Introduction: Short term memory is the capacity to store a small amount of information in the mind and keep it readily available for a short period of time. It is essential for daily functioning. The Present study is aimed to establish normal short term memory status by visual tasks in medical students, to evaluate the influence of gender and also to evaluate changes in short term memory status after application of some standard memory improvement methods. Materials and Method: One hundred ninety nine young healthy medical males and females (83 females and 116 males) of age group 18-25 years were volunteers for this study. Short term memory status by visual tasks before and after memory improvement methods by using alphabetical test were analyzed. Results: Statistically there was no gender difference in short term memory status in alphabetical test. There was statistically significant improvement in memory status after application of memory improvement methods in all subjects and more so in females. Conclusion: Progressive decrease in memory status in higher trials of alphabetical test is due to increase in number of bits more than seven as an individual can hold 7 + 2 bits of information. Due to effectiveness of memory improvement methods, there was statistically significant improvement in memory status in all the subjects and more so in females.