Study workflow

[locklearjojo]

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I'm not sure if this has been answered elsewhere, but if so, my apologies!
As an incoming M1, I'm interested in knowing your daily study grind? An actual sample/example of your study schedule would be great as a guide in making one!
Also, if anyone has tips on how to search and use premade anki cards for relevant block material, please include that as well! Thanks

 

[wanderingorion]

I'm not sure if this has been answered elsewhere, but if so, my apologies!
As an incoming M1, I'm interested in knowing your daily study grind? An actual sample/example of your study schedule would be great as a guide in making one!
Also, if anyone has tips on how to search and use premade anki cards for relevant block material, please include that as well! Thanks

I generally pre-sorted my Zanki deck based on the tags before the start of a block into an “unseen” deck, and then searched topics as we learned them in lecture/B&B and moved them to a “current” deck. So I could keep track and make sure how many new cards I had left for the block.

 

[locklearjojo]

I generally pre-sorted my Zanki deck based on the tags before the start of a block into an “unseen” deck, and then searched topics as we learned them in lecture/B&B and moved them to a “current” deck. So I could keep track and make sure how many new cards I had left for the block.

So you didn't just search the topics from the original deck? What's the benefit of creating a separate deck vs. just moving the cards from original deck to the "current" deck? Hopefully that makes sense

 

[wanderingorion]

So you didn't just search the topics from the original deck? What's the benefit of creating a separate deck vs. just moving the cards from original deck to the "current" deck? Hopefully that makes sense

Creating a separate deck made things a little easier for me, and gave me a good idea of how many new cards I'd have to do each day so I'd finish the new ones a week or so before my exam. I'd search as well, to catch any cards that weren't tagged.

 

[stickgirl390]

M1 year we had anatomy year round (systems based curriculum), so I usually studied in the anatomy lab 6:30-8am, then attended lecture 8am-12pm, hour for lunch, I usually had a 2-3 hour afternoon activity like team based learning or physical diagnosis or something, get home around 5/6pm, eat dinner for an hour or two, then study until about 10pm. Rinse and repeat except I always took off Friday after noon for my sanity.