups obtained a mean score of 11.3 and 13.4 respectively for the pictures and 9.7 and 11.1 respectively for words. For memory accuracy, pictures were found to be recalled better than words as the mean scores for the pictures are higher than words in both groups. Conclusion: Information in the form of pictures should be more utilized in medical schools so that medical students can have better memory retention which in turn will lead to better academic performances.
Authors and Affiliations
Khoo Jing Hern, Muhammad Khairul Anwar bin Mohd Yusof, Fatin Nuraidil binti Zaifulbahri, Nurfarah Aini binti Azahar, Grace Sugumaran, Navin Kumar Sarkunam
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- EP ID EP311718
- DOI 10.9734/BJMMR/2017/33618
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