Study with Me + Anki Flashcard Method - Ali Abdaal
Summary
TLDRIn this study with me video, the creator shares their day off as they prepare for the MRCP medical exam. They start late but dive into studying neurology, their weakest subject, using a mind map for an overview. The creator emphasizes the importance of active recall and spaced repetition, using Anki flashcards for quick capture of new information. They also take breaks to practice Japanese with Rosetta Stone, watch YouTube, and spend time with friends, demonstrating a balanced approach to studying.
Takeaways
- 🕒 The video creator set an early alarm but woke up later, emphasizing the struggle with morning routines.
- 🏠 After waking up, the creator spent time on personal hygiene and household chores before starting to study, highlighting the importance of a clean environment for productivity.
- 📚 The study session focused on neurology, the creator's weakest subject, showcasing the strategy of targeting weak areas first.
- 🧠 The use of a mind map to categorize neurology topics was emphasized, illustrating the value of organizing information for better understanding.
- 📝 The creator used a combination of online notes and a presentation to create the mind map, demonstrating the utility of various resources in study preparation.
- 🔁 The concept of 'quick capture' was introduced, showing how to efficiently convert new information into flashcards using Anki.
- 📱 The video mentioned the use of Anki over Quizlet due to the speed of input, underlining the importance of efficiency in study techniques.
- 🌐 The creator took a break to practice Japanese on Rosetta Stone, indicating the value of breaks and diversifying study methods.
- 📊 The afternoon was spent continuing with online questions and using the 'quick capture' method to create flashcards, reinforcing the active learning process.
- 📊 The creator converted the neurology syllabus into toggle lists on Notion, showing how digital tools can aid in study organization and active recall.
- 🎵 The use of a study playlist was mentioned, suggesting that music can be a helpful tool to maintain focus and motivation during study sessions.
- 👫 Studying with a friend was highlighted as a way to add variety and make the study process more engaging.
Q & A
What is the purpose of the video?
-The purpose of the video is to document a day in the life of the content creator while studying for the MRCP medical exam, sharing study techniques and strategies along the way.
Why did the content creator set the alarm for 7:00 a.m.?
-The content creator set the alarm for 7:00 a.m. to start the day early and appear as a motivational and productive member of society.
What is the first subject the content creator decides to study?
-The first subject the content creator decides to study is neurology, which is identified as their weakest area.
How does the content creator approach studying neurology?
-The content creator approaches studying neurology by first scoping the subject, categorizing topics into sensible categories using a mind map, and then reviewing questions on an online question bank.
What is the significance of using a mind map in the study process?
-Using a mind map helps the content creator to have a big picture view and a structured skeleton of the content, which aids in understanding where new information fits within the broader subject.
What is the content creator's strategy for dealing with questions they get wrong or find new?
-The content creator's strategy is to turn everything they get wrong or find new into flashcards on Anki, utilizing active recall and spaced repetition for effective studying.
What is the concept of 'quick capture' as mentioned in the video?
-'Quick capture' is a productivity concept where ideas or information are quickly and efficiently recorded into an app or notebook to free up cognitive load and ensure effective note-taking or task management.
Why does the content creator choose Anki over other flashcard software?
-The content creator chooses Anki over other flashcard software because it is faster to input new flashcards, which is crucial for their quick capture method of generating study materials.
What language does the content creator practice and how does Rosetta Stone assist in the learning process?
-The content creator practices Japanese, and Rosetta Stone assists by making language learning interactive and game-like, integrating grammar into scenarios and using voice recognition for pronunciation practice.
How does the content creator integrate new information into their study materials?
-The content creator integrates new information by copying and pasting it into Anki for flashcards and Notion for organized note-taking, which aids in active recall and spaced repetition.
What does the content creator do to change the scenery while studying?
-To change the scenery, the content creator moves to a different location, such as the sofa, and also incorporates music from a study playlist to keep themselves entertained and motivated.
How does the content creator's friend Jake contribute to the study session?
-Jake contributes to the study session by joining the content creator to review Anki flashcards together, providing a social and collaborative aspect to the study process.
Outlines
📚 A Day in the Life of Studying for MRCP
The video begins with the host welcoming viewers to a study session focused on preparing for the MRCP medical exam. Despite setting an early alarm, the host wakes up late and spends the morning on routine tasks. At 10:45, the study session starts with a focus on neurology, the host's weakest subject. A mind map is created to categorize topics and understand the subject's structure. The host then spends time on an online question bank, converting incorrect or new information into flashcards using Anki, a study technique that emphasizes active recall and spaced repetition. The video also features a break to chat with the host's grandma and a discussion on the 'quick capture' productivity method. The host also promotes Rosetta Stone for language learning, sharing personal experiences and a discount code.
