How To REALLY Use Anki (USMLE Prep)

Literature showing just how LEGIT Anki is: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...
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In this video, I go over how all students should use Anki and its various features. This is much more of a general overview, but I hope you find it helpful.
Download link for anki is here: www.google.com/search?q=anki+...
Check out my cousin's channel (made the intro): / @vinithd1687

[@PrerakJuthani]

UPDATED SEQUEL: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fYXEen6iiLmDarM (honestly this is next level sh**! It'll revolutionize yo anki game. Check it out!

[@PringlesOriginal445]

oh how exciting! XD Thankyou so much for these videos, wishing you the absolute best with your studies!!! :'-D

[@quantumcrash7266]

Dude...super helpful. I love anki, but was great to hear your study techniques.

[@vouserdelegado]

What is the add on you used to track your progress?

[@ghadiighnatios3829]

how can I customise my home screen like you with this green bar below shown in minute 10.20

[@nilanjenator]

It would have been interesting to know your daily routine. Do you catch up with each deck? I assume there are decks for each course/subject? etc.

[@knzay]

anki cleared my acne, watered my crops, and brought my grandfather back to life. it's the greatest

[@PrerakJuthani]

Story of my life.

[@afaqalamansari6944]

lol :D

[@hritvikjain__3594]

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[@nayantara252]

Dp checks out.

[@Doctor.Mukhagali]

hahahaha

[@fernank017]

Some useful shortcuts: Making subdecks w/o having to drag (incase you use the web version, or app) - If the parent deck in this case is "Neurobiology" and your subdeck name is "Week 1", you should make the "Neurobiology" deck first, then for the subdeck "Week 1::Neurobiology". Using the double colon, "::" is used throughout Anki. For example in cloze deletion you can use the double colon after your hidden answer to provide a hint. So in the case of "What is the powerhouse of the cell? {{c1::mitochondria::organelle}}". When you see the card, it'll appear as "What is the powerhouse of the cell? [organelle]" other keyboard shortcuts include ctrl+enter to submit a card when you're done making a card, ctrl+shift+c to add a cloze blank (substitute "command" for mac's), when in review mode: spacebar to flip/reveal card, hit 1(hard), 2(good), 3(easy) to rate a difficulty (I believe spacebar auto-defaults to 2 as well, when you have to rate it)

[@PrerakJuthani]

This is awesome. Thank you so much for sharing!

[@User-to7nb]

bless your soul

[@matttzzz2]

I had NO idea you can drag cards. I have dozens of subdecks within subdecks within subdecks and had to spend forever manually adding/removing double colons. I wish I knew this earlier, it would've saved a lot of time and headache!

[@briannagermany194]

Honestly the most helpful tutorial Iv'e found thus far. Wish I had learned about this program when I was a freshman and not my 5th year of college!

[@phenyomolefe4162]

New to Anki but am already feeling that there is an incredible degree of progress this short video has availed to me. Thank you for your contributions Prerak.

[@dancevids23]

Super helpful! Many of the videos in KZbin that recommends anki as a high yield learning tool but they dont touch on the process behind organizing and creating of useful decks. Thank you for this video🙏

[@Narski6]

You’re the only person I know that actually shows how to make a good science card that someone would use, not just a simple example. Thank you 🙏🏼

[@tarazielke3334]

Prerak your videos are so helpful! From your honest perspective on what medical school is like to amazing study tips, I appreciate you taking the time to make these videos!

[@yazeedalbeladi3105]

You are the first person to clarify and actually taught me how to use Anki. Thank you so much my friend 🙏🏽

[@mayneforrealz]

This was actually the most useful video on anki for med students I’ve ever watched!

[@gedeonlecanard537]

That was my first introduction to Anki. I'm using it for something different, but your presentation was super-clear.Thank you.

[@asmitarane8088]

Thank you so much, this is the first video I watched for Anki and I was feeling so overwhelmed with it. I feel better now thank you!!

[@fauxaddress]

Thank you for a clean, brief explanation without endless chat and lame jokes. I wish everyone on youtube would take a lesson from you.

[@Rh92887]

CTRL SHIFT 4 will make a screenshot but it saves to your desktop, that gets annoying after 100 cards. CTRL SHIFT CMD 4 will just copy it to the clipboard so you can paste it into Anki and not have annoying files cluttering your desktop :)

[@hssy2jrocker]

Or Win+Shift+S on Windows 10 (activates Snipping tool) and you select a part of the skin... Directly go to image occlusion after that...

[@jaganjoseph386]

@@hssy2jrocker Thanks man

[@kad.k1]

man thank you very much!! believe it or not but i literally kept looking for your comment for like 15 minutes now cuz i just switched from windows to OS X and i remembered seeing your comments a while ago thanks again !

