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I'm currently a first year and would love some Anki vet wisdom.
I will be taking a P/F Step 1 after my clinical year (which ends in second year for me), and am wrapping up my didactics now. I've used Anki (anking v7-9) on and off throughout physiology and pathophysiology and its been amazing when I've been able to keep up with it. But I'm not really motivated at this point (bc it's a ****ing grind and P/F step) and am leaning on my school's curriculum. It's truly only useful if you do it everyday, and for me, that means doing it every day until Jan/Feb 2023, which isn't happening lmao. As I get closer to the start date of my clinical year, I'm growing increasingly anxious and feel like I don't know **** about ****. SO, my questions are as follows:
1) Will forgoing Anking hurt my performance on the wards? I've learned a lot of clinical medicine mostly through BnB/Pathoma and I've noticed that I just know more when I see patients and feel more comfortable on my clinic days.
2) Will forgoing Anking hinder my ability to do well on Step 2 CK? I heard from upperclassmen that doing anki religiously for step 1 has helped them prepare well for step 2. I want to go in a competitive surgical speciality and hope to do well enough for that.
3) Ultimately, my goal is to become a good clinician and diagnostician, but my memory is absolute ass. The anki that I've done has stuck with me from day 1, as opposed to when I leaned on my curriculum, where i've forgotten a lot already. What's your advice on retaining a broad foundation of clinical knowledge without having to do anki every day?
4) What are your thoughts on keeping me news to only 10-20 cards per day and sticking with that?
Thank you all so much!!
I will be taking a P/F Step 1 after my clinical year (which ends in second year for me), and am wrapping up my didactics now. I've used Anki (anking v7-9) on and off throughout physiology and pathophysiology and its been amazing when I've been able to keep up with it. But I'm not really motivated at this point (bc it's a ****ing grind and P/F step) and am leaning on my school's curriculum. It's truly only useful if you do it everyday, and for me, that means doing it every day until Jan/Feb 2023, which isn't happening lmao. As I get closer to the start date of my clinical year, I'm growing increasingly anxious and feel like I don't know **** about ****. SO, my questions are as follows:
1) Will forgoing Anking hurt my performance on the wards? I've learned a lot of clinical medicine mostly through BnB/Pathoma and I've noticed that I just know more when I see patients and feel more comfortable on my clinic days.
2) Will forgoing Anking hinder my ability to do well on Step 2 CK? I heard from upperclassmen that doing anki religiously for step 1 has helped them prepare well for step 2. I want to go in a competitive surgical speciality and hope to do well enough for that.
3) Ultimately, my goal is to become a good clinician and diagnostician, but my memory is absolute ass. The anki that I've done has stuck with me from day 1, as opposed to when I leaned on my curriculum, where i've forgotten a lot already. What's your advice on retaining a broad foundation of clinical knowledge without having to do anki every day?
4) What are your thoughts on keeping me news to only 10-20 cards per day and sticking with that?
Thank you all so much!!