How to use Anki like a Pro | Med School Guide

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After spending 2000+ hours on Anki in medical school I have found, I think, the best way to use Anki and the AnKing. These are more advanced tips. If you want to check out my complete beginner guide on downloading and setting up the AnKing deck for medical school go here:
• Medical School Anki Be...
Written Guide: www.zhighley.com/how-to-use-a...
How to Use AnKing with Medical School Lectures: • How to use AnKing with...
Daily Workflow in Medical School: • My Daily Workflow for ...
Best Third-Party Resources for Medical School: • Top 5 Medical School R...
0:00 Intro
0:18 Get Organized
2:27 Pomodoro Method
3:45 Finding New Cards
4:29 Bonus AnKing Tip
5:13 Edit Your Cards
7:45 Do it Every Day!
8:36 Aim for 80-90% Right
11:45 Keyboard Shortcuts
13:32 Creating Cards
16:02 Make it Pretty
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Addons Mentioned
* True Retention: ankiweb.net/shared/info/92336...
* Customize Background: ankiweb.net/shared/info/12109...
Videos Mentioned:
* Customize Background: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XAq0...
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Who am I:
My name is Zach. I'm a second-year medical student in Philadelphia. I make videos about medical school, entrepreneurship, and other cool things. I love trying new things and often mess up. However, every time I screw up I usually learn something. Whatever I learn I post either on KZfaq or my website 🌐 (zhighley.com/).
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@IgorOlikh Жыл бұрын

Thank you, Zach. I have used Anki for about two months and one of my mistakes, which I understood thanks to your video, was learning only by creating my own decks. After your video, I tried the existed, created by other people decks, and I see that it works even better for me and my goals. Thank you very much!

@lumiahtisaari148 3 жыл бұрын

You saved me SOO much pain with the edit on lecture note tip and not on extra. OMG I would have died. Thank you so much!

@zbeeb0223 3 жыл бұрын

great quality video man, the possibilities are endless with anki.... its kind of mind blowing

@ZachHighley 3 жыл бұрын

anki4lyfe

@wiktorklimek5311 3 жыл бұрын

Great videos, you deserve MUCH more views man.

@yavierrodriguez7310 3 жыл бұрын

If you press Cmd+Shift+Control+4 instead of making a screenshot it actually make a copy of that particular area so you can add it to your card (Cmd+V) without getting your computer full of pictures (screenshots). Keep the good work up!!

@ZachHighley 3 жыл бұрын

Yep, this is one of my favorite keybinds!! Can't believe I forgot to mention it - I use it all the time.

@haruki956 2 жыл бұрын

thanks a lot. this is exactly what i am searching for

@marilialeal354 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you sooo much!!! Amazing work

@sharonpadilla4878 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! This is very helpful

@embyrio Жыл бұрын

keep this great content up 💖💖

@jordanlazaro1676 3 жыл бұрын

Live saver video!! I'm learning to use ANKI for my Bio course right now and man I got a 90% on my mid term after using it for 2 months! Plus, I stopped taking notes. Now, I'm hardly taking notes, I spend less time studying, and I'm having a higher retention rate! :)

@emashikhan8967 3 жыл бұрын

can u please explain more how u do anki or retention

@luisortegast Жыл бұрын

explain us how you do it

@CurlyGirlChey 3 жыл бұрын

Love this content so much

@Anjaag328 3 жыл бұрын

Keep it going, u doing great!

@ZachHighley 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@annierod 3 жыл бұрын

awesome tips, I have been applying them to my anki cards since your past video.

@ZachHighley 3 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@annierod 3 жыл бұрын

Zach Highley Yes, definitely! 👌

@leevaladi9639 3 жыл бұрын

I wonder if I'm the first German you see in your comments. Have not watched this specific video yet but wanted to take the time to let you know that your older videos are already incredibly good and I like your personality. I really want to see you closing in on Ali Abdaal!! Keep it up and Liebe Grüße aus Deutschland If you ever need someone who speaks german for whatever reason, remember me! I'm bored af ...

