1. Keep decks simple (1 per exam) and use tags for systems, mnemonics etc 2. Understand first then memorize so you can apply what you learn on test day (makes learning quicker) 3. Lay foundations first (80/20) focus on highest yield information big picture basics before details 4. Minimum information principal (don’t make complex cards with sub items, make a bunch of simple cards for each sub item) 5. Cloze Deletions are AmAzInG! (Helps with step 4) 6. Images Photos and Figures (better than a bunch of text) even an “unrelated” image that makes you think of the topic - image occlusion enchanted 7. Watch the other related med school insiders videos on anki (;
i’m kinda confused. So I made a deck on Wednesday, around 150, and I have a test on Monday. I feel like Anki is not showing all my cards? How can I review them all and learn everything before Monday.
I'm a nursing school student and am 53 years old. Studying smarter and optimizing organization and studying is essential in older years. Thank you for your guidance.
Im so amazed on how you at 53 are brave enough to go to college, my dad always dreamed to be a doctor, he is 43 right now, and he says he is so old, I would love he to talk with you :/
Never used ANKI before graduate school, and used it this whole year. Easiest 4.0 I've gotten in terms of time spent to memorize information using Dr. J's tips and his tips only. Don't complicate your ANKI cards, MAKE THEM SHORT, and don't spend too much time making a single card!!
Thank you for this! I've been using Anki for a while but still had so much trouble making effective flashcards. This video helped me a lot and my grades increased a lot when I started applying these tips! Thank you so much!!
I am not a medical student so my classes are not even hard and there isn't so much to memoriese but I know they gonna be harder in future. So I started to make cards from now :)
To be honest, I'm in a dire need of help in studying efficiently. First, I'm a freshman student and because of the pandemic, I am having a hard time adjusting to attending online classes. Second, my study method and note-taking method is very time-consuming that I spend several hours on a single subject only. I want to improve and have a better method of studying and note-taking skills so that I can use my time efficiently and effectively. My current study method is to write and rewrite my notes for better recall, however, it consumes most of my time, leaving limited or no time for other subjects. Lastly, examinations are fast-approaching and my mind is still all over the place; confused and weary and worse, I have only studied OM so far, yet it ate most of my time. What more when proper class starts and I have to review three other subjects every day.
I hope you were able to cope, I was exactly like that too last year even with the same study method but I've learnt a lot on how to better my study skills and overall discipline in my studies from this channel,I've shifted to the Pomodoro technique and I now write notes once to comprehend them then I make Anki cards and review those, hope you also find what works for you
Second year university student, I ended up with a C in bio last semester which wasn't good and I may need to retake, but Anki and your videos have been so helpful that I currently have an A and a physiology test tomorrow so hopefully that goes better! Thanks and subbed!
I study medicine in México and just recently learned about Anki thanks to RUclips, and it is actually amazing, and also thanks for the tips on how to use it properly
I am not in med sccool, but my major is Chinese language, so anki helped me a looooot with remembering so many new words and characters 😊 I still haven't tried adding images to my flash cards, but I should probably do that as well 👍
Understanding first can be a good strategy, but don't take it as dogma. There are many things that are understood only after we commit them to memory, which is often (but not always) the truer path to placing the scaffolding mentioned in this video. Students would also do well to think about what "understanding" actually means when it comes to committing information to memory. There is more than one kind of understanding, and a lot of the information you'll deal with relates to different kinds that place different demands on different levels of memory.
wow this timing is amazing, I just started an anki deck for the mcat 3 days ago! Starting over though because of the whole minimum information principle 😂
I agree with all of these points, except for the point that you shouldn't break things down by week. For one, I think there are a couple new add ons (Papa, mama, baby) now that help "scramble" cards so that, even if you are breaking it down by week, you can still get everything randomly. Also, the benefit of breaking it down week by week is that it allows more targeted studying (i.e. quizzes, specific labs that you might have a particular week, etc.). That's why I usually break things down by week. But, aside from that, I think all of these tips are golden!
Fataba Khan Fataba Khan: This is the ordering of my tags: Class Name::Chapter&Title::Notes Class Name::Chapter&Title::Example Problems Making sub tags is basically the same way you make sub decks. Just add two colons at the end. Also if your thinking about using Anki, I highly recommend using “remnote” instead. It’s basically like Anki, but better in my opinion. Look up the RUclips channel, “takingnoteswithRen”. She made a video about RemNote.
