Podcast appearances and mentions of ron robertson

To celebrate our 100th year broadcasting, Terry is talking with some of the voices of WHAS past including Bill DeReamer.Chopper Bill is currently the pilot for WLKY's NewsChopper but used to fly the old Skywatch 84 traffic helicopter for Mark Travis, Ron Robertson and more.

Here is the audio version of my TV Show "Laughs" from 1987, which has three terrific comics and a song from John Pate. The comics are Ron Robertson from Texas, Jerry Miller who was from Sanoma Valley but worked locally, and Headliner Bob Dubac, a successful actor. At 26 mins, it move quickly and contacins funny material...Enjoy!

Dr. Ali Abdaal discusses evidence-based study methods for medical students, tips for using medical flashcards, and the role of fun in productivity. Dr. Abdaal is a FY2 physician in the UK and a successful YouTuber with over a million subscribers. [01:36] Evidence-Based Study Techniques [04:55] Anki and Other Flashcard Apps [06:35] Mnemonics and Memory Palaces [08:27] Tips for Using Flashcards [12:36] Defining Productivity & How to be Productive [14:44] How to Overcome Common Productivity Struggles [16:45] The Role of Fun in Learning & Productivity [21:00] Avoiding the Professional “Conveyor Belt” and Achieving Happiness Dr. Ali Abdaal is co-host of his own podcast Not Overthinking, but in this episode of The Medical Mnemonist, he discusses two evidence-based study techniques used in his medical studies – active recall and spaced repetition. Dr. Abdaal is also a fan of mnemonic devices. As a medical student, he recalls creating silly mnemonics with his friends. For example, to remember the side effects of pyrazinamide, which is a treatment for tuberculosis, he associated it with the Islamic concept of “zina” or premarital sex which is prohibited. Another act that is prohibited in Islam is drinking alcohol, which damages the liver. Therefore, a negative side effect of pyrazinamide is damage to the liver. Using mnemonic devices falls within Ali’s larger belief that having fun is key to productivity. He shares his “productivity equation” which is: Productivity = (Useful Output/Time) x Fun  Another fun and effective study method that he used in medical school was having pomodoro sessions with his friends. A pomodoro session consists of 25 minutes of studying, and then a 5-minute break, repeated over and over again. Although Dr. Abdaal prioritizes fun, he believes that action precedes motivation — a concept that he gleaned from the book, The Motivation Myth by Jeff Haden. Often, people believe that they need the motivation to accomplish something. However, it is more accurate that we get motivation after achieving small milestones in our actions & efforts. Thus, the best productivity tip is to just start. As a mental model for productivity, Dr. Abdaal encourages us to consider the analogy of the pilot, plane and engineer. The pilot plots the course, the plane does the work, and the engineer tweaks and optimizes these processes. Ali believes that we should spend 85% of our time being the pilot – planning our tasks, 10% of our time being the plane – doing our work, and 5% of our time being the engineer – optimizing our productivity, say by learning how to type faster or trying out a new productivity app. With regards to using medical flashcards, Dr. Abdaal leans towards personalized flashcards which condense lots of information, rather than generic sets of flashcards which contain a single fact each. When using a generic set of single-fact flashcards, we might develop the illusion of productivity by rushing through the set, without really learning anything, or rehashing information that we know well already. Instead, we should consider using flashcards specifically for topics which confuse us. And it is likely better if these flashcards integrate different pieces of information, rather than single facts because this is how information exists in real life — within the context of other information. He also shares his fear about falling into the “conveyor belt” of professional life. As medical students, it is easy to keep saying “I will be happy when I get accepted into my residency program” and then later, “I will be happy once my residency is over and I am an attendant.” The cycle could go on and on. Dr. Abdaal even fears that his idea of doing his Step 1 IMG in the U.S. might come from a fear of not having another exam in front of him. He encourages us to ask ourselves the question “What game am I playing, and do I want to be playing this game?” Each of us needs an “economic engine” or a way to make money. However, Dr. Abdaal encourages medical students to get this part of our lives sorted as soon as possible, so that we can focus on doing things that we enjoy. He is glad that his YouTube channel supports him, and if he continues to practice medicine, it will be because he really wants to, not to pay the bills. For those of us looking to build up our own “economic engines”, we should think about what we are good at that provides value, or develop the skills required to provide value. Take a look at Dr. Abdaal’s YouTube channel and his podcast Not Overthinking. Also, check out Creating Visual Mnemonics with Sketchy Medical Drs. Bryan and Aaron Lemieux as well as Visual Mnemonic Generation with Ron Robertson of Picmonic. Sign up for a Free Coaching session with Chase DiMarco, sponsored by Prospective Doctor! You can also join the Med Mnemonist Mastermind FB Group today and learn more about study methods, memory techniques, and MORE! Do check out Read This Before Medical School.