@ZachHighley 3 жыл бұрын

Danke for the very nice words! I love Ali Abdaal and will definitely keep you in mind.

@anthonyrocha3085 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, do the background tutorial please!

@ZachHighley 3 жыл бұрын

On it!

@angelicaalcaraz5866 3 жыл бұрын

love this channel and this series!! so very helpful for anatomy! But how do you stop yourself from turning your lecture slides into Anki cards? lol I've searched for shared decks but some are so big and I'm not sure how to navigate through all the cards and only select the ones I want yet.

@Shree.Nadkarni 3 жыл бұрын

You could press Cmd+Shift+C or Cmd+Shift+D depends on your cloze deletion shortcuts to speed up your card creation!

@Shree.Nadkarni 3 жыл бұрын

Great Content

@ZachHighley 3 жыл бұрын

Great tip! thanks

@wesleydieudonne434 3 жыл бұрын

Hey Zach I'm a Pre-Med student and I had a quick question on how you take your notes, you said in a video that you get a basic understanding of any material and go back through it by using active learning, do you go through your chapter or chapters and then take the tests or do you skim through it and take the test?

@gustavefring1237 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

@jezykpolskijestpomidorek9468 3 жыл бұрын

Listen, I found the equation to compute interval modifier: log(what you want to get in true retenion)/log(what you get in true retention now)

@krizable1 3 жыл бұрын

can I still start using this if I only have 2-3 weeks for the exam?I already tried anki but was not able to abide by the right schedule and I think the flashcards that I made are too complex thus it takes too much of my time

@morgentauengel8554 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Zach, thank you for the great video! I have a question: I want to enable the anki 2.1 schedular as you advised. Now a window pops up which says: (sorry I have to roughly translate it from my german Anki): If I enable the schedular it will reset all my cards in the learning phase. What does that mean? Willl I have to go through all the cards I have ever learned in anki again or just the ones which are in learning but not the ones in repetition? And is there a workaround to that? Lots of love from Germany - a 4th year medical student studying pharmacology

@Luzdamsi 2 жыл бұрын

Hello, can you help me please? I would like to know how you have your colored labels(tags) when you are studying your decks, at the bottom they appear in different colors. What is the plugin or how did you program it? Thank you very much.

@radboy490 3 жыл бұрын

Finna use this for x ray school

@jacobshorter7204 2 жыл бұрын

Muchas gracias!

@29jyotijain 3 жыл бұрын

2.1 saved my life

@elizabethal4436 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot, your videos are amazing. I noticed you use Apple chromebook, is that work good with anki? Thanks

@lilialaihem2953 3 жыл бұрын

I would trust you as a Dr

@zarinakhatun5574 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot

@ZachHighley 3 жыл бұрын

Welcome!

@axelveltrig.3969 3 жыл бұрын

If you don't have a Mac, use all the desks in just one it will make you laptop slower. I prefer one desk for each subject or rotation

@SentientBurrito Жыл бұрын

I've got a burning question. you've said to suspend the cards and only do the particular topic that you want to be studying for that day. If that's the case, once you're done after 5 hours for example, do you suspend those decks again and if so, how are you going to review those cards now that you've suspended them? Thank you

@pietromaximoff5084 3 жыл бұрын

Watched the beginner tutorial and this. I was a bit scared starting the anki journey but your video made me less of it and definitely excited!! I adjusted everything just like yours but I understand that you used these settings cause you're doing it for the long-term... I just wanna ask what settings would you recommend for a student who is going to take his exams in 3 mos? That would be very helpful. Cause I am that student 😅 thanks!

@ZachHighley 3 жыл бұрын

Hey sorry for the late response your comment went to spam for some reason? I would say just set the max review time to 3 months, good luck!