Realmente me han ayudado muchísimo tus videos, te deseo lo mejor en tu carrera y en tu vida, eres una bendición para muchos de nosotros, es extraordinario poder tener los subtítulos en español latino.
"Focus on higher yield information" - if I knew what is going to be on the test, I wouldn't have any problem with it. My professors rarely tell us to focus on this or that piece of information.
I have.But it is of little use with my chemistry professor. She spends equal amount of time explaining various concepts. A TA may mention here and there that particular thing will appear on the test, but this is seldom. Frustratingly, tests often focus on one or two lectures whereas they skip other lectures. "Check with your school, which may contain a bank of old test questions" - I wish. We're not given PowerPoint presentations, as that would be too easy, not to mention sample test questions.
Another tip: He said to have one big deck instead of a bunch of little decks. This is true... but... one thing you might consider is separating out your decks by how long you have to study. You don't have to organize all your cards by deck, you can organize them by flag, and then when you have something coming up and you want to brush up on something specific, you can take those cards, put them in a "fast lane" deck in which you will cram over a few days or even just a day or two. When you've got a particular final or test of some kind in the near future, you can focus more on the things you need to focus on. Take firmer control.
6 Steps to Better Anki Flashcards : 1. Keep your Decks simple 2. First Understand, Then Memorize 3. Lay the Foundations First [Based on the Pareto Principle: 20%cause → 80% Effect (80:20 ratio). ] Being efficient with how you study : Focus on the Optimized your chances highest yield → of scoring well information such that on test day 4. Follow the Minimum Information Principle [avoid overly complicated cards with many sub-items] To save you time, split the card with two sub-items into two seperate cards. This may result in more cards but remember, over time the card's total number of repetitions will decrease overtime. By sticking with complex cards with multiple sub items, you're more likely to : 1.Forget the more difficult sub-item repeatedly. 2.Repeat the card in excessively short intervals. 3.Remember only a part of the complex card. 5. Cloze Deletions are your Bestfriend 6. Use Images, Photos & Figures. *note: After watching the video, this will be just a visual reminder of what you already know.
1. keep it simple. 1 deck per class. 2. learn about the topic before trying to memorize. 3. focus on high yield information. 4. if there’s a card with sub cards, separate it 5. “fill the blank” anki cards 6. use images for better retention
How do I avoid “recognizing” cards? In other words, how can I RECALL information without the cues that are present in closed deletions? I’m still an undergrad, and some courses require you to recall information rather than recognize it. For example, in my biotechnology midterm, we were asked to “write down steps, procedures, uses and criticisms” of stem cell technology. Points were awarded based on whether or not all concepts were mentioned (IN DETAIL), and whether or not specific examples given. Anki would have dispersed these concepts in 200-300 cards which are very difficult to mentally manipulate on the spot. I think mind-mapping and writing outlines is still better...Anki does not help with exams that require high critical and creative thinking, and is all but useless in exams that ask you to compare/contrast two concepts that are seemingly unrelated. Overall, I think Anki is good if you are being tested on basic recognition (like in MCQs), but fails when the test requires you to manipulate the information, think critically and outside the box. Mind maps, outlines, and snowball memorizing seem better to me, for now in undergrad at least. Writing down things by hand, and looking back and ‘feeling’ the emotion in my handwriting (weird to explain) makes me retain things so much faster. Also, handwriting is more dynamic and changing than typed text, so I am less likely to get bored when reading. Please let me know how things are in med school! Are we really asked to mindlessly memorize things and to regurgitate them with no critical and creative output? Would you recommend we create mind maps, THEN use Anki for the details ? My memory is very visual and Anki makes it impossible to visually link information. This I why I’m more likely to stash related information on a same card when using Anki.
You coul make a mind map (for example with the free software freemind) then make a picture of it with the program lights teen and then you add it with image occlusion
Thank you so much for this video! i learned a lot! really guilty of much to complex cards with thousands of subitems haha. never thought of it the way you do. so really, helped a lot! Thanks😊
Did you fall into the group of people who make Anki cards during class (to save time), or did you make cards after you have already listened to the lecture once? I ask because I tried making my own cards after class but felt like I didn’t have enough time to make the cards and review them before I had new material dumped on me, so I was constantly falling behind...
