In theory, it sounds great that Zanki has 26,000 cards, and covers everything. It Was Unsustainable and Driving Me Nuts! For me, mastery of material involves more than memorizing 26,000+ individual facts.) 1. A high Step 1 score is about mastery of the material. However, their use conflicted with my study principles. Many claim to use Zanki – and Brosencephalon – with good effect. I thought to myself “If I can just learn every single fact in that deck, I must be able to crush Step 1!” I then made what I now feel was a bad decision, and switched to the Zanki deck. Its sources included First Aid, Pathoma, Sketchy, and Kaplan. It promised to cover everything you need to know. Towards the end of the year, I heard of this “amazing” new deck called “Zanki” which was 26,000+ cards. For example, I often knew the answer after reading only 3 words of the question! I could tell this blind memorization wouldn’t translate to boards-style problems. The one qualm I had is I found myself memorizing the card more than learning the facts themselves. I actually liked this deck and was able to get through the cards fast.
This deck covers most of the facts in First Aid but not everything. Many medical students claim to have found success with it in the past to prepare for Step 1. This defeated the purpose of long-term spaced repetition altogether!Ī few months later I started using the Brosencephalon deck. Not studying the cards meant I forget them. However, I never ended up continuing to review these cards after the tests. However, the devil is in the details.Īnki sounded like a great idea, so I started to use it here and there to memorize a bunch of facts before each of my tests. You’d do well in your classes and ultimately the USMLE Step 1. It uses spaced repetition so you can memorize enormous amounts of information. When I first came to medical school, I heard about Anki. Here is Adam Nessim: How I Came to Use Zanki Here Adam Nessim describes why he started using Zanki – and why he stopped. “Memorize a gazillion facts, and you’ll do great on Step 1!” However, there are many hidden costs (and questionable assumptions) underlying this approach. These include Zanki, Brosencephalon, and a host of others. A trend in med school is using pre-made Anki decks with 20,000+ cards that promise to cover “everything” on Step 1.
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