@joessonguf 3 жыл бұрын

Can you make. Video about using anki anki and notion together in an efficient way?

@jasmin9763 2 жыл бұрын

Could you give us code updates? Unfortunately, some of the ones described above no longer work at the moment :(

@ke7147 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Zach, where can I find Pharm Anki file? Thnx

@inhchienle1755 2 ай бұрын

One question, do you still learn the subject that you have passed? like when I pass cardiology subject and move on the next subject, do I need to suspend the cardio's cards?

@fahmeeda504 2 жыл бұрын

Is anki the same on pc and android phone 🥺 i can't seem to get a hold of how it works

@mubarakeleid6996 3 жыл бұрын

Hello my friend, you are very smart and i noticed that from the first time i watched your vedio, I am first year medical student and would like to thank you for being my guide to become the best doctor! Sorry for my broken english!

@ZachHighley 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Mubarak, welcome to this amazing journey!

@yashpawate1306 3 жыл бұрын

This is great, thank you! Also did your school give you guys "preclinical nbme shelf exams" like for pathology and pharm?

@ZachHighley 3 жыл бұрын

No, our school has a continuous/integrative curriculum so we learn things like path/pharm all throughout the two years. We have not been given those tests.

@yashpawate1306 3 жыл бұрын

@@ZachHighley Ah Ok! Thats great. I wish my university did that as well. We have different subjects (one full year of just pathology with different systems) and pharm the same thing. Its hard to keep track of the physio+drugs esp with pharm! Are you currently using pathoma, and sketchy for pharm?

@ZachHighley 3 жыл бұрын

@@yashpawate1306 Yep I use/love both of those resources. I have a video on my favorite resources here if you want to check em out: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/j5xdZdZqyN6mm3U.html

@MarcYee-xw7rt 3 жыл бұрын

Hi, I know it's kind of a random question: How did you get the "extra" zone with the cloze deletion option? For me, there is only the text section

@ZachHighley 3 жыл бұрын

Hey, that's a valid question and you get into coding to answer it, here is an easier workaround: 1. Download AnKing card type from here: drive.google.com/file/d/1uwoR22hr_4q4eiAO7zdnwWXUSawrDRLL/view?usp=sharing 2. Open the Anki profile you want this new card type in 3. double-click the download 4. You know have the "Cloze-AnKingMaster card" type! 5. Whenever you create new cards use this card type and you will have that 6. if you want to convert all your current cards to have this section you will need to do a deep dive into this video from the AnKing, find the part when he talks about converting card types (kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mc1dp7RnutqUeYU.html)

@tayy3035 3 жыл бұрын

So I’m revising for a test and there’s different sections (2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5) it’s all about 300 slides on ppt should i put it al in one deck or separate ?

@wesleyschwind9375 3 жыл бұрын

You could put them all in the same deck and give each card a tag according to their section (e.g. 2.1, 2.2, 2.3..). You could also create a separate deck for each section and put them all under a master deck. That way when you click the master deck you will review all the cards, or you can expand it to just look at one section

@arisared2370 2 жыл бұрын

Hi I love your series but the true retention app is not working for mr? Any ideas how to fix this?

@arqumabdulah2796 3 жыл бұрын

Please do an eg of how u would use Anki to do content review/practice questions/FL review for the MCAT. I feel like so many people don’t understand how to optimize Anki for MCAT specific studying.

@ZachHighley 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Arqum, on it!

@arqumabdulah2796 3 жыл бұрын

Zach Highley 👑

@tiggerjoe1401 2 жыл бұрын

Soo I learned a ton from your 'getting set up for med school' vid and I just hit Command A then Command J in my cards and all of them are gonzo- no where to be found (that I know of. Still very new to Anki). Can anybody help me?

@niklasschnitzler8039 3 жыл бұрын

hi, i´m using anki version 2.1.44 and the scheduler 2.1 isn´t available I think, did it get integrated or how can I find it.

