Should I be suspending cards after each block?

[AnonymousDoctorGuyPerson]

So I've been keeping my Anking cards unsuspended after each block in the /hopes/ of a not P/F Step 1 for Jan 2022. With it looking more and more like that's an impossibility, is there any benefit in continuing? I don't find it to be too much of a timesink, but I don't want to continue something that yields no genuine benefit.

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[BlueRocket]

I keep cards from the Anking deck unsuspended since they only take me 20 minutes max a day. Cards from pre-made decks for in house exams I suspended after the test since theyre usually low yield or repeats of cards from Anking. Whether or not step 1 is p/f, keeping the cards active helps me remember the topics which I'm assuming will help out in the long run

 

[altblue]

Don't bother. Use your spare time to do research or relax

The review burden gets much higher as you go through M1 and M2

 

[deleted859689]

I’ve decided to wait until dedicated to hit anking hard. Our in-house curriculum hits all the high yield topics and I feel like it’ll come back a little faster in dedicated as long as I keep up with our current curriculum. I used bnb anking tags for biochem block 1 and still feel pretty good about the material even now after suspending.

 

[Yhwach]

I'm waiting till later on to do that. Even less reason to do it now since I'm using inhouse Anki decks

 

[Konigstiger]

I keep them unsuspended because I have a feeling I would just completely forget everything if I suspended them and then only went back to review old material during dedicated. I actually do find reviewing old cards to be a bit time-consuming and things would be a lot easier for me if I suspended them, but I'm not sure I want to risk forgetting everything. I only suspend the cards I make for the in-house exams after each block is over.

 

[CanIBeAnonymous]

Is there a date where they will 100% confirm whether itll be P/F?

 

[Kardio]

So I've been keeping my Anking cards unsuspended after each block in the /hopes/ of a not P/F Step 1 for Jan 2022. With it looking more and more like that's an impossibility, is there any benefit in continuing? I don't find it to be too much of a timesink, but I don't want to continue something that yields no genuine benefit.

I can't justify spending time to study for Step 1 like it's scored when my time can be used in other ways. I'm only keeping cards with the Step 2 tag unsuspended. There's only about ~3k cards overlapping the Step 1 and Step 2 tag, making up ~10% and ~20% of each (respectively). Low burden with high ROI.

Is there a date where they will 100% confirm whether itll be P/F?

It will be P/F on 1/2022 and 'if it changes, we'll let you know' - NBME

 

[AnonymousDoctorGuyPerson]

I'm scared to press delete, someone do it for me D:

 

[71650]

I tried to keep them unsuspended for a bit and gave up, but I'm an M1 and we don't take step until after 3rd year at my school

 

[drducky.]

With proper learning intervals, you only see most cards once every 6months anyways, basically same as suspended except you get review the cards you don’t know.

 

[IsleyOfTheNorth]

Is there a date where they will 100% confirm whether itll be P/F?

They did on 02-Nov. There's a link floating around somewhere, but they said, barring anything unforeseen, that P/F starts January 2022.

 

[Matthew9Thirtyfive]

I suspend them. **** that noise. I’m not doing all those reviews for 3 years.

 

[Dr. Anonymouss]

To each their own. I love getting my review cards from prior systems. I am working through infectious disease right now and it's a killer, but honestly, I don't know how I would remember all the bugs and drugs a year and a half from now if I didn't incorporate them into my studies. I genuinely do base my entire studies around Anki and B&B and I have been well above all the averages on all tests/quizzes so whatever I am doing is working.