We have a very special episode for you today. Though we are still in the midst of a pandemic, economies are going haywire, and police reformation is a top concern for the nations future students must still focus on their current educational requirements to have the personal futures they desire. As such, here is the lecture that your host, Chase DiMarco, gave during the first annual Online Medical Education Summit! By combining past episodes training on memory palaces and visual marker creation, you will now learn one potential method for memorizing all of your school textbooks! This is an advanced stage of mnemonics creation but in reality it is simply using the same universal principles to a larger scale. For a refresher on visual marker creation and memory palace basics, here is a list of past episodes that may help:   E2- Memory Palaces basics w/ Mullen Memory’s Alex Mullen & Cathy Chen E4- Visual Marker Creation & Journey Method w/ Nelson Dellis E17- Creating Visual Mnemonics with Sketchy Medical Drs. Bryan and Aaron Lemieux E23- Visual Mnemonic Generation with Ron Robertson of Picmonic E26- School Success and Productivity with Memory Athlete Brad Zupp   Also, if you would like to view the video presentation you can find it here. A recommended pre-requisite to this material would be the FreeMedEd tutorial on Memory Palaces and Medical Mnemonics. Enjoy! Join the Medical Mnemonist Master Mind Facebook group and find our Blog posts, Podcasts, and other Resources at FreeMedEd.org! Feel free to Email any Questions or Comments.

Rev. Ron Robertson joins today to teach us Wesley's wonderful view on assurance. In a pivotal moment in his own life, Wesley came to know that even HE was loved and saved by God, and this changed everything for him. May you and I find the same assurance in the saving love of God today.

Ron Robertson, the co-founder and CEO of Picmonic, guide us in creating medical mnemonics. When trying to create visual mnemonics for medicine, there are few places that students can go for comprehensive examples. But one of those places that needs no introduction is Picmonic. Since 2011, Picmonic has been bringing graphic representations of education related mnemonics to a variety of healthcare fields. Today, we have Ron Robertson, the co-founder and CEO of Picmonic here to help guide us in creating our medical mnemonics. Rob thank you for taking the time to come on the show today! Intro 1:30 3:41 Why Visual Mnemonics? 7:13 You Don’t Need to be an Artist to Make Visual Markers! 8:21 How to Review your Visual Mnemonics and Tips to Create Your Own 11:05 Turning Every Word into a Character, Playing with Phonetics, Tie Characters Together, and Making Wacky Visuals 13:50 Learning, Quizzing, and Spaced Review of your Visual Mnemonics 17:17 Don’t Make Study Mistakes: Practice Active Recall and Elaboration! 19:20 Using Settings/Scenes/Themes as Memory Palaces and Using Picmonic Freemium Services 25:10 Common Pitfalls in Visual Mnemonic Creation 28:14 Just Three Wishes 32:05 Recommended Resources: FirstAid, Pathoma, Osmosis, Sketchy, UWorld, Kaplan, OnlineMedEd For more information, visit Picmonic to view their full list of resources. Try out their Picmonic Generator to create your own visual mnemonics for FREE!

Victoria Roberts, Los Angeles native and New Mexico transplant, stops by to discuss her life and art including working for the musician Steven Stills and getting a music contract with Barry White. She has worked professionally in a variety of arts including animation, graphic art, wood and ceramic sculpture, and assemblage. In the early 70’s, Victoria learned the art of hand-painting animation cells working with Disney and had the opportunity to study art at Sir John Cass College of Art in London, learning the foundations such as life drawing, printmaking, still life drawing and painting. By the 1980’s, Victoria was introduced to and fell in love with the idea of using found objects in art, studying under Assemblage artist Ron Robertson in Santa Barbara.The 90’s found Victoria branching off in another direction—she started a business selling art and antiques, and eventually managing major art shows including the Los Angeles Art Show, American Indian Art Show Marin, The Great Southwestern Antique Show, and Brian Lebel’s Old West Shows. After years of working in the antique and art business, her focus turned to assemblage art. Her current works are infused with her lifelong devotion to art, with the inspiration she gained from her experience in both the art and antique worlds.Victoria Roberts, Los Angeles native and New Mexico transplant, stops by to discuss her life and art from her roots in cell animation to her affinity for breathing new life into old items.

