3 ms·
I'm a medical student who uses Anki religiously. I'll vouch for it any day. Currently, I see around 300-1,000 flashcards a day and have been doing it for almost
by edwardhusarcik 8y ago
I'm a medical student who uses Anki religiously. I'll vouch for it any day. Currently, I see around 300-1,000 flashcards a day and have been doing it for almost a year straight. Without Anki, I am not sure if I'd be doing nearly as well in school. It is really a game changer for my education (at least my medical education). I wish it was more user friendly, but it is free (on Android) so I can't complain.
As for Supermemo comparison, Anki has been much easier for me to sync / utilize decks offline. I just keep a 24K card deck on my phone and sync it occasionally for a backup then I'm good to go.
- Latteland 8y agoI've had the idea that a lot of medical training (besides anatomy, chemistry, bio, many other things :-)) was memorizing a big decision tree to evaluate someone, which seems fundamentally different than flash cards. How do you learn that? Family history that pertinent , previous conditions etc.
- edwardhusarcik 8y agoHi Latteland! I do both. Anki is about the little facts that I want to retain after I understand the bigger picture. In fact, I never use Anki to learn anything and only for retention. Example flashcard: - Front: Which race has a higher prevalence of G6PD Deficiency? - Back: African Americans
- jammygit 8y agoHow long does it take you to do those 300-1000 cards per day? I'm finding I'm reviewing at about 9s/card lately
- edwardhusarcik 8y agoI'm slower than that. It takes up a good portion of my day everyday unfortunately.
- jammygit 8y agogood for you for keeping up with it then