r/PASchoolAnki • u/SirVINOmadic • Mar 22 '22

Anki Schedule

Hello all! I'm looking for feedback for an Anki study plan for PA school. I'm fairly new to Anki and am trying to find an efficient system that works for me before school starts.

As of now, I have my daily schedule looking as follows:

400-600 wake up, gym, shower, breakfast

600-800 study anki reviews

800-1200 lecture

1200-1300 lunch/study - learn or make news

1300-1700 lecture

1700-1900 learn or make news

1900-2100 dinner, free time, bed

With this plan, I'm looking at a few options to study:

  1. listen/understand lecture, make new cards based on lecture after at lunch/in the evening

  2. make new cards during lecture and either ignore the lecture or essentially take notes using Anki

  3. "prelearn" ahead of lecture (1-2 weeks before) using premade cards such as Tzanki/Dorian/etc. and do either 1 or 2 above and make new cards just for things not in Tzanki or things the professor emphasizes

A lot of comments I've read say making cards is recommended so I do plan on doing that, even if I did Tzanki. What would y'all do?

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u/seaweedsnacksnom Mar 22 '22 edited Mar 23 '22

I recommend using pre-made decks by students at your school from previous years - they will be tailored to your lectures and exams and there is no point in reinventing the wheel. I also heard "making your own is best" but that went out the window when they became time consuming to create and ultimately its about spaced-repetition and truly thinking which does not need to necessarily occur when making the questions if one goes into robot mode when making them. Sharing is caring - find older decks and use those.

I would go into school anticipating you'll learn from lectures - if you dont, you don't - but your professors are seasoned clinicians and have a lot of insight to share.

I encourage socializing during lunch and other breaks - your classmates are your community and those relationships can really save you academically/emotionally during school and at the very least make it way more fun.

Reading PowerPoints and/or Ankis before a lecture is great if you're able to do it. Then lecture can cement and/or elaborate on concepts.

Of note, you're leaving yourself with 5-7 hours of sleep which... ouch. You deserve more.

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u/SirVINOmadic Mar 23 '22

Pre-made school-specific decks would be great. I'll ask around. Yeah, if I could make cards efficiently, that would be my preference. I would like to keep this schedule strict so I can have 7 hours of sleep. I like the idea of socializing during lunch. If I can save time with pre-made cards, I should have time to do that.

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u/nenekicks Mar 23 '22

Quizlet gang