NGU study guide

Anki works.
You just haven't set it up yet.

EncodeSimplify, compare, connect
RecallPractise recalling, then feedback
A lotAcross the whole curriculum

Anki runs the last two parts of the study loop. It asks the question, you check your answer, and it spaces the repeats for you.

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Download it

Get Anki from the official site. The desktop version is free.

Download Anki → ankiweb.net (make an account to sync)
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Build your decks

One deck for the year. Inside it, one subdeck per module, then per system, then per lecture. Drag a deck onto another to nest it.

Year 3Year
ICC 1Module
CardiologySystem
ECGLecture
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Copy my settings

Anki's defaults are built for casual learners. This template schedules your reviews for you. Click the gear next to Year 3, choose Options, and match every highlighted value. Subdecks follow the same preset.

StudyFiX Final PresetSave

Blue dot = different from Anki's default. The struck-through number is the default you are replacing. Tick each box as you type it in, then press Save.

See the original screenshots
Anki deck options screenshot, part 1: Daily Limits, New Cards, Lapses, Burying, Audio, Timers, Auto Advance Anki deck options screenshot, part 2: Display Order, FSRS, Easy Days, Advanced
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Make cloze cards

A cloze card hides one piece of a sentence and asks you to recall it. Paste the lecture text into Anki, select a key fact, and hide it with a shortcut.

Shortcuts

With my note type you also get

Toggle lecture slideImage occlusion
Formatting issue? Use the gem ↓ Skip making cards: import the deck ↓
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Review and repeat

Open the deck every day and clear what is due. Try one card below.

Say the answer before you reveal it, then check yourself. Checking a wrong answer is where the gain is: it raised recall at one week by 494% (Pashler et al., 2005).

Optional · free

The StudyFix Gem

A Gemini gem is a saved assistant with fixed instructions. This one turns a lecture into clean notes you can paste straight into Anki. It works 15 slides at a time and ends with a coverage check, so you can see if anything was dropped.

Open the StudyFix Gem →

1 · Send with the lecture file

Follow your gem instructions exactly. Before you start, count the slides and tell me the total inside the HTML. Do slides 1–15 only. Do not summarise, merge or shorten anything. Every bullet, label and table cell goes in word for word. End with the Coverage Audit: one row per slide, no gaps, last line of each slide copied exactly. Mark anything missing as MISSING. Do not mark a slide OK unless every item is in the notes. Finish with the NOT FINISHED or COMPLETE line.

2 · For each next batch

Continue from slide [N]. Same rules: word for word, full Coverage Audit, finish line.

3 · If it drops something

You dropped content on slide [N]. Redo slides [X–Y] word for word.

Turn the code into notes

  1. Gemini replies with a block of code. Press the copy icon on that block.
  2. Open the free viewer and paste the code in.
  3. Copy the rendered notes, everything above the Coverage Audit box, into Anki.
Open the free HTML viewer →

The 2-minute check

Every slide number appears in the Coverage Audit with no gaps. Open 3 dense slides and confirm the copied last line matches. Copy everything above the audit box into Anki, never the box itself.

Anki tips

Before you start

On your phoneiPhone: use the AnkiWeb website. Android: it's an app.
ImportStart from the free StudyFix deck instead of nothing.Get the StudyFix library deck →

My core process with Anki

One lecture, three passes

Lecture day

Encode properly

  • Simplify, compare, connect.
  • Write your cards as you go.
  • ± a first round of recall.

Weekend

Recall, recall, recall

  • Clear your due cards.
  • Check every answer and correct yourself.

End of module

Review

  • Review the whole module.
  • Or keep recalling until the module ends.