[@brayancalle1807]

Thank you soooo muchhhh

[@brijesh3510]

control shift 4, then before you drag and take a screenshot click control then while holding down control take the screenshot. Then you can paste it directly and it won't save on your desktop. This is for macs, not sure about pc.

[@PrerakJuthani]

I plan on making additional anki videos for specific concerns! Please comment below if you have questions, and I will try to make future videos to address it. :D Happy Anki-ing!

[@justinswag3403]

UR AWESOME!!!

[@umamd366]

does the custom time period help with that?

[@dwilliams319]

How much time you spend making vs. answering your anki flashcards?

[@rkharitha2874]

How to read tables in first aid using anki in android

[@yoyo-oy7xb]

can you share your sets with others? is that a feature of anki?

[@Masisohanify]

What I'm having trouble with is what to change in the options section of each deck (new cards, reviews, lapses, general, description...), like im not sure how many new cards/day to choose ...etc. Also, do you have the ios version of anki downloaded so that you can have your decks on the go? I wasn't sure if I should buy it

[@PrerakJuthani]

Will also try to analyze this in the a future video :)

[@ryanmak1747]

Thanks for such a good straightforward video. I love using Anki, but hated making cards because I didn't do that well. this helps so much!!

[@thecosmosinadrop6022]

This was THE REAL guide!!!! THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR MAKING IT MUCH EASIER !

[@Mariam-wg8gp]

Thank you Prerak. This was a super helpful video to me. I never liked Anki before because didn't know how to properly use it. Now I love using it daily. You did a wonderful job explaining the most important features of Anki.

[@gina1979]

This was awesome! I'm studying for the MCAT and I'm excited to put these new tricks to good us!

[@TheDentistryDiary]

this video is amazing, I was doing my notes on ANKI exactly how you said NOT TO and I was finding it wasn't being effective so stopped and deleted all my work. As a first year dental student in the UK I have been looking for how to make more notes effective and you describe it really well in both your videos, THANK YOU :)

[@elleanamajdinasab6573]

I'd been struggling to learn Anki but this cleared it up for me perfectly! Thank you so much!

[@Glutanimate]

Awesome video series, man! Keep up the great work!

[@lakshithasivanandan7289]

Found this video at the PERFECT TIME. Thank you!

[@InternetLawman]

I just wanna say that in the book make it stick, the researchers say that cloze deletions, or blank words, create enough of an artificial difficulty that it aids in memory retention. Kinda like reading a certain passage that is kind of blurry. It aids in retention of the information.

[@rizalfatoni8383]

Thanks a lot Prerak, I just start using anki, and this is a really useful tips.

[@AdriBoiiiz]

I'm not kidding when I say this. This is a GOLDMINE of a channel. thank you. Studying for Human Physiology has made me stop studying completely because I fucked up the way I made flashcards (i.e. I copied long PARAGRAPHS in ONE card, and I did that for a lot of them.) You, sir, have revolutionized my learning capabilities and I thank you. This is superb and makes me want to study again. Keep making these videos!!

[@rufussweeneymd]

This was incredibly helpful. Huge thank you from a struggling M1!

[@PrerakJuthani]

No prob! Please share :D

[@antaras7811]

This is really useful! Thanks for an excellent introduction Anki.

[@WiseLady7]

Wow. This ANKI flashcard tool is great! I have an idea on how to use it for nursing school and studying for the NCLEX-RN exam after completing my registered nursing program. Thanks so much for posting this video!

[@zorrento14]

"Cloze" cards are no longer showing the "extra" or display images when added. In order to solve this please follow these steps: in an empty cloze card, add a new field and name it "extra" close the card and go to the main anki window and go to "tools" select "manage note types " select "cloze " select "choose cards " at the bottom center choose "add field" change field from "text to extra" change "add to": from "front to back" Press ok and try and see if works

[@trianasalgadom5210]

awesome thanks! It worked :)

[@kimberleyassam]

Thanks a mil!

[@anhdinh9249]

Great! Thanks

[@brandoarmas2659]

it hasn't worked for me when it comes to - select "cloze " then it doesn't appear - select "choose cards" how can I solve it?

[@niaambursley5704]

@@brandoarmas2659 Make sure you're on the Anki main file, and it says Cards on the right side like so, "Cards..." you should also see "Add" "Rename" "Delete" etc

[@meilleurxami]

This was a great vid! I’m trying to use Anki for MCAT studying and found this super helpful :)

[@PrerakJuthani]

Thank you! :D

[@Billyb0bjoe]

How did you do?

[@perrysrawsoul]

I loooooooved this thank you for taking the time to explain, its helped me so much as a new Anki

[@ademaray3301]

Just wanna say you are ana angel! ❤️ i have watched 3 anki videos for beginners and still couldn’t create shit because I didn’t know how but i watched yours for 2mins and boom!

