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Anki for medical school
Every lecture, ready to review the same day. Upload today's slides and get Anki cards in a minute.
Free to start · Quote and page on every card
How it works
- UploadSlides, notes, PDFs or YouTube.
- CheckEvery card shows its quote and page.
- DownloadOne file that opens in Anki.
- Got lecture slides? PowerPoint to Anki converter
- Labeled diagrams to learn? Automatic image occlusion
Every card shows where it came from
A card is only kept if its quote is really in your file.
From the source
The right atrioventricular valve is the tricuspid valve. The left atrioventricular valve is the bicuspid, or mitral, valve.
The card · Medical school Cloze
The right atrioventricular valve is the tricuspidc1 valve, while the left atrioventricular valve is the bicuspid (mitral)c2 valve.
Quote found in the source
Made for medical school
Lecture slidesPDF notesRecorded lecturesPhotos of notes
Quote and page on every card
Each card shows the line from your slide it came from and the page it's on, so checking a card takes seconds.
Cloze for lists and numbers
Cut-offs, criteria and lists become cloze cards, one blank at a time.
Image occlusion from your slides
Labeled diagrams become image occlusion cards: all labels hidden, one asked at a time.
Only what's worth learning
Pick Fewer, Normal or More cards. Leave out simple definitions with one switch.
Example medical school Anki cards
- Cloze
Most cardiac veins drain into the coronary sinusc1, which opens into the right atriumc2.
Most of the cardiac veins drain into the coronary sinus, which opens into the right atrium.
- Basic
Which arteries supply blood to the myocardial walls?
The right and left coronary arteries, branches of the ascending aorta.
The right and left coronary arteries, branches of the ascending aorta, supply blood to the walls of the myocardium.
- Basic
Where is the cardiac center that mediates most heart rate changes located?
In the medulla oblongata of the brain.
Most changes in the heart rate are mediated through the cardiac center in the medulla oblongata of the brain.
- Make cards from your own file
How to use Anki in medical school
Most med students mix a premade deck for boards with their own cards for school exams.
AnKing or your own cards?
Both. AnKing covers Step 1 and 2; your own cards cover what your lectures and school exams ask.
Settings that work
Turn on FSRS in Deck options and keep desired retention at 90%, Anki's default. Keep learning steps short, such as 10m. Start with 20 new cards a day.
A daily routine
Reviews first, then new cards. Upload each lecture the same day, check the cards and add them to Anki.
Cards that stick
One fact per card. Cloze for lists and cut-offs, Basic for mechanisms, image occlusion for diagrams.
When you fall behind
Stop adding new cards until your reviews are back to a daily amount you can finish, as Anki's manual recommends. Don't reset the deck. The backlog calculator shows how long catching up takes.
Free to start. Pro when you study every day.
Free is enough to try it on a few lectures. Pro covers one or two classes every week, Max every class.
Pro
For one or two classes$7.99/ month
or $54.99 a year (5 months free)
- 50 decks a month
- Up to 100 pages per file
- 300 image occlusion diagrams a month
- Your decks are made first when it's busy
Cancel anytime
Big textbooks or every class? Max takes files up to 200 pages and unlimited decks. Compare plans · Export to Anki is never paywalled.
Questions
Should I use AnKing or make my own cards?
Both, for different jobs. A premade deck covers board material. Your own cards cover what your lectures and school exams ask, which a premade deck can't know. AnkiDecks makes those from your slides.
What if a card is wrong?
Each card shows the exact quote and page it came from, and a card is only kept if that quote is really in your file. You can still edit, redo or delete any card on the Review screen before you download.
Can it make cards from a recorded lecture?
Yes, from YouTube videos with captions. Each card links to the second in the video where it was said.
Does it read diagrams and scanned slides?
Yes. Pictures and scanned pages are read too, and labeled diagrams become image occlusion cards.
Does it work with Anki on my phone?
Yes. You download a normal .apkg deck. It opens in Anki on a computer, AnkiMobile and AnkiDroid, with no add-ons. Image occlusion cards need Anki 23.10 or newer.
Is it free?
Yes. Free makes 3 decks a month from files up to 15 pages. Pro ($7.99 a month) makes 50 decks a month from files up to 100 pages. Downloading to Anki is never paywalled.
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