@@MedSchoolInsiders we have mandatory class, so I feel as if the choice is either to make high quality cards after class, or save time and make just ok quality cards during class. Any recommendations?
Can you do a video on how you specifically write anki flash cards to cover all of the diagnostic and specfiers for a disorder? The dsm 5 seems to have way to much info for a card
Adjust your deck settings, limit the reviews if you want (though I don't recommend that). It depends on your recall rate, you can adjust the intervals as well, so that don't have to many reviews on a daily basis.
At first, I fell prey to being too hard on myself and pressing the "Hard" button far too often, while I basically never used the "Easy" button. That had the effect that the intervals of many cards didn't get as long as fast and the daily reviews kept on stacking up. When reviewing cards in Anki, the most common button pressed should be the "Good" one and "Easy" and "Hard" should be in the absolute minority _and_ at more or less equal amount. If you still find yourself pressing "Hard" far too often and "Easy" far too little, then maybe you should either improve the quality of the cards (include images, break the cards into a greater number of simpler ones), or improve your understanding of the subject (review the materials the "old school" way and refresh the links and context between pieces of information). One thing I started doing is to include some hints of context into the answer side of the card, so once I fail to remember it, I can quickly get some context from the card itself without the need for looking it up later (which I almost never do because I'm lazy....). Like the video showed, Anki is a memorizing tool, not a learning one. You have to do the learning first and then use Anki so that you never forget that. PS: If you find that you have a problem with a specific card and its interval is now at 1 or 2 days per review and you just can't get it up, try to isolate the piece of information that makes you fail that specific card and make a separate card out of it. Then reset any progress on these cards so you start with a clean sheet and don't get demotivated.
1. Keep your decks simple. Don’t make too many over-decks 2. First understand, then memorize 3. Lay the foundations first. Foundations of Basics are basic 4. Follow the Minimum Information Principle. Simple cards are easier to review, if a card is too complex, try to separate the information into two or more, so you can review them separately and into their own rhythm 5. Cloze Deletions are your best friends (Fill blank cards) Watch the Anki Flashcards Basics 6. Use images, photos and figures
I’ve been using screenshots of PowerPoints (or pics from the lab), plus Image Occlusion - it works extremely well, and can even serve the same purpose as Cloze deletions (just occlude out the “blanked” word). I’ve never really used tags before, but am going to start doing so now - especially since my IO cards have super long IDs and are borderline impossible to find via search... thanks for the tips!
Make sure to only add pictures in the “result”-card because there will be no exercise on a test that tells you to say what happens in the picture (you ignore definitions)
I made efficient Anki decks but I feel I make good decks yet I encounter so many random facts that weren’t in my Anki deck! Any suggestions would go a long way for me.
If you want to learn more, read the 20 rules for formulating knowledge by the SuperMemo guy. Also, “Using Spaced Repetition to see through a piece of mathematics” by Michael Neilson.
These videos are great. However I will be studying IT/Math, and I would like to learn how to use Anki for those, more technical subjects. Anyone can point me in the right direction? I have a bunch of experience with Anki for language learning though.
I dont have time to review all the stuff from my previous semester in the next semester. How do you manage that? I only have time for 1 semester, otherwise i would have to do way too many cards everyday..
Hmm... I'm trying to use Anki for the first time to assist in learning Japanese Kanji. For my very first deck I added the 100 Most common Kanji found on the N5 JLPT Language test. On the front is the Kanji itself and on the back I added the Japanese name (or pronunciation used to look it up in the dictionary), Translation, the Chinese reading (Onyoumi) and the Japanese reading (Kunyoumi), along with an example of the Kanji used in vocabulary.... The important parts are: The two types of readings, and the translation. The other information is just there to kind of help me make it all click. Would you say this structure is too much for one card to be effective?
Thanks! Just wanna ask when would you recommend us to CREATE the flashcards, if thorough understanding of the topic is emphasized? Coz If i create them on firsr exposure, im often tempted to simply copy points over passively, without digesting and making correlations.
me 😭 once i made my deck of cards and studied all of them they said congrats u finishe ur deck and its all gone but i wanted to study them repeatedly/continously lol
I'm a physical therapy student and Anki now constitutes 99% of my study methods. How do you have time to add new cards every day whilst having to review them AND subsequently adding MORE new cards the next day? I had lectures 830 to 1730 this semester and the hours at night are invaluable - I often find myself having to juggle between adding/reviewing... Also, what is your usual new card limit + review card limit?
