While the choice between the 2 deck options is usually a given, with preferences there is more flexibility for you to choose how you want to review your cards.

While I think these settings should be in the same area, you’ll have to dig a little deeper to get these next set of options (or preferences). You can mix this up for a little freedom. For example, you don’t need to learn 20 animals, 20 family members, or 20 flavors of Kit Kat in a row. Usually you’d still want to follow the order the deck creator chose, unless you want some variety. place names, people names, vocabulary, etc.) then you can choose either one. If you are doing a deck that has random new information (ex.Otherwise you will end up seeing cards that cover too much information you haven’t learned yet. any of the Jalup decks), you absolutely need to do it in order added. If you are doing a deck that is ordered based on difficulty, or i+1 (ex.If you don’t like deck merging, and have multiple decks, you can individually change the options of each deck (which requires an extra step of adding a new options group).ĭeciding between these two is extremely simple. There are 5 major orders that will affect how you review your cards. But you control Anki’s throw and adjusting it can make a major difference. Many people just assume you catch whatever Anki throws at you. But before this begins, did you think of order? Everything has an order and Anki is no different. Like that, you can 'fill in the gaps' where needed but also have the assurance that the rest of the deck is covering everything you'd need to know.You have your cards.

If you find that there is a topic your school really focuses on but AnKing doesn't, then add cards just for that. Look through the AnKing Step 1 Cardiology deck and compare it to your school's curriculum. It'll provide you with a very broad and sufficiently in-depth understanding of pre-clerkship medical knowledge.ĭon't worry that by following AnKing, you may not be following your school's curriculum. A good compromise would be this: Imagine you've started cardiology at your school. AnKing has been developed over years with many contributors and it would take a lot of your time trying to create cards. So, I still highly recommend doing AnKing even it it covers stuff you won't cover or details that seem extraneous (again, just suspend them). The Step 1 deck will sometimes cover things that are very nitty-gritty and are obviously just for the Step 1 test, so you could always just suspend those cards (i.e., turn them off and not see them again).

Step 1 and Step 2 will cover such a vast ground that you'll have all the knowledge needed for pre-clerkship (I can't comment for clerkship-not there yet-but I hear that step 2 + UWorld is a good combo). Thanks! Is there anything specific to Canadian med schools or step 1 and step 2 for US are similar enough ?Īs far as I know, we don't have one specific for Canadian med schools, but medical knowledge doesn't really change by country. If you do what I say above and do your anki reviews every day, I promise you'll be a top student during med school. So do all the background reading needed and then go back to the cards to solidify that learning. You also have to constantly be making the big-picture connections between cards, otherwise you'll again just learn small facts without understanding the concepts. For example, if the card says ' is a risk factor for coronary artery disease,' I'll answer the question, but *in addition*, I'll quickly remind myself what coronary artery disease is and how it presents. So to counter that, whenever I do a card, I make sure to do a quick summary of the clinically-relevant/big picture stuff when I answer it. I agree with this *if* you just use anki as a memorization tool. The biggest 'issue' people point out about Anki is that it promotes memorizing little details that would only benefit on a multiple choice test. It's a lot of cards (25000+), so start soon and be committed to the reviews (otherwise, you will forget things easily). Step 2 will be more clinically oriented and is supposed to be for clerkship (so I recommend AnKing Step 1 to get a foundation). In the AnKing deck, Step 1 will cover every system's physiology and pathology. Look into the AnKing deck (or make your own, but I recommend the former).

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