@nahhhidwin Жыл бұрын

When you mention Hebbian Learning, what does that mean? I'm studying Biology right now, so instead of studying one topic at a time, should I study the whole Biology course? Because then I might not know which topic I'm learning and it could get confusing.

@alexandrebeaulieu2327 Жыл бұрын

Beside anking, where do you find pre made decks for medical shcool?

@sabaabid3193 3 жыл бұрын

Hi! Under the preferences option I can't see "Anki 2.1 schedular beta" . Anki version is 2.1.44 And I don't have mac . Help please??

@louiss.6775 3 жыл бұрын

Hi! I would like to have your opinion. When you create a cloze deletion flashcard is it better to write the question before or it's a loss of time?

@ZachHighley 3 жыл бұрын

I am a little confused by your question, I mostly (99%) of the time just use the premade deck. I only make my own cards when I get a question wrong and can't find a flashcard in the deck.

@louiss.6775 3 жыл бұрын

@@ZachHighley Option 1 : What is the capitale of France ? {{c1::The capitale of France is Paris}} Option 2 : The capitale of France is {{c1::Paris}} Do you think the option 1 is better or the option 2? Prepark Juthani said that with the option 1 you stimulate more your brain with questionning yourself rather than just reading a sentence with cloze deletion which is too passive according to him. I would like to know how exactly you write new flashcards?

@f.h.4038 3 жыл бұрын

Cmd+Shift+c !!!

@alfonsocantor1058 3 жыл бұрын

Why review heatmap add-on can be found in anki add ons?

@davidunderwood8409 2 жыл бұрын

How do you add the stats info to the home display?

@JonasReichert1992 Жыл бұрын

Can I tell Anki when I have to know a certain card? In other word can it show me Cards so often that I know the by a certain Date?

@sillycouscous9300 2 жыл бұрын

Is V3 scheduler same as Anki 2.1 scheduler? I use Anki on my 12.9 ipad And not Mac ! Kindly help, thanks

@beatrizbia8091 3 жыл бұрын

Hii, how many cards do you study every day?

@PadmAquin___ 9 ай бұрын

i was not able to find the comment of bluesky,so where can i get the link to download those flashcards

@sezeef 3 жыл бұрын

I have a question, so you are advising to make the cards short. What will you do with the pathophysiology? Signs and symptoms especially if they are a long list? Flash cards too, or you wrote it in notes?

@AndyOlivera 2 жыл бұрын

how do I add lecture notes? there's no option in my app

@kl3479 2 жыл бұрын

What exactly does suspending cards do?

@emashikhan8967 3 жыл бұрын

Is All functions are available on android phone?

@tunneltrance 2 жыл бұрын

what is the point of updating your Anking deck? Surely the version you have is enough information to get you through step 1 and step 2?

@kad.k1 3 жыл бұрын

PRO TIP : while taking a screenshot, make sure you hit the control button in addition to the other buttons. this way you basically "copied" a screenshot as if you copied a text and you can easily paste it as if it were a text ;)) so that is : shift+cmd+control+4 thank me later lol

@ZachHighley 3 жыл бұрын

thanks!

@annazwerg 3 жыл бұрын

omg, I collected endless numbers of screenshots on my desktop until that day :D haha! thanks man!

@kad.k1 3 жыл бұрын

@@annazwerg haha im glad i could help. that's exactly why I find it very practical.

@abdelkrimzaouidi3072 3 жыл бұрын

when i hit the space bar twice by mistake and then press cmd+z to redo the card would the first answer (which is good in this case because i hit space bar) be counted or it would be considered as if nothing happend?

@ZachHighley 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Jay, it would be considered as if nothing happened - you will be sent back to when the card was in the question state, i.e. "Mitchochondria is the _____ of the cell."

@shoger8 3 жыл бұрын

Thankkkss& plz ya do the tutorial for the background

@ZachHighley 3 жыл бұрын

On it!

