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An Investigation Of Anki Flashcards As A Study Tool Among First Year Medical Students Learning Anatomy, Tanvi Rana, Chaiya Laoteppitaks, Md, Guiyan Zhang, Md, Phd, Gregory Troutman, Shruti Chandra, Md
An Investigation Of Anki Flashcards As A Study Tool Among First Year Medical Students Learning Anatomy, Tanvi Rana, Chaiya Laoteppitaks, Md, Guiyan Zhang, Md, Phd, Gregory Troutman, Shruti Chandra, Md
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Purpose: Anatomy is a challenging course in medical school, in part because of the vast number of facts that must be memorized. Current literature suggests the value of spaced repetition in the learning of factual information, and online tools such as Anki flashcards have been developed to facilitate it. The purpose of this study is to investigate the role of curriculum-specific Anki flashcards as a study tool for first year medical students learning anatomy.
Methods: A set of Anki flashcards was created for the anatomy thread of the first block (i.e. back, pectoral, shoulder, vertebral regions) of the JeffMD curriculum …