In imaging, the more senses you can employ, the more effective the image will be for remembering information. For example, my professor in Gross Anatomy would frequently bring in a sack of bones, especially if we were looking at the bones of the wrist or ankle, and ask us to reach into the sack with our eyes closed and pull out a bone. We were asked to identify the bone by touch, determine the proximal and distal ends and name the other bones that articulated with the one in hand. After awhile, I could generate a mental image of the bone that was generated by feeling the bone. It became no more difficult than reaching into a bag of coins and identifying a coin by the sense of touch while generating a mental image of the coin.
Clinicians use the same skill when they palpate an abdomen.
Many will shut their eyes and try to visualize what they are palpating with their fingers. This is an example of the first medical imaging machine. These are study skills designed to facilitate learning and to I store the learned material in long term memory banks. Frequent repetition is an example of a reinforcement technique. In the basic sciences, where learning is evaluated by objective examinations, frequent repetition and using the information to solve problems or to answer questions are the most effective techniques.