[@marala11]

Man, what a great and concise explanation this is!!!

[@josephyanson2652]

Thank you for this! Im in school for Respiratory therapy but man I cant imagine med school students. Big props to you guys

[@abolbuna8418]

no one did ever explain anything like this it was simple and clear thank u bro

[@mikiasg8453]

Thank you so much this was so helpful, last year i use this video and I was looking for it just now because i remembered it

[@vitoriamarinhooo]

ive been trying to find an easy tutorial that i could actually replicate and this is ittt youre helping me with my japanese learning process thank you very very much :))

[@faheemm877]

Thanks a lot Prerak, ur old mistakes r my current ones now, so now imma go fix it

[@khushipatel4998]

thankyou sooo much for this video ..... downloaded the app on my laptop and gonna try and reach ur level of organised flashcard series down the line !!!

[@ozthekeymaster]

Just got to 2:43 and slapped my head DOH! Didn't even know that's how you did that. Massive massive thanks.

[@LL-xm4qn]

It is sooo useful for a beginner. Thank you so much for sharing!

[@richardchao6739]

Been following your journey for a long time now. Recently scored in the 90th+ percentile on my MCAT and am feeling really good about my chances at medical school and getting in. Hopefully in 2 years, I'll be in your shoes as a medical student preparing for STEP and working hard in my classes :)

[@Angel-jk7lv]

That's awesome congrats! I'm currently studying for the MCAT. You got any tips for using ANKI with it?

[@irenemcnamara9699]

Please tell us more about Anxi. I am computer illiterate, so your lesson today taught me a lot!

[@uroofanabi6007]

Intro was so great!!👍

[@jatin285]

You sir are the best tutorial on youtube and i salute you for that

[@pnorm8090]

this helped me so much as a beginner. thank you

[@DarioCruzII]

Thanks for this. I'm going to use this technique for my CCNA certification.

[@MrYumerican]

TY, I am reviewing laboratory medicine and this helps A LOT!!!!

[@boco1983]

Want to give this video a thousand for actually explaining how to use Anki to someone who never heard of it. Other "tutorials" explain it like the viewer is already familiar with Anki.

[@gbmsg282]

Thanks for all your tips!

[@wontaeklim9580]

Your explanation is very good. Thanks.

[@VIEWS-xn8dx]

Dude thank you. You are a lifesaver

[@nicholasfrota5526]

Amazing tips! Thank you so much!

[@adriangjonca680]

Really helped my a lot! Great video.

[@SelfMotivated14]

Great information. Thank you for sharing.

[@blaaaah970]

seriously, thank you for this!

[@jujiboy]

Hello. Thank you for the content. I just wanted to confirm whether you do reviews for all of your decks everyday (ie. Do you use anki's algorithm or does the volume of new and review cards you have each day make it so that you only get through one or a handful of subjects per day?) I have started using anki with good results but am falling behind on reviews bc i tend to devote more time to the classes that I am soon to be tested on.

[@aikonfd]

Great video bro! Keep hamasah💪

[@Martianhunter09]

Pro tip: use command + shift + control + 4 and it will copy it to your clipboard so all you have to do is paste it in. This cuts down on the screenshots on desktop

[@ConectoP]

Thank you! I like your explanations, I am sure you will become a nice doctor :)

[@juanfrapazm]

Hey another tip! If you don’t want to have a lot of screenshots on your desktop, you can press Cmd+Ctrl+Shift+4 and it just copies it on the clipboard 😊

[@mikevogt71]

Thank you very much - this was very useful.

[@cobra2966]

What's the point of using cloze if you can just paste a screenshot on the back of the card along with the answer?

[@whereissuz]

Thanks for simplifying this

[@lumiahtisaari148]

You're awesome. Thank you so much

[@samiullah-yx9dc]

very well explain. thankyou very much sir.

[@shrawanipal]

This was a great tutorial!

[@nicolascr.376]

Hey great video! Just a question - How do you get this process tracker addon that you have in your anki?

[@kushshah3827]

How do u get time in med school to make the flashcards and then go thru them? Like don't you use up alot of time just making the flashcards?

[@HomeHome-he2xq]

@Prerak. Thanks a lot ! I plan to prepare for the MRCP’s next year. It’s also an MCQ format , and I believe ANKI would go a long way , in helping me prepare for that. On an average how long does it take to make flash cards on anki .Thank you !

[@abdelkrimzaouidi3072]

you deserve all the best my friend, thanks a lot you made it so easy so i was able to see how it works but i still have one problem is that the extra field doesn't show i've downloaded a the new a old version but still have the same issue please if you have an idea to fix that help me out

[@jairopinedo3073]

Thanks for all the information, Cheers from Perú.