He said in a previous video that he repeats about 50 to 300 something cards a day, every day. And also advised not to make too many cards. Maybe you have to many cards and thus have to repeat too many. Hope that helps!
gosh, why shouldn't i found this one over years ago, I'm at the end of my usmle first year, I have an awful difficulty memorizing everything rather than understand it, that's why I prefer to study physiology and pathophysiology......they seems to praise anyone who understands those, but neither of them good to know in long term and keep talking that understand is far more better than just memorizing, listening to their praises, made me carried away, now my head is empty af ....i started to notice how awful my memory was when I see my colleagues that seems to have a slight memory about something compared than me that absolutely don't remember a single thing....especially dosage of drugs....gods help me, I'm depressed now....
I feel like flash cards are not as useful for conceptual heavy subjects, like the ones you find most often in the humanities. How should they be adapted to make them more effective?
Thanks for the great video Dr. Jubbal! Would you consider making a video showing how you made anki cards for a typical med school lecture? I have trouble determining what is high-yield and can sometimes end up with 100 cards per lecture.
Check out part 2 here: ruclips.net/video/JPUEw2wWH94/видео.html.
1. Keep decks simple (1 per exam) and use tags for systems, mnemonics etc
2. Understand first then memorize so you can apply what you learn on test day (makes learning quicker)
3. Lay foundations first (80/20) focus on highest yield information big picture basics before details
4. Minimum information principal (don’t make complex cards with sub items, make a bunch of simple cards for each sub item)
5. Cloze Deletions are AmAzInG! (Helps with step 4)
6. Images Photos and Figures (better than a bunch of text) even an “unrelated” image that makes you think of the topic - image occlusion enchanted
7. Watch the other related med school insiders videos on anki (;
8 minutes in 1.5 x speed isn't too long to not watch. With your summary you're basically infringing copyright.
We need more doctors like you :)
i’m kinda confused. So I made a deck on Wednesday, around 150, and I have a test on Monday. I feel like Anki is not showing all my cards? How can I review them all and learn everything before Monday.
@@ronaldfortaleza1177 under custom study there's a 'cram mode'
@@jemand8462 btw he summarized it in the description too
I'm a nursing school student and am 53 years old. Studying smarter and optimizing organization and studying is essential in older years. Thank you for your guidance.
Cool madam
Im so amazed on how you at 53 are brave enough to go to college, my dad always dreamed to be a doctor, he is 43 right now, and he says he is so old, I would love he to talk with you :/
@@Carlos-iq4th you should
Good luck with your studies, Nancy!
@@Carlos-iq4th hey Carlos, I'm 39 now and I'm in my second year of college. It's never to late to start!
I think my first anki deck is going to be to remember this 13 steps. Thank you!!!
😂
Lol. Good luck
Never used ANKI before graduate school, and used it this whole year. Easiest 4.0 I've gotten in terms of time spent to memorize information using Dr. J's tips and his tips only. Don't complicate your ANKI cards, MAKE THEM SHORT, and don't spend too much time making a single card!!
I am so guilty of making hard cards
This is definitely not just for medical school, it’s also quite helpful for organic chemistry, memorizing formulas
I’m in the first year of high school and it has been helping me memorize a lot from different subjects
@@admiralpond7194 I’m also a highschool student and it is amazing for chemistry and Spanish
Thank you for this! I've been using Anki for a while but still had so much trouble making effective flashcards. This video helped me a lot and my grades increased a lot when I started applying these tips! Thank you so much!!
Good luck friend!
You don’t know how much WE LOVE YOU
I've been making handwritten notes since the beginning of the semester but the next block, I will give Anki another chance.
You the real MVP, Dr. J. 🙌
Dude use Anki, handwritten notes are a waste.
