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

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• @kirtar · 2024-06 · in “How to use Anki to study for COMATs/Shelf Exam? ”

  ▶ link Here's Anking's video on the topic. You'll also want to be familiar with filtered decks since it will let you pull out your relevant cards to prioritize (e.g. tagged for current shelf, related to missed questions). My filter for each block tended to include both the shelf tag and the resources by rotation tag.

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• @broadday_with_the_SK · 2024-06 · in “Shelf vs Step 2 tagged cards in Anking”

  I watched the Anking video on it and just followed his method. Has worked for me so far. ▶ link

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• @Eaturfnbabies · 2023-09 · in “SURGERY SHELF HELP!!!!”

  …that shelf. Making cards for incorrects and unfamiliar information. Did my anki everyday. I had a four week surgery rotation so I didn’t get all the way done with UW but I’m a little slow going through them. Here’s a link on how to do it: ▶ link A friend of mine in the local MD program said he used the CMS forms (NBME practice exams) for each rotation as well. You can find PDFs of them online. Apparently the questio…

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• @DrHinvesting · 2023-05 · in “Folks who scored 260 +, what was your secret??”

  You can get the anking deck and isolate step2 related cards. And subtract away step1 only cards. There’s a video on it by anking ▶ link

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• @sooghs · 2023-04 · in “About to start clerkship: Advice for high Step 2 score?”

  I used the AnKing v11 deck throughout my clinicals, using the advice in this video here: ▶ link Ultimately, I ended up doing all of the AnKing Step 2 cards (“no dupes”) and UW questions for each rotation. Yes, including IM and surgery. This was an effective strategy for doing well on my shelf exams and establishing a strong base for Step 2. Was all of this a lot of work? Yes. Did I sacrifice quite a bit (but not all!…

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• @sooghs · 2023-04 · in “Just passed step 1, How should i start preparing for Step 2?”

  Also highly recommend making a missed questions deck, if you aren’t doing that already: ▶ link

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