[@jabjabjabify]

By the bye. Sorry if i'm being too obvious here, but what I use is "snipping tool" which is already in your windows computers instead of print sceen. With it you can frame excactly what you want, and then just copy/paste it directly into anki. Also, thanks for the info doc. Great video!

[@Pupyzinho]

I think this is going to help since I'm doing civil service examination. And we basically have to know a lot of dates, numbers, etc. and where they fit in. What do you think? It's the understanding, but we have to remember all of it.

[@andrasbajusz1995]

Super video, thx man

[@supersoniclauren]

How do you make anki flash cards for pathway/mechanistic information? For example, I’m currently studying the complement system and find that breaking it up into several flash cards leaves me really confused and I don’t have a great big picture idea of how it all works together. Thanks!

[@PrerakJuthani]

Next video will address this promise!

[@jonathantran95]

Use the Image Occlusion Add On

[@sumitsaha8490]

There's a photo editing software called Skitch that I use for memorizing pictures -- there's a video by Kevin Jubbal that explains this really well, recommend you watch that

[@geraldomedrano5558]

Do you use the default setting that anki comes with? Or did you change them?

[@sageforcast]

Do you make Anki cards during lecture or after class when u are reviewing?

[@ashtray922]

Hi I'm from the UK, I have clinical skills exam approaching in 4 months time, the exam will be on history taking, examinations etc, have you used anki to memorise prompts to ask a patient focused questions etc? Would you say Anki would be best for memorising clinical skills/ prompts?

[@JL-sb4iq]

Dude! i wanted to see the answer what the cocaine effects are! thank you for your video :) very helpful

[@desteni6724]

Hiii. Your videos are great. Can you please go through your recommended/TOP RATED Anki decks for USMLE prep. I Know you recommend Zanki and Pepper Micro and Pharm.

[@chinatyu4778]

What about for essay based subjects? Surely sentense memorisation is good right?

[@bernardogavidia2030]

Do you follow a study schedule for your Anki cards? like, Monday I will cover all cardio cards, Tuesday all renal cards..etc. would be cool if you would make a video on how to how to cover each card in your deck and how to review old cards. I mostly see videos on how to make a deck or make additions to cards.

[@AcMcRevo]

What do you do, if you can't take the laptop with you to the lecture? (Like having lab etc) By the way, the "cut" screenshot Prerak did is Ctrl+Shift+S ;)

[@ajh195]

I am new to anki and just started using it and it looks very impressive. Could you help as far as how to use Anki for Step 1? I downloaded a premade deck from lightyear and Zanki and will choose one but i dont know how to set the settings in Anki to optimally use the software? Or do you just download the premade decks and start studying? I have downloaded all the add ons.I have also read Shamim Ahmeds Instructions but dont really get it??

[@stunned86]

Thanks! How do you get that add-on you used at 10:14?

[@SoulReviving786]

Indeed a great vedio

[@chzhsea]

Do you recommend using pre made anki decks? if so, which one do you recommend? Thank you in advance!

[@geraldomedrano5558]

Can you post a list of the add ons you use since you have a bunch?

[@mdibrar2935]

What about making cards for immunology especially because there are somany pathways so how can I use anki for that also Anku takes so long to make so is it good if I make it in class otherwise it piles up at home when I make

[@nutripharmdmom6405]

Hi! Great tips - thank you so much! Which add-on did you get to see your progress with those green squares?

[@Ifedayomianne]

Review heatmap

[@camic7324]

The way you use cloze is the same way regular flashcards work? Is it just a time thing? Cloze methods of studying have to do with deletions of certain words in a text (which I agree are not as effective), not questions and answers.

[@Jaybi_Haider]

So does this only work for medical students or can someone like me (Business student) use it aswell?

[@Saad-qd2kb]

Hi, can anyone tell me the add-on he had on his Anki app to see his progress ^^

[@garrettdyess1110]

Do you any advice on pacing when it comes to making Flashcards from lecture slides so that you don’t become overloaded by the amount of Flashcards? I.e. creating 300 Flashcards per lecture.

[@TheSamCam]

Cocaine has 2 types of effects HAHA love it. Thanks so much for the vid, exactly what I needed for pre-med courses. How would you suggest studying for a genetics course for molecular & cellular bio? Class really giving me trouble, ur best tips would be hella useful

[@bri1850]

How do you make so many at one sitting? I've been sitting for hours and I've just made like 20. I just started using it to study for upcoming exams but i have so much content, like a whole years worth and its gonna take forever to make enough to cover all of it effectively. one thing i do get with this though is that you should definitely keep on top of your notes and keep making the cards or it won't be too productive because by the time your finished making the cards your too tired to even study them. At least that what I'm experiencing

[@jennifergiwa1006]

Thanks for your help! GOD Bless!