@taniamitwalli8973 3 жыл бұрын

Yes Please!!! :)

@rosaseabreezehomemountain 2 жыл бұрын

A real matrix moment when you're studying pomodoro style and on your break time go to watch youtube video about Anki from Zach Highley and he teaches about pomodoro method and how not to watch youtube videos on your pomodoro-break unless it's a Zack Highley video

@andreluizfojr Жыл бұрын

Hey guys! I'm kinda new to the habit of doing anki daily and I'd like to know if i've been doing it correctly, but I still don't know how to interpret the stats. Could you please help me undestand if i'm doing ok and where I need to work on in order to improve my anki performance? The following are my stats: Days Studied: 31/31 (100%) Answer Buttons: Learning 77,55% | Young 91,48% | Mature 93,45% Average Ease: 263% Average Reviews/day: 420 Thank you!

@iLoveSupreme1991 3 жыл бұрын

great

@ZachHighley 3 жыл бұрын

thanks

@karlabracho 3 жыл бұрын

I have the anki Version ⁨2.1.43, and the scheduler v2.1 feature is not showing on my preferences>scheduling tab. I am not a macbook user, do you think thats why? Pd: Love your videos! :)

@antoine9794 3 жыл бұрын

Its exactly the same for me. I wonder if it’s already enabled automatically since it said it was still beta in the older version.

@ahlamh.2127 3 жыл бұрын

How do I get the stats to get like that? already downloaded the true retention add on

@ZachHighley 3 жыл бұрын

Make sure to "Shift" click the stats and the true retention stat window should pop up.

@ahlamh.2127 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the fast reply. It worked! ;)

@mr.k8251 3 жыл бұрын

I have question plz I did all the set up you said in previous video I start study psychology now I want study reproductive also I do command A and command J for reproductive but it doesn't added to anking for study How I can study 2 different systems on anki please?

@Moe5Tavern Жыл бұрын

Why does his Anki look so nice with a proper landing page and mine looks like some college student programmed it during their lunch break in 1999?

@micaellaaquino5131 3 жыл бұрын

Just a question, when do you make your flash cards? Do you usually make it while reading or studying the lecture? Thank you and btw you have a good content plus my grandma says you look like Bradd Pitt.

@leticia53889 3 жыл бұрын

Heey! He has a video that explains that. I believe its the one about how he doesn't take notes in Medical School

@cathn88 3 жыл бұрын

I'm in first semester of M1, do you think it's relevant? I have embryo and histo....

@ZachHighley 3 жыл бұрын

Hey, I don't think it is that relevant. However, if I were you, I would download the Anking (video here on how to set it up: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nciZbJOSxpPMY30.html) and then get a hang of it. There are definitely embryology cards in there that you can unsuspend and study from. As for Histo, there are cards but they won't be relevant (mostly) until you get to pathology.

@cathn88 3 жыл бұрын

@@ZachHighley Thank you so much for clarifying...Anking has too many videos and I got overwhelmed lol. I have Anking deck, I'm gonna testing out the water to see...

@ZachHighley 3 жыл бұрын

@@cathn88 Good plan, yeah I was overwhelmed in the beginning too... take it slowly! Suspend all the cards then just search through the deck (in the browse section) and unsuspend a few to get a feel for it.

@dr.mohamedibrahim1007 3 жыл бұрын

hi, Zach can I set a time for my reviews per a day>>> I mean I want to study cards for about 2 hours, so I want to finish the cards of the day in these two hours and if they are not finished in these two hours I want them to go to the next day>> how can I do this?

@ZachHighley 3 жыл бұрын

Hey Mohammed, I really would suggest *not* setting a time limit. Completing all of your reviews every day is essential for sticking to the algorithm and maximizing your retention. That said, if you want, you can review for 2 hours (set a timer) and then just stop. Those cards will be waiting there for you tomorrow, they will automatically "go to the next day" because they just roll-over. BE CAREFUL (avoid) the "reschedule" option - it will remove all of your learning intervals and just "reschedule" the cards to appear over that amount of days.

