How to Use Anki for Rotations, Shelf Exams and Step 2

[@katydivino3084]

"Do I know this?' vs "Is this going to help me answer a question right during practice questions?" is a super helpful way to put this! I'm already loving how few cards I'm doing since I took Step 1, and I'm hoping this will help me narrow them down even further. Thanks for everything you guys do!!

[@M16xDr0pSh0tz]

well it's not a good approach unless you know what questions you'll get, which you don't

[@AnKingMed]

You start to get an idea of what will be important as you do practice questions

[@abdelrahmanmahmoud2527]

- Intro 0:00 - Anking step 2 Playlist and other important videos 2:05 - What to do with Step 1 cards ? 3:15 - Step 2 cards 4:35

[@joegeo5]

I like your school's system of doing short 4 week rotation. That allows you to get more diverse experiences. There's nothing I learned in my 6th week of OB/GYN that I didn't know on my 4th week, and I would have loved to get another rotation in.

[@AnKingMed]

We used to do 6 weeks but it was shortened for Covid. I preferred it for sure. Gave us more elective time as well.

[@CM-ug2cu]

I start clinicals tomorrow. You knew exactly what I needed lol

[@AizaJustmint]

I'm a final year medical student. positive that it's never too late to start learning how to use Anki

[@meerd2346]

😂😂😂 I think we missed alot😥

[@yonatantibebu2827]

You're an absolute KING man. Thanks a lot

[@duncanstevens2631]

This would have been really helpful at the beginning of third year.

[@curtisperz3162]

Hello, thanks for the videos! They helped tremendously during my first two years of med school. I start rotations next week, and I'm going to begin using Anki again as well. I suspended everything after finishing step 1, so I have not been doing any cards for about a month. I specifically wanted to know if anyone has had success in tweaking the algorithm and/or settings so that you always had one day off from Anki each week? Preferably Saturday or Sunday of every week. I believe the free weekend add on can do this, but am unsure if it's compatible with the most recent updates to anki.

[@ethanhigginbotham8262]

Should I keep the duplicates if I am starting fresh and did not keep up with my step 1 overlap cards? Or are the tagged duplicates actually duplicated within only the step 2 deck?

[@DelaneyDrew]

Derm aye? 👀Good Luck on S2! Thanks for looking out for us. Needed this.

[@truth294486]

this is golden! 💛 thank you

[@ethancrispell4681]

Hi! Thank you for all your help. You're a hero at the Mayo Clinic School of Medicine with basically our entire class using Anki and your deck! In Anking V11, there is a "subjects" tag and there is a "shelf" tag. The "subjects" tag has a lot more cards for my upcoming rotation (neuro). In this video, you use the "shelf" tag. Would you still recommend using the "shelf" tag for the filtered deck? Also, why do you subtract the step 1 cards? Shouldn't these cards also have a step 2 tag and be relevant for the rotation? Just lower yield? Thank you so much!

[@AnKingMed]

I personally used the shelf tag and felt that it was sufficient, especially for neuro which is mostly step 1 content. I subtracted the step 1 cards because I felt I already knew them well enough

[@ethancrispell4681]

@@AnKingMed Very much appreciate the reply, thanks!

[@MrSher22]

hey dude, love your guides, I tried pressing cntrl on Anking step 1v9 and anking step 2v4 and it came up with nothing, I don't know how you got it to show all the cards that overlap, cheers

[@Eduardo-bq7fz]

So I suspended step 1 just how you said but I am still getting Step 1 cards to do? I see them with v11

[@trulymayraj]

@The AnKing do you know how to change the colors of the Card states? Mine are blue and green and thats annoying me lol

[@randommedstudent8495]

Hey! I am a medical student in Saudi Arabia. I am about 10 wks into my 4th year (3rd year including prep year), so we've transitioned from preclinical to clinical. I've been using anki since preclinical years, but I had to make my own cards from scratch (from our lectures and doctor notes). I feel uncomfortable depending on the premade decks which suit the American system much better. Our university uses the Australian curriculum, so it is quite different than the American. As you could imagine, making my own cards is extremely time consuming and tedious. I'd like to change that in clinical years. How would you advise me in this case? Thank you :D

[@TheLegitest]

I noticed you had a tag for missed questions and one for missed questions - step 2, were your practice questions not all for step 2? I guess AMBOSS shelf questions are not necessarily step2?

[@AnKingMed]

It wasn’t labeled great. One is missed questions from all my pre dedicated studying and one is for just my dedicated missed questions

[@abdulansari95]

should I do the cards from the "!shelf" subtag or "OME"? !shelf has like twice the amount of cards as OME

[@calebgarard8447]

I'm just wondering why when I put in - flag:1 and all of the cards disappear?

