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I've never learned well from flashcards, so I didn't use them for MCAT prep. If you find they help you, then make them in whatever fashion works best for your learning style.
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Anki is good for memorizing all the psych/soc terms from Khan Academy.
You don't need flashcards for the MCAT since MCAT emphasizes problem-solving and reasoning skills over rote memorization. The only exception is the twenty amino acids - one- and three-letter codes, properties, and, to a lesser extent, structure. You could make 20 real flash cards for those.
In terms of med school, I believe that real flashcards allow you to learn better since you have to actually write them out, which helps you internalize some of the information. Writing is somehow better for me in terms of remembering things than typing. But due to the sheer volume of information you get in med school, you might resort to using Anki or virtual flashcards in order to keep up. That's fine too. I use a combination of both myself - I write out the ones that I feel are most important to remember and I use Anki decks that other years have made before me for other information that I feel is less important.
In terms of med school, I believe that real flashcards allow you to learn better since you have to actually write them out, which helps you internalize some of the information. Writing is somehow better for me in terms of remembering things than typing. But due to the sheer volume of information you get in med school, you might resort to using Anki or virtual flashcards in order to keep up. That's fine too. I use a combination of both myself - I write out the ones that I feel are most important to remember and I use Anki decks that other years have made before me for other information that I feel is less important.
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Not sure whether the exam has changed recently, but the psych/soc section was fairly memorization heavy, both in the practice exams and the real deal. Even the section bank had a lot of obscure terms to know by memory. Reasoning skills are important to do well but memorization also plays an important role. And that’s where flashcards help.
I didn't memorize much for my exam. When you memorize social science terms, the danger you run into is memorizing definitions and not being able to apply them. There are certainly many concepts to know but those concepts are best internalized via practice and application than flashcard-style memorization. I personally recommend Khan Academy for P/S practice passages that allow students to apply these terms. The MCAT will ask you questions that are based on applying the concepts and not so much on their rote definition. For example, you might get a question like "In this study, the authors' hypothesis on social order best reflects which of the following sociological theories?" The strict definition of conflict theory here is less useful than a working understanding.
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Online Flashcards. I made a flash card of every question I got wrong and why I got it wrong. I also made a flash card of every psych/term I encountered.