Characteristics of Short-Term Memory of Medical Students at Can Tho University of Medicine and Pharmacy

Abstract

Background: Short-term memory is the foundation of long-term memory, which greatly influences cognitive activities, especially in the field of education. Medical students contribute to showing an overview of the characteristics of short-term memory of medical students in particular and students in general in a developing country like Vietnam. Objectives: Surveying the characteristics of visual and auditory short-term memory through numerical data and image data in medical students. Materials and methods: Using a cross-sectional descriptive design method on 160 medical students studying at Can Tho University of Medicine and Pharmacy. The study includes surveys of visual and auditory short-term memory using two types of numerical and image information, using a questionnaire built based on the Nachaive method in the form of online through a website app and collected the results via email. Results: The median results of visual short-term memory (VSTM) in numerical and image data are 11 and 12 respectively. The VSTM figure in numerical data shows that the highest score is 12 (f=46). The VSTM figure in image data records that the score 12 has a dominant frequency (f=87). The median results of auditory short-term memory (ASTM) in numerical and image forms are 10 and 9 respectively. The ASTM figure in numerical data shows that the highest score is 12 (f=32). The ASTM figure in image data notes that score 9 has the highest frequency (f=37). Conclusions: Students of Can Tho University of Medicine and Pharmacy have visual short-term memory that is superior to auditory short-term memory in terms of memorization. The results of visual short-term memory in image data are better than visual short-term memory in numerical data. Conversely, the results of auditory short-term memory in numerical data are better than auditory short-term memory in image data.

Sex differentiation via the relationship between some morphological measurements of Mystus albolineatus caught from Cai Rang - Can Tho and Long Phu - Soc Trang

“…Mystus albolineatus is one species of the Bagridae family with commercial importance in the Mekong Delta. Long, fatty fins and a silvery gray body with a thin white stripe running down the middle are characteristics of this fish (Tran et al, 2013). This fish's maximum body length was about 35 cm (Baird et al, 1999).…”

“…Before being transported to the Animal Laboratory, Department of Biology Teacher Education, Can Tho University, the samples were stored in a 4% formalin solution. Then, fish samples were identified based on the description of Tran et al (2013). The morphometric features include total length (TL), standard length (SL), eye diameter (ED), eye distance (DE), body height (BH), head length ( HL), and mouth diameter (MD) (Figure 2).…”

“…The fish sex ratio is affected by several variables, including salinity and habitat temperature, according to Vu (2000). This ratio also varies by species, according to Tran et al (2013), depending on their developmental stage and reproductive habits. Fish sex discrimination is a significant topic in the biology and ecology of fish.…”