I am not a medical student so my classes are not even hard and there isn't so much to memoriese but I know they gonna be harder in future. So I started to make cards from now :)
To be honest, I'm in a dire need of help in studying efficiently. First, I'm a freshman student and because of the pandemic, I am having a hard time adjusting to attending online classes. Second, my study method and note-taking method is very time-consuming that I spend several hours on a single subject only. I want to improve and have a better method of studying and note-taking skills so that I can use my time efficiently and effectively. My current study method is to write and rewrite my notes for better recall, however, it consumes most of my time, leaving limited or no time for other subjects. Lastly, examinations are fast-approaching and my mind is still all over the place; confused and weary and worse, I have only studied OM so far, yet it ate most of my time. What more when proper class starts and I have to review three other subjects every day.
Good luck sheilo!
I hope you were able to cope, I was exactly like that too last year even with the same study method but I've learnt a lot on how to better my study skills and overall discipline in my studies from this channel,I've shifted to the Pomodoro technique and I now write notes once to comprehend them then I make Anki cards and review those, hope you also find what works for you
Anki is one of the best things that has ever happened to me.
Second year university student, I ended up with a C in bio last semester which wasn't good and I may need to retake, but Anki and your videos have been so helpful that I currently have an A and a physiology test tomorrow so hopefully that goes better!
Thanks and subbed!
Hi! I'm curious to know if it worked well and if you're still using Anki...
How'd it go?
Could you show us some Anki cards you made? To have an idea on how to make them? Thanks!
Up.
I study medicine in México and just recently learned about Anki thanks to RUclips, and it is actually amazing, and also thanks for the tips on how to use it properly
Saw krebs cycle in the video
Me: starts to remember vietnam war flashbacks of biochemistry
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 so true!!
It would be great if you discussed the interval settings that you used for your Step 1/2 Anki decks. Thanks!
Devin DeLuna check out the AnKing’s video on recommended settings
Kalpit Kalal i have the iPad version and you can upload images on there :)
I am not in med sccool, but my major is Chinese language, so anki helped me a looooot with remembering so many new words and characters 😊 I still haven't tried adding images to my flash cards, but I should probably do that as well 👍
Understanding first can be a good strategy, but don't take it as dogma. There are many things that are understood only after we commit them to memory, which is often (but not always) the truer path to placing the scaffolding mentioned in this video.
Students would also do well to think about what "understanding" actually means when it comes to committing information to memory. There is more than one kind of understanding, and a lot of the information you'll deal with relates to different kinds that place different demands on different levels of memory.
my problem with anki is that i dont know what piece of information is important, so I end up making extremelly long and generic cards
wow this timing is amazing, I just started an anki deck for the mcat 3 days ago! Starting over though because of the whole minimum information principle 😂
How i did it go?
筆記：
1. 保持結構簡單，不要分層
2. 先理解，再記憶
3. 必要的基礎知識
4. 一張卡資訊要簡單，不要像粽子
5. fill in the ___ (怎麼做，看之前影片)
6. 圖片會很棒，開始很慢但累積起來效果好
谢谢🙏
😳😳is this chinese o japanese o korean?
This channel changed my life !!!!!
I agree with all of these points, except for the point that you shouldn't break things down by week. For one, I think there are a couple new add ons (Papa, mama, baby) now that help "scramble" cards so that, even if you are breaking it down by week, you can still get everything randomly. Also, the benefit of breaking it down week by week is that it allows more targeted studying (i.e. quizzes, specific labs that you might have a particular week, etc.). That's why I usually break things down by week. But, aside from that, I think all of these tips are golden!
Cloze overlapper and image occlusion are the best add-ons, try change my mind.
Installing the "tag hierarchy" for my decks helped me out a lot.
can you help how I can tag cards according to a certain topic without making subdeck?
Fataba Khan
Fataba Khan:
This is the ordering of my tags:
Class Name::Chapter&Title::Notes
Class Name::Chapter&Title::Example Problems
Making sub tags is basically the same way you make sub decks. Just add two colons at the end.
Also if your thinking about using Anki, I highly recommend using “remnote” instead. It’s basically like Anki, but better in my opinion.
Look up the RUclips channel, “takingnoteswithRen”. She made a video about RemNote.
Flashcards for life!
This was so helpful! I can’t wait to learn more about Anki this year 😊
IT guy here and I love anki, teaching someone in IT tonight, so wanted to go through this.
Realmente me han ayudado muchísimo tus videos, te deseo lo mejor en tu carrera y en tu vida, eres una bendición para muchos de nosotros, es extraordinario poder tener los subtítulos en español latino.
