u/Ok-Forever-7556

I rarely read textbooks now,
If I was a medical students 5 years ago, I don’t know how I manage every random question I get, where I need to google search everything and get unspecific answers or go through textbook glossary and refer a load of pages.
Now just type the question on AI chat bot and ask to explain like my prof and I get answers which are mostly accurate. It has made studying much faster and understanding concepts, I sometimes audio the audio recognition and read my answers out of loud like I am in a viva and AI bot is the prof.
Medical education changed so much and as a student now it feels so hard thinking about being a med student 5 years ago.

All of my class use AI chat bots to understand concepts and break it down.

Also any tips to get better use of AI?

I rarely read textbooks now,
If I was a medical students 5 years ago, I don’t know how I manage every random question I get, where I need to google search everything and get unspecific answers or go through textbook glossary and refer a load of pages.
Now just type the question on AI chat bot and ask to explain like my prof and I get answers which are mostly accurate. It has made studying much faster and understanding concepts, I sometimes audio the audio recognition and read my answers out of loud like I am in a viva and AI bot is the prof.
Medical education changed so much and as a student now it feels so hard thinking about being a med student 5 years ago.

All of my class use AI chat bots to understand concepts and break it down.

Also any tips to get better use of AI?

Sri Lankan med student using Anki, while most classmates rely on notes and past questions and they score higher.
I chose Anki for spaced repetition and because a top graduate recommended it. I know how to use it, but fitting it in is hard.
Daily reviews take 2–3 hours. With 8 AM–5 PM lectures+ labs , I have little time left for practice questions. I’m passing but only average.
We study integrated anatomy, physiology, and biochemistry. The future cumulative exams (like Step 1), where everything is being tested, I think Anki would help more.
Anatomy is my biggest struggle.
Questions:
Is 2–3 hours of reviews normal?
How do you balance Anki with practice questions?
Should I reduce cards or suspend low-yield ones?
Should I stick with Anki or focus more on questions?
Any anatomy tips?
Would appreciate advice.
Thanks!

Non- US med student using Anki, while most classmates rely on notes and past questions and they score higher.
I chose Anki for spaced repetition and because a top graduate recommended it. I know how to use it, but fitting it in is hard.
Daily reviews take 2–3 hours. With 8 AM–5 PM lectures+ labs , I have little time left for practice questions. I’m passing but only average.
We study integrated anatomy, physiology, and biochemistry. The future cumulative exams (like Step 1), where everything is being tested, I think Anki would help more.
Anatomy is my biggest struggle.
Questions:
Is 2–3 hours of reviews normal?
How do you balance Anki with practice questions?
Should I reduce cards or suspend low-yield ones?
Should I stick with Anki or focus more on questions?
Any anatomy tips?
Would appreciate advice.
Thanks!

I lost the habit of journalling, I had during high school, I am emotionally, mentally drained struggling to make good friendships, while everyone else has their own group, I am also taking an SSRI. Struggling everyday, how did you guys use journalling and any suggestions for journalling prompts, to make your life better?

I’m in med school and I’ve basically accepted that I need to move away from GoodNotes (GN6) because of the battery drain. I’ve used GoodNotes for over a year and have two terms’ worth of notes there.
Since I don’t really have a choice but to switch, I want to get the absolute best out of Noteful.

For those of you using Noteful heavily, especially in medicine, what are the hidden features that most people don’t know about?

I’m particularly interested in:

• How you use layers effectively for studying medicine
• Layer workflows for anatomy diagrams, physiology pathways, biochemistry cycles, and histology
• Ways to use layers for active recall and self-testing
• Organization systems for large volumes of lecture notes
• Features that helped you become faster and more efficient after switching from GoodNotes

I’ve only used layers in a very basic way so far, but I feel like they could be incredibly powerful if used properly. For example, I’m wondering if people create a base layer with lecture slides, then separate layers for annotations, labels, explanations, and active recall questions.

I’d also love to know how long it took you to become fluent with Noteful. Right now I still occasionally miss the GoodNotes workflow simply because of muscle memory.

One thing I’m still debating is whether I should have gone with Notability instead. The quiz feature and AI-generated quizzes seem useful for medical school, especially for active recall. However, I’m not sure whether those features are actually valuable in day-to-day studying or just nice marketing.

For anyone who has used both Noteful and Notability:

• Is the Notability quiz function genuinely useful?
• Does it improve retention enough to justify the subscription?
• Or is Noteful + Anki still the better combination for serious medical school studying?

Thanks in advance!

I’m a non US M1 and I often use AI to help answer past-paper MCQs and true/false questions that don’t have official answer keys.

I currently have access to both Gemini Pro and ChatGPT Pro. In my own experience, Gemini sometimes seems more accurate when choosing the correct answer, while ChatGPT is often better at giving detailed explanations. However, both can occasionally give confident but incorrect answers or change their answer when questioned.

For people who have used both regularly:

1. Which one has been more accurate for medical MCQs?
2. Does Gemini perform better at selecting the answer, while ChatGPT performs better at explaining it?
3. Which model is less likely to hallucinate textbook facts?
4. How do you handle situations where the two models give different answers?
5. Do you ask the AI to answer according to a specific textbook, such as Guyton, Last’s Anatomy, Lippincott or Harper’s?
6. Have you found any prompt that noticeably improves accuracy?
7. Is there a particular reasoning mode or model version you recommend?

There was a time Kome recently disappeared from market and now it is there again in a different form as Kome bites and the cracker packet disappears again.

Also the packet says no added preservatives but right after I eat it, I feel so thirsty like I ate a rice with msg added. Also it is made of rice flour and has less fat.
Any thoughts on this product Kome

In a government medical faculty, if anyone likes to group study with me let me know. I am struggling to find a good understanding person to study if anyone open to study lmk.
Should be first year.

In a government medical faculty, if anyone likes to group study with me let me know. I am struggling to find a good understanding person to study if anyone open to study lmk.
I am from Sri Lanka, but our curriculum is very similar to Indian, we have regional wise anatomy, system wise physiology and biochemistry.

For the context, I am 22 F, and would like a same age range and gender friend as it would be easier and more good understanding.
Willing to study daily

I’m a non-US medical student, so I’m not preparing specifically for USMLE, but I still use the AnKing deck because many of the premade cards are helpful for my syllabus.

My current workflow is:

I take the cards that are relevant to my syllabus from the AnKing deck and export/move them into a separate deck of my own. In that same separate deck, I also create my own handmade cards from scratch.

So my personal deck contains a mix of:

• cards originally from the AnKing deck
• my own cards that I made myself

The issue is that when I sync/download updates from AnkiHub for the AnKing deck, some of my handmade cards seem to get deleted or disappear.Why does this happen? Is AnkiHub treating my separate deck as part of the synced AnKing deck because it contains AnKing cards? Or could it be because of note types, note IDs, tags, or protected fields?

How can I prevent this from happening?

Ideally, I want to keep updating the AnKing cards through AnkiHub, but I also want to safely keep my own handmade cards in the same study deck or at least in my own collection without them being affected.What is the safest setup for someone like me who is not using AnKing exactly as intended for USMLE, but is selectively using relevant cards for my own medical syllabus?

Thanks!