Mary welcomes Ron Robertson to the show – Customer Success Manager for Command Alkon. Ron delivers insights surrounding his corresponding training and educational breakout sessions at the event – all heavily weighted for the dispatcher. For more information on ELEVATE – The Command Alkon Conference, visit www.commandalkonconference.com.

Ron Robertson is the co-founder and CEO of Picmonic, a revolutionary visual learning platform proven to help students master critical information and retain it longer. Ron grew up in Show Low, Arizona and his journey takes him from the cool pines of Arizona to the beaches of San Diego, and then back to the University of Arizona for medical school.  During his preparation for the US Medical Licensing Exam, his life took an interesting turn...and he tells that story which led to the founding of Picmonic. In our conversation, Ron covers a variety of topics of interest to students, lifetime learners, entrepreneurs and anyone interested in improving yourself.  He also makes a good case that everyone could benefit from knowing a great tattoo artist! SELECT LINKS The Hard Thing About Hard Things Moonwalking with Einstein Galvanize Phoenix Campus

Behind every great business is an individual who had an idea that was just crazy enough it could work. At least that was the case with Ron Robertson, co-founder and CEO of Picmonic, a visual learning platform that enables users to create, share and learn from audio/visual content. Ron was a third-year medical student bogged down with exams and, like so many of his counterparts, frustrated by all the important information he was forgetting along the way. Studying under a neuroscientist, he learned that by making information more sensory, it dramatically improved the ability to learn and retain that information. It was then the idea for Picmonic was born. Within a year of launching, half the medical schools in the country had signed up and used the product. Six years later, Picmonic is revolutionizing the way students are learning and retaining information. In this episode, Ron discusses his decision to step away from medical school to pursue his own business, building a team, raising capital, and taking Picmonic to market, along with a few other key entrepreneurial lessons he's learned along the way. Coming from a medical background, how did you step into the CEO role and take on growing a business? I came from a background of biochemistry and neuroscience. Going into medical school, I knew very little about business. I was naive but I surrounded myself with people who are much smarter than I am and who'd built successful businesses before. Ultimately it was the advisors, mentors and coaches that helped guide the way. Despite the things I was not familiar with - whether that was building a team or creating software or taking a product to market or raising capital –– none of these were unique. Others have done these things before, so it was more about how could I connect with these people and try to learn from them. What's one thing you have really had to learn as CEO? All of it. One of the areas I was the least prepared for was leadership and management. It's challenging having people work for you in a startup organization where you're underfunded and people aren't making as much money as they would working for a huge corporation. I've had to work hard to get better at it. Business wise, it's a constant process of iteration and improvement. We go through a retrospective process regularly, looking at our objectives, whether we hit them, and if not, why and what could we do differently? When you look at individual roles and responsibilities across the board, there's always room for improvement in every aspect of what we do. What's one of the best things you've done for your business? It comes down to the inception of the organization when I had the idea and shared it with people early on, everybody thought I was crazy. One of things people would say was, “You want to teach people with cartoons?” or “You want to use cartoons to train the next generation of doctors and nurses?”. And the answer was yes. It took an incredible amount of tenacity to fight that battle and believe in myself and the vision enough to build something when everyone thought it was insane.   I dropped out of medical school to build this organization. I quit one year shy of graduating. I believed in it enough to get it going, and consistently share it, tell people about it and get enough people to believe in order to get the capital to recruit the talent to build the product and take it to market. It was 1 to 2 years after we started that finally people started to see the validation. For the first couple years it took a lot of time and energy and commitment. Speed Round: Coffee drinker, yes or no? Absolutely. What's one business tool you're geeking out over right now? Kiteform, Intercom, Slack and Zeplin. Favorite piece of technology: Google. It's heavily used and loved in our organization. What's one book you would pass along to a fellow entrepreneur: “The Hard Thing About Hard Things” by Ben Horowitz Who is one person you would like to have dinner with? Elon Musk How many hours of sleep do you get a night? On average 4 to 5, but I would love to get 6 to 7.