🌟 Productivity and Study Techniques
In the second paragraph, the host continues with the study routine, emphasizing the use of 'quick capture' to efficiently create flashcards in Anki. The host also mentions using Notion to organize study materials and the importance of not reinventing the wheel by copying pasted notes instead of writing them from scratch. The video includes a brief interlude for language learning with Rosetta Stone and a return to studying with a focus on online questions and flashcard creation. The host also discusses the importance of active recall and spaced repetition over traditional note-taking. The day wraps up with a change of scenery on the sofa, a study break with a friend, and a switch to hematology before ending the study session with social activities and a Game of Thrones viewing party.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡MRCP
💡Neurology
💡Mind Map
💡Active Recall
💡Spaced Repetition
💡Anki
💡Quick Capture
💡Productivity
💡Rosetta Stone
💡Notion
💡Study with Me
Highlights
The video features a day in the life of a medical student preparing for the MRCP exam.
The student shares effective study techniques for mastering complex medical subjects.
An alarm is humorously set for 7:00 a.m. but the student wakes up at 9:30 a.m. instead.
Morning routine includes showering, replying to emails, and cleaning the house before starting to study.
Neurology is identified as the weakest subject and becomes the focus of the study session.
A mind map is created to categorize neurology topics, providing a big picture view.
The mind map is sourced from online notes and a college senior's presentation.
The concept of 'quick capture' is introduced for efficient note-taking and flashcard creation.
Anki flashcard software is used for active recall and spaced repetition during study.
The student converts incorrect or new information into flashcards for future review.
Rosetta Stone is used for a Japanese language break, sponsored by the company.
The student discusses the integration of grammar into practical scenarios in language learning.
A break at 3 p.m. includes watching YouTube videos and planning a recipe for overnight oats.
Notion is used to organize the neurology syllabus into toggle lists for better study structure.
The student advocates against writing personal notes, favoring copying and pasting for efficiency.
A study playlist on Spotify is used to maintain an entertaining study environment.
A friend joins for a collaborative Anki review session, adding variety to the study routine.
The video concludes with a switch to hematology study and plans for a Game of Thrones night.
Transcripts
hey guys welcome back to the channel and
to another study with me video isn't
that exciting as usual I'll be taking
you through a day off work where I'm
studying for a medical exam called the
MRCP and I'll be sharing my study
techniques along the way for whatever
it's worth I actually set my alarm for
7:00 a.m. that morning because I wanted
to seem like a motivational and
productive member of society and I
turned it off and went back to bed until
half past 9:00 I then got up and spent
an hour having a shower replying to some
emails in the toilet and then cleaning
the house because obviously the house
needs to be cleaned before I can start
doing any work from 10:45 I decide to
start studying and because I've already
made a list of all the subjects in my
exam I decide to tackle my weakest one
and that's neurology so having decided
that step one is to scope the subject ie
find out what all the various topics are
within the subject and categorized them
into sensible categories using a mind
map that way I've got the big picture
view in my mind a skeleton as it were of
the content so that when I come across
new bits I know exactly where they slot
into the big picture I make this mind
map partly from a set of notes I found
on the internet and partly from a
presentation that one of our seniors in
college gave us a shout out to Martha
for the amazing teaching session at this
point it's 11:30 and I've got a solid
overview of all of neurology and so I
take a quick break and spend half an
hour chatting to my grandma in Pakistan
thereby signalling what a wonderful
grandson
I am from noon onwards i bash through
questions on past medicine an online
question bank that everyone uses for
medical exams in the UK I select just
the neurology questions because that's
what I'm doing today and as I'm going
through them I'm turning everything I
get wrong or everything that's new to me
into a flash card on Anki I'm gonna
explain this in a bit more detail
because this is basically my whole
strategy for past paper questions in the
world of productivity there's an idea
called quick capture for example if
you're building an effective to-do list
or note-taking system you want to be
able to capture any idea you have
quickly and efficiently into whatever
app or notebook you're using for example
lots of to-do list apps have keyboard
shortcuts that you can use to quick
capture an idea as it comes to you or to
send stuff from other apps to your to-do
list the point is that this should be so
quick and easy to do that you might as
well get stuff out of your brain and
into your system so I've taken this idea
and I've applied it to revision in the
past I used to just bash through
questions and read through explanations
for questions are done wrong but as you
might know if you've watched my
evidence-based study tips videos the
most important components of effective
studying are number one active recall
and number two spaced repetition
flashcard software like Anki inquisitor
has both of these concepts built into it
but a big reason why people don't like
using flashcards is because it takes
absolutely ages to make your own
flashcards yeah you could just download
a deck from the internet but those tend
to be less effective and a lot less
customized than making your own and in
my opinion the best of both worlds is to
