Dr. Amreet Sidhu is a Toronto-born Internal Medicine Resident based in Detroit. He is the creator of Brosencephalon, a comprehensive set of pre-clinical flashcards created for self-study that spread worldwide. Amreet’s cards have evolved into a community-driven project by medical students for medical students. Today’s episode will cover the inspiration behind the creation of Brosencephalon, the most useful aspects of Anki and how to create your own effective flashcards for retention.
Show Notes
The Inspiration Behind the Creation of Brosencephalon The Inspiration Behind the Creation of Brosencephalon The Inspiration Behind the Creation of Brosencephalon
Evidence Based Cognitive Learning for Effective Retention
How COVID-19 is Facilitating Change for Brosencephalon and Learning Programs
Curricular Design and Application
Creating Effective and Efficient Flashcards
The Benefits of Cognitive Effort When Creating Flashcards
Digital Cards vs. Physical
Elaborative Interrogation and its Relevance to Flashcards.
How to Integrate Multiple Learning Strategies
Using Flashcards for Self-Assessment
The Need to Update Standard Western Learning Conventionsv
Amreet’s Favourite Anki Plugins
The Use of Mnemonics and Images in Flashcards
What Would Amreet Change if He Could go Back in Time?
Resources
Information about Amreet and Brosencephalon can be found here:
BrosencePhalon
twitter.com/brosencephalon
www.reddit.com/r/Brosencephalon
Anki Plugins.
Hierarchical Tags
Frozen Fields
Load Balancer
Heat Mapper
Websites
https://apps.ankiweb.net
https://www.reddit.com/r/Anki/