I'v been making inferior anki cards all along
This is amazing! I've been waiting for this since you mentioned it last video!!! :)
Good timing for watching this video since I am in week 1 of med school and still getting this Anki thing going
WE NEED PART 2 🙏🏾
Cant wait for part 2
This was super helpful! I'm an Anki lover, but I gotta fix my cards..they are way too complex. You nailed it, brotha! Thanks!
THANKS A MILLION
I GREATLY APPREATCIATE YOUR HELP
thank you very much for the video, it is really helpful.
"Focus on higher yield information" - if I knew what is going to be on the test, I wouldn't have any problem with it. My professors rarely tell us to focus on this or that piece of information.
I have.But it is of little use with my chemistry professor. She spends equal amount of time explaining various concepts. A TA may mention here and there that particular thing will appear on the test, but this is seldom. Frustratingly, tests often focus on one or two lectures whereas they skip other lectures.
"Check with your school, which may contain a bank of old test questions" - I wish. We're not given PowerPoint presentations, as that would be too easy, not to mention sample test questions.
Another tip:
He said to have one big deck instead of a bunch of little decks. This is true... but... one thing you might consider is separating out your decks by how long you have to study. You don't have to organize all your cards by deck, you can organize them by flag, and then when you have something coming up and you want to brush up on something specific, you can take those cards, put them in a "fast lane" deck in which you will cram over a few days or even just a day or two. When you've got a particular final or test of some kind in the near future, you can focus more on the things you need to focus on. Take firmer control.
Thanks for all great videos. I know I will go back to those once I start to study pre-optometry as a major very sooon!!👀👍
6 Steps to Better Anki Flashcards
:
1. Keep your Decks simple
2. First Understand, Then Memorize
3. Lay the Foundations First
[Based on the Pareto Principle: 20%cause → 80% Effect (80:20 ratio). ]
Being efficient with how you study :
Focus on the Optimized your chances
highest yield → of scoring well
information
such that
on test day
4. Follow the Minimum Information Principle
[avoid overly complicated cards with many sub-items]
To save you time, split the card with two sub-items into two seperate cards. This may result in more cards but remember, over time the card's total number of
repetitions will decrease overtime. By sticking with complex cards with multiple sub items, you're more likely to :
1.Forget the more difficult sub-item repeatedly.
2.Repeat the card in excessively short intervals.
3.Remember only a part of the complex card.
5. Cloze Deletions are your Bestfriend
6. Use Images, Photos & Figures.
*note:
After watching the video, this will be just a visual reminder of what you already know.
1. keep it simple. 1 deck per class.
2. learn about the topic before trying to memorize.
3. focus on high yield information.
4. if there’s a card with sub cards, separate it
5. “fill the blank” anki cards
6. use images for better retention
I’m a vet student and I really love anki
the content is excellent and definitely helpful!
How do I avoid “recognizing” cards? In other words, how can I RECALL information without the cues that are present in closed deletions? I’m still an undergrad, and some courses require you to recall information rather than recognize it. For example, in my biotechnology midterm, we were asked to “write down steps, procedures, uses and criticisms” of stem cell technology. Points were awarded based on whether or not all concepts were mentioned (IN DETAIL), and whether or not specific examples given. Anki would have dispersed these concepts in 200-300 cards which are very difficult to mentally manipulate on the spot. I think mind-mapping and writing outlines is still better...Anki does not help with exams that require high critical and creative thinking, and is all but useless in exams that ask you to compare/contrast two concepts that are seemingly unrelated.
Overall, I think Anki is good if you are being tested on basic recognition (like in MCQs), but fails when the test requires you to manipulate the information, think critically and outside the box. Mind maps, outlines, and snowball memorizing seem better to me, for now in undergrad at least.
Writing down things by hand, and looking back and ‘feeling’ the emotion in my handwriting (weird to explain) makes me retain things so much faster. Also, handwriting is more dynamic and changing than typed text, so I am less likely to get bored when reading.
Please let me know how things are in med school! Are we really asked to mindlessly memorize things and to regurgitate them with no critical and creative output?
Would you recommend we create mind maps, THEN use Anki for the details ? My memory is very visual and Anki makes it impossible to visually link information. This I why I’m more likely to stash related information on a same card when using Anki.
I think,you can use 'Memory palace' technique to organize the points you want to recall....
