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.
3:20 The Inspiration Behind the Creation of Brosencephalon
7:42 Evidence Based Cognitive Learning for Effective Retention
9:59 How COVID-19 is Facilitating Change for Brosencephalon and Learning Programs
13:59 Curricular Design and Application
15:31 Creating Effective and Efficient Flashcards
19:58 The Benefits of Cognitive Effort When Creating Flashcards
23:30 Digital Cards vs. Physical
25:50 Elaborative Interrogation and its Relevance to Flashcards.
30:45 How to Integrate Multiple Learning Strategies
34:19 Using Flashcards for Self-Assessment
37:53 The Need to Update Standard Western Learning Conventions
40:00 Amreet’s Favourite Anki Plugins
41:50 The Use of Mnemonics and Images in Flashcards
43:43 What Would Amreet Change if He Could go Back in Time?
Resources
Information about Amreet and Brosencephalon can be found here:
https://www.brosencephalon.com
https://twitter.com/brosencephalon
https://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/
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