make your own flashcards but to make the
process of making them a super super
quick so my technique for going through
online question banks is to use split
screen to answer the questions on one
side and then if I get something wrong
or find some new information in the
explanations I'll copy and paste it
straight into Anki and turn it into a
big flashcard I'll then review those
flashcards fairly regularly so that over
time anything that was new to me on the
question Bank gets uploaded to my brain
I'll talk about this in more detail in a
bit but first at around 1:00 p.m. I
decide to take a break and practice some
Japanese on rosetta stone who are very
kindly sponsoring this video she was
even sure what they Muhsin
I've been using rosetta stone for almost
a year now and I love how it makes
language learning into a game and rather
than teaching you the grammar and stuff
in a dry way it integrates those into
the scenarios so you can figure out
sentence structures and vocabulary along
the way it's also got a really cool
voice recognition that checks your
pronunciation of words and phrases so
you can try and sound a bit more like a
native speaker
and since starting using rosetta stone I
found myself using my new Japanese
skills in day-to-day life for example
just before playing squash I might say
to my opponent oh my ah motion there or
if I'm trying to interpret a CT scan at
work I might drop a cheeky hungee cure
Shangaan anyway if you fancy learning a
language you should definitely check out
rosetta stone and you can use my code in
the video description below to get 50%
off any subscription plan especially if
you're going away somewhere interesting
over the summer and hope you're quite a
fun use of your time to try and learn
the language before you get there anyway
with that said let's get back to
studying for the next couple of hours I
continue to bash through online
questions and quick capture every piece
of new information into Anki if I come
across anything that's completely new I
google it and try my best to understand
it before I shove it into an key for
memorization by the way if you're
wondering why I'm using an key rather
than Quizlet it's because while quizzing
it has a prettier design in putting
stuff into Anke is a lot faster than in
putting it into Quizlet and because this
method relies
on quikcapture to generate flashcards
efficiently I value speed of input far
more than prettiness of design at around
3 p.m. I decide I'm gonna be a complete
waste mount for a few hours and so I
watched some YouTube videos including
Neil Gaiman's commencement speech video
which is pretty solid I do some singing
and research some recipes for overnight
loops which inspires me to take a trip
to Waitrose and buy some ingredients
because I'm a classy guy when I get home
it's about 5 p.m. and I spend the next
half an hour editing a video which gives
me a burst of energy that I can use to
sustain myself while studying until
dinnertime at 5:30 I spent some time
converting the sketched out neurology
syllabus I made in the morning into an
organized set of toggle lists on notion
my new favorite note-taking app this
further reinforced is the skeleton of
the subject in my head
it also means that when I come across
something that's particularly new or
tricky I can copy and paste it into
notion at the same time as making a
flashcard this means that over time I
build up a bank of copy pasted notes for
anything I found difficult so that if
I'm doing a speed revision session I can
blitz through each subject and try my
best to actively recall the contents of
each topic by the way in case anyone's
wondering why I copy and paste notes
rather than writing them myself it's
because I consider writing my own notes
to be a complete waste of time
especially in a subject like medicine
where others have already done the work
for me there is absolutely no point
reinventing the wheel and the evidence
from hundreds of studies has shown that
summarizing content is a very
inefficient study technique and
absolutely sucks in comparison to things
like active recall and spaced repetition
I talk about this a lot more in my
evidence-based study tips video series
which will be linked down below from
6:15 onwards I'll review some more
questions and past medicine and
quikcapture everything into Anki and
notion I decided I want a change of
scenery so I lounge on the sofa and
something I forgot to mention earlier is
that while doing all of the studying
I've got my study with me
public playlist on Spotify playing
through my Amazon echo speakers sadly
not sponsored and so I'm hearing banger
instrumentals from films TV shows and
games to keep myself entertained as I
study again I'll put a link to the
playlist in the video description if you
want to check it out at 7 p.m. my friend
Jake rocks up to the house and we decide
to bash through some of the Anki
questions together because he's also
taking the MRCP we used to do this back
when we were in medical school together
with our other friends so it's a nice
throwback activity and adds some variety
to the otherwise fairly monotonous day
from 8 p.m. I decided to change things
up a bit and do some hematology for half
an hour and then at 8:30 I decide have
had enough of studying for one day and
so I watched some YouTube videos on
Tulsa
friends arrive for Game of Thrones night
with take away from gbk to see us
through the episode and so ends this
study with me video I hope you found it
at least partly useful and I'll
definitely make a video talking more
about the quick capture and Anki
technique in a lot more detail if you've
got any other questions please do leave
them in a comment below and I'll do my
best to reply to everyone if you liked
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yet then please consider doing so thank
you for watching a cheeky arigato
gozaimasu - rosetta stone for sponsoring
the video and I'll see you in the next
one sayonara
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