You coul make a mind map (for example with the free software freemind) then make a picture of it with the program lights teen and then you add it with image occlusion
Thank you so much for this video! i learned a lot! really guilty of much to complex cards with thousands of subitems haha. never thought of it the way you do. so really, helped a lot! Thanks😊
I am overwhelmed .
1:45
I can review the entire deck in case of having many subdecks as well. Like what's the problem of having a subdeck for each class?
Did you fall into the group of people who make Anki cards during class (to save time), or did you make cards after you have already listened to the lecture once? I ask because I tried making my own cards after class but felt like I didn’t have enough time to make the cards and review them before I had new material dumped on me, so I was constantly falling behind...
@@MedSchoolInsiders we have mandatory class, so I feel as if the choice is either to make high quality cards after class, or save time and make just ok quality cards during class. Any recommendations?
Can you do a video on how you specifically write anki flash cards to cover all of the diagnostic and specfiers for a disorder? The dsm 5 seems to have way to much info for a card
Wow, great tip with the images. No mention of Woz's 20 rules article though? Love the video.
This was super helpful. Thank you so much!!
I found with cloze deletions, I'd just remember the word before and after and then remember then cloze deletion answer.
Was thinking of exactly this problem when I came across this in my feed. Thank you.
Thank you for this!! Love your ANKI vids
I wish their was something like this for pharmacy school students
All the principles on this channel work for pharm as well :)
Works great with chemical structures and name of medications for example.
I use it!
Thank you so much for the tips!
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This is so helpful Dr. J! Thanks!
My problem is not being able to keep up with Anki reviews 😅
Are you doing well without using Anki as a review tool? If yes, what is your review strategy?
Adjust your deck settings, limit the reviews if you want (though I don't recommend that). It depends on your recall rate, you can adjust the intervals as well, so that don't have to many reviews on a daily basis.
Jean Claude Right now anki and uworld, some videos too
At first, I fell prey to being too hard on myself and pressing the "Hard" button far too often, while I basically never used the "Easy" button. That had the effect that the intervals of many cards didn't get as long as fast and the daily reviews kept on stacking up. When reviewing cards in Anki, the most common button pressed should be the "Good" one and "Easy" and "Hard" should be in the absolute minority _and_ at more or less equal amount. If you still find yourself pressing "Hard" far too often and "Easy" far too little, then maybe you should either improve the quality of the cards (include images, break the cards into a greater number of simpler ones), or improve your understanding of the subject (review the materials the "old school" way and refresh the links and context between pieces of information).
One thing I started doing is to include some hints of context into the answer side of the card, so once I fail to remember it, I can quickly get some context from the card itself without the need for looking it up later (which I almost never do because I'm lazy....). Like the video showed, Anki is a memorizing tool, not a learning one. You have to do the learning first and then use Anki so that you never forget that.
PS: If you find that you have a problem with a specific card and its interval is now at 1 or 2 days per review and you just can't get it up, try to isolate the piece of information that makes you fail that specific card and make a separate card out of it. Then reset any progress on these cards so you start with a clean sheet and don't get demotivated.
Tomáš Karlík Thanks for the detailed reply!
1. Keep your decks simple. Don’t make too many over-decks
2. First understand, then memorize
3. Lay the foundations first. Foundations of Basics are basic
4. Follow the Minimum Information Principle. Simple cards are easier to review, if a card is too complex, try to separate the information into two or more, so you can review them separately and into their own rhythm
5. Cloze Deletions are your best friends (Fill blank cards) Watch the Anki Flashcards Basics
6. Use images, photos and figures
I have an ANKI deck for Med School Insiders learning.
I’ve been using screenshots of PowerPoints (or pics from the lab), plus Image Occlusion - it works extremely well, and can even serve the same purpose as Cloze deletions (just occlude out the “blanked” word).
I’ve never really used tags before, but am going to start doing so now - especially since my IO cards have super long IDs and are borderline impossible to find via search... thanks for the tips!
Make sure to only add pictures in the “result”-card because there will be no exercise on a test that tells you to say what happens in the picture (you ignore definitions)
Much needed video 🙌🏼
Thank you very much!!!
Where can I download Anki for free because in my country we should pay R480 for the App. That is the equivalent of 33$.
I really needed this
How does having sub-decks complicate the review process when you can review all of the sub-decks from the parent deck?