@dr.mohamedibrahim1007 3 жыл бұрын

@@ZachHighleythanks a lot. I think it was a silly question😅 but you really made it a useful one. you gave me 3 important tips that will make a difference thank you so so so much

@louiss.6775 3 жыл бұрын

and if i want to read only about salmonella in the AnKing desk how i find the cards only related to Salmonella? Best regards man! your videos are really amazing and well synthesized

@ZachHighley 3 жыл бұрын

Hey there are a couple ways to do this - you could just search it, and pick those cards, or there is a really nice tagged portion under Sketchy Micro so if you go to "AK_Step1" → "SketchyMicro" → "Bacteria" → "Gram - Bacilli" → salmonella

@louiss.6775 3 жыл бұрын

@@ZachHighley ok i have a better understanding now about how it works!! Thank you so much man! You have no idea how much you helped me with your videos!!!

@louiss.6775 3 жыл бұрын

the desk from AnKing is awesome when you know how to use it

@lou3875 3 жыл бұрын

What is Anki King you’re talking about ?:D

@davidd1490 3 жыл бұрын

If someone sees my commentary, please help me. I am a Brazilian student and I am preparing myself for the college entrance exams, here in Brazil we need to study every subject we had in school, math, Portuguese, chemistry, biology, etc, so how do I review all of these subjects? One subject per day, everyone on the same day, separately.

@jaegerbawmb687 3 жыл бұрын

What's your study schedule? I'm in 12th grade (from asia) and I do 8 hours every day. I'd recommend a little bit of every subject every day, but try to do more of subjects like maths and physics. Good luck btw

@vandanamedico2603 3 жыл бұрын

When I am downloading..... My PC ran into problem and showed error.....still don't know which mistake I have done.

@vandanamedico2603 3 жыл бұрын

Sir.....can u say how u download that decks.....

@danieljordan8962 Жыл бұрын

Do you have to pay for this app?

@NewJerseyTico 5 ай бұрын

Nope.

@Sabrina-dn7zr 3 жыл бұрын

is anki worth it ?

@Sabrina-dn7zr 3 жыл бұрын

i will be majeoing in bio and i’m trying to learn how to learn ... loll . lmk guys :)

@thomass.4007 3 жыл бұрын

my anki looks completely different 🤬

@zarinakhatun5574 3 жыл бұрын

😘😘😘

@ismiyehoca1021 3 жыл бұрын

music distracts me. If you can please don't include background music

@harleyquiinnnn 3 жыл бұрын

You look like Taylor Swifts boyfriend and I have a crush on you haha

@ZachHighley 3 жыл бұрын

thanks haha

@patrciaclemons8183 Жыл бұрын

Imagine being a doctor 2 hundred years ago. Alot less to learn.

@hcm9999 2 жыл бұрын

The biggest problem is why use flashcards in the first place. I have never used flashcards. I don't understand them. I don't know why anyone would want to use them. First, it takes a long time to write them. Second, it may take a long time to read them and get the answers correctly. Third, they look boring, tiring, tedious and time-consuming. Why not just read a book? In the same time you create and read flashcards you could just read a book. Or, if you are studying something like Physics of Mathematics, you should just solve a bunch of exercises from a textbook. Most textbooks have plenty of exercises for you to practice. All you have to do is solve them. The book author already prepared all the exercises for you, you don't need to write them, unlike flashcards. If you are learning a foreign language you should read as much as possible. Reading is the best way to acquire vocabulary. You consult the dictionary for the words necessary to understand the text. Reading is much more fun, entertaining and engaging than using flashcards. By reading you always see the word in context. Flashcards on the other hand take the words out of context. It is much harder to memorize and understand them. Flashcards are completely inefficient compared to just reading.