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Anki has become the de-facto standard for memorizing the large swaths of information required during medical school. Not everyone uses it, but pretty much everyone that does and sticks to it sees impressive results.

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> Not everyone uses it, but pretty much everyone that does and sticks to it sees impressive results.

This is another way of say "everyone that it works for gets good results"

It's interesting to note in studies comparing spaced repetition vs. massed learning, when students are asked afterward which method works better, they more often choose massed even though their own test results favor spaced repetition[0]. The upshot is people can use spaced repetition, it can "work" (in the sense that they remember the material better and test better) yet still drop it thinking massed practice to be superior.

[0]https://www.gwern.net/docs/spacedrepetition/2001-simon.pdf

Yeah that's a fair assessment, and I agree that it's not for everyone. But I do feel strongly that everyone should at least give it a shot.

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