I dont understand well the algorithm, and how to configure it to maximum performance. Please help
That is informative.
I made efficient Anki decks but I feel I make good decks yet I encounter so many random facts that weren’t in my Anki deck! Any suggestions would go a long way for me.
That feeling when you realize that most of your learning habits are correct. :D
If you want to learn more, read the 20 rules for formulating knowledge by the SuperMemo guy. Also, “Using Spaced Repetition to see through a piece of mathematics” by Michael Neilson.
Going to try this for my next exam!
I love your videos
Can you plz share some of your anki decks?
These videos are great. However I will be studying IT/Math, and I would like to learn how to use Anki for those, more technical subjects. Anyone can point me in the right direction?
I have a bunch of experience with Anki for language learning though.
Great video!
So does it make more sense to have one deck per exam instead of one deck per subject per exam?
I dont have time to review all the stuff from my previous semester in the next semester. How do you manage that? I only have time for 1 semester, otherwise i would have to do way too many cards everyday..
Hmm... I'm trying to use Anki for the first time to assist in learning Japanese Kanji. For my very first deck I added the 100 Most common Kanji found on the N5 JLPT Language test. On the front is the Kanji itself and on the back I added the Japanese name (or pronunciation used to look it up in the dictionary), Translation, the Chinese reading (Onyoumi) and the Japanese reading (Kunyoumi), along with an example of the Kanji used in vocabulary.... The important parts are: The two types of readings, and the translation. The other information is just there to kind of help me make it all click. Would you say this structure is too much for one card to be effective?
What is the difference between the desktop and iPad versions? 🙈
Thanks! Just wanna ask when would you recommend us to CREATE the flashcards, if thorough understanding of the topic is emphasized? Coz If i create them on firsr exposure, im often tempted to simply copy points over passively, without digesting and making correlations.
I feel bad for people who can’t work with Anki. Highly doubt they could come up with something this efficient let alone better.
me 😭 once i made my deck of cards and studied all of them they said congrats u finishe ur deck and its all gone but i wanted to study them repeatedly/continously lol
How can I separate cards that i got in lectures from others cards i didn't take without passing through them all..
thanks in advance
Gracias, genial por los subtítulos.
So Anki cards are only used by medical students?
Actually no but most of medical students use it
Thanks so much!
I'm a physical therapy student and Anki now constitutes 99% of my study methods. How do you have time to add new cards every day whilst having to review them AND subsequently adding MORE new cards the next day? I had lectures 830 to 1730 this semester and the hours at night are invaluable - I often find myself having to juggle between adding/reviewing...
Also, what is your usual new card limit + review card limit?
He said in a previous video that he repeats about 50 to 300 something cards a day, every day. And also advised not to make too many cards. Maybe you have to many cards and thus have to repeat too many. Hope that helps!
Thanks
Btw the newest version of AnkiDroid is available on Github
gosh, why shouldn't i found this one over years ago, I'm at the end of my usmle first year, I have an awful difficulty memorizing everything rather than understand it, that's why I prefer to study physiology and pathophysiology......they seems to praise anyone who understands those, but neither of them good to know in long term and keep talking that understand is far more better than just memorizing, listening to their praises, made me carried away, now my head is empty af ....i started to notice how awful my memory was when I see my colleagues that seems to have a slight memory about something compared than me that absolutely don't remember a single thing....especially dosage of drugs....gods help me, I'm depressed now....
thank you! can you make a video about tag use in anki? it will be helpful 👍🏻
I tried this in medical school, I did not like it/find it helpful, guess not one size fits all! xx
Dr. Nosa So did you use anything else in place for the AnkiApp?
Honestly, just handwritten flash cards worked for me but it’s worth given anki a try 😃
IKR i feel like it is time consuming on anki
Thanks for the tips
I feel like flash cards are not as useful for conceptual heavy subjects, like the ones you find most often in the humanities. How should they be adapted to make them more effective?
Not a medical student, more so GSCE yr 11 student with horrible memory, nevertheless incredibly helpful ^^
Thanks for the great video Dr. Jubbal! Would you consider making a video showing how you made anki cards for a typical med school lecture? I have trouble determining what is high-yield and can sometimes end up with 100 cards per lecture.
Nursing students need to use ANKI so that I won't be alone lol
Loved it 💜
Can you upload your step 2 CK deck please?