[@CokeandSnickersA7X]

did you find a solution for this?

[@johnhardingable]

Is there not supposed to be step 1 overlap within the step 2 deck? Bc most that I see are overlap

[@blake92299]

I’m in a curriculum where we take Step 1 after clerkships, but I’ve done a decent amount (not all) of the AnKing Step 1 cards for my preclinical year. What would you recommend in this case when I’m considering what cards to do for clerkships?

[@jacobking2864]

This is a great question. We advice making sure to prioritize the step 1 & 2 overlap cards. Try and keep up with the cards that are only step one if possible. Ultimately the shelf you are currently studying for the the most pertinent at that time.

[@AnKingMed]

There’s no way to keep up with all of them. I’d keep the step 1/2 overlap and just focus on step 2 as it’s the more important test anyway. If you can score high on step 2 then you’ll easily pass step 1

[@mohammedalrubaiaan9138]

can someone explain the cmd and alt shortcut its not working with me for some reason

[@mariahbagneris8650]

hi!! where do you download this deck? The asking deck I have is older and does not have the shelf tag

[@sepidehgarrosi5985]

what is the name of Deck?

[@SagerPattani]

Is this process still the same for V11?

[@aliciad.2938]

I’m finding that with the decks I’m using, I’m getting a lot of cards about facts (which is good) but not a lot of cards that are actually teaching me how to manage diseases or what the next best step is. This is concerning me a little bit because I feel like that’s the basis of what step 2 is going to be and I’m lacking in that area. Any recommendations?

[@jacobking2864]

Practice questions, practice questions, practice questions. This along with AnKing you will find these are the solutions to your worry.

[@aliciad.2938]

@@jacobking2864 thank you for your reply. I actually don’t find questions super helpful for my initial learning. I’m more so looking for good resources for initial learning, preferably Anki decks. I’m the type that just needs to see and recall the concepts enough times and then use practice questions to solidify my knowledge or highlight the gaps in my knowledge. So I was just wondering if anyone knew of a deck that’s really comprehensive and actually covers treatments/steps of management. I think the anking deck is super cool, it’s just a little difficult for me to manage and I prefer slightly different organization/structure so I thought I’d check and see 🙂

[@user-mf9in5dd4t]

is there an add-on that allows you to have more than the 4 basic flag colors? In his anki there's more than 4

[@AnKingMed]

The newer versions of anki have more. How to Upgrade and Downgrade Anki Version (or use multiple!): kzbin.info/www/bejne/anPUpJKJr7qKfac

[@amrmst1]

I'm preparing for Step 2 ck using UW and i want to master it , wich tag should i use on step 2 v12 ( shilf , OME , BNB ) ? Wich one of them?

[@jazmeen04]

I dont understand how I can get the decks?

[@LiviaBerenguel]

When I do those cards out of the new decks I just created, it will mature the cards itself, right? Meaning when I go back to the main deck, the progress I made on these "rotation cards" are attributed the cards themselves right?

[@AnKingMed]

Yup! As long as the box in the custom filtered decks options is checked so that cards are rescheduled based on the responses

[@jenb2821]

Newbie here! I just downloaded the file today and was wondering if the file has already been edited? Does the deck already have step one content removed and I don’t have to suspend any cards? Be I suspended step one cards then did the keyboard shortcut and clicked on step two and it only shows me a card called one card to rule them? Help please

[@cactusfunk2606]

Wondering which add ons can make Anki laggy?

[@Divya-co1ri]

I want to study 20 cards at a time in a deck , Not the entire 'due cards' . How to do this ?

[@anne-isabellereme3874]

Do you know why my subdecks are missing from the Step 2 and CheesyDorian decks?

[@AnKingMed]

They aren't missing. They were intentionally removed so that users have to use the tags (there was a ton of overlap and so subdecks weren't practical). We'd highly recommend watching this video on how to use the deck: kzbin.info/www/bejne/o16ki36posaUibM

[@GueVonez]

Omg 100/day during third year? Beautiful

[@christianadomako4495]

For IMGs can you please just make the decks like the step 1 decks? All this suspend is too confusing. Can you please just create sub-decks according to different disciplines? 😭😭😭

[@mnchnn]

I’m not shocked so far no adaptations for IMGs in this entire process

[@joshmcgoo]

commenting for the algorithm

[@AnKingMed]

You’re the best! Thank you

[@MinhasRj]

4:25

[@kylealexander1514]

10/10 for overcomplicating things

[@GueVonez]

You gotta take the time to actually learn anki first.

[@AllThingsToeseen]

Am I the only that still doesn't understand anything even after watching these videos? lol