These are complete SketchyMicro and SketchyPharm Anki decks that I made while I was studying for USMLE Step 1 and COMLEX Level 1! I found that Anki was the best way for me to memorize all of the SketchyMedical sketches. I still remember them all and use this knowledge in my clinical rotations. I’m telling you, Anki = long term memory.
If you don’t know what Anki is or how to use it, you can read about it and download the app here.
To read about how I studied for boards and get all my tips & tricks, check out my blog post here.
About these decks
The cards in this deck contain small, cropped portions of the overall sketch – these force you to focus on all of the small details of each sketch.
You must download these decks to your computer, NOT to your phone. You must also have Anki installed on your computer. *The file you will download is a zip file (a compressed file), thus, you will have to open these zip files to see the Anki decks.* Once you download them your computer that has Anki installed, open them. They will open directly into your Anki app. Now that they are on your computer, you can sync your Anki account with your phone so that you can access them on the go.
Notes with the tag “*edited_by_nicolet.life” are cards for which I added my own memory hook. If you do not want to use these, feel free to delete them by sorting your cards by that specific tag, highlighting all the cards under that tag, and simply deleting them.
Text in grey font is supplemental information.
Text in black font is the most important, high yield information.
Download my Sketchy Pharm and Micro decks here:
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Cannot wait to try these out! Thank you! 🙂
Let me know how you like them!!! <3
i cant open zipped file please help
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Can’t open them 😢😢
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I am also preparing for step1
Are you unable to download them from the links? Click the link in my blog post and it will allow you to download both decks. You need to have Anki installed to open the files.
Link updated! https://www.dropbox.com/sh/i5h4mk9p6ryql1l/AABiyB06Oi9TiHaqSykI_Ih4a?dl=0 Please let me know if it doesn’t work. Thank you.
You have to have the Anki app already downloaded to your computer. Then, download them from the google drive and open them. They should appear in your Anki app.
You are a SAINT for sharing this!! Currently studying for step 1 and these are so useful. Thank you!!!!
You are so welcome!! Glad you were able to download and use them 🙂 Let me know if you need any help/advice! & GOOD LUCK
These are so well done! Thank you so much for sharing!
I am so glad you like them!! YAY! Good luck with your studies <3
You are totally awesome for sharing these!! Thank you!! <3
Any thoughts or resources that you recommend for Sketchy Path? Are you planning on using Sketchy IM?
You are very welcome!! Sketchy Path wasn’t out when I studied for Step 1, so I never used it since I learned pathology without it. Since I am done with Step 1 and Step 2, I won’t be going back to use Sketchy Path or Sketchy IM and I haven’t looked for any additional resources for them. Apologies, I wish I could help more! <3 Good luck with your studies!
How to open this sketchy pack on ios device?
You need to open it on your computer first, import to your Anki app and link your account, then sign in on your phone
These are awesome!! Do you have any for sketchy path or know if anyone who has made them like yours for sketchy path??
I don’t know of any others I’m sorry :/ But I hope these help!!
Thank you so much, Nicolet!! These are awesome.
You are so so welcome! <3
You’re wonderful, thank you so much for sharing! I take step 1 in April, but I’ve been using your decks since August to study, and I watched all the Sketchy videos before that. Absolutely love <3
You are so so welcome! I’m so glad to hear they are helping you so much <3 good luck with your studies!
Hi! I used your micro deck and i found it incredibly useful! Now that i am trying to download the pharm deck, it says the decks arent available anymore :/ Are you going to re-upload them? Thanks again!
Hey! Hm, they still show to be available in my google drive. Try this link and please let me know whether or not it works for you: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1EK1siP8oH49JAt9IXD850kYxYcS3qxW5
Link updated! https://www.dropbox.com/sh/i5h4mk9p6ryql1l/AABiyB06Oi9TiHaqSykI_Ih4a?dl=0 Please let me know if it doesn’t work. Thank you.
Also, are you trying to open them on your phone or computer? I believe it works better on the computer.
Link updated! https://www.dropbox.com/sh/i5h4mk9p6ryql1l/AABiyB06Oi9TiHaqSykI_Ih4a?dl=0 Please let me know if it doesn’t work. Thank you.
i cant open sketchy micro deck its zip file
Did you read the blog post? You need to open on your computer, then import to Anki, then sync with your phone.
Thanks so much for this. I’ve been using the micro deck. I noticed on the updated link you posted that Bacteria ch. 10.4 Mycoplasma pneumoniae is not there though, FYI!
Thanks for letting me know! I’ll see if I can fix it 🙂
Also, I’m so glad you love the cards!!
Were you able to get the 10.4 mycoplasma pneumoniae cards in the deck? I noticed in a recent download that it still was missing
Unfortunately it seems they have been lost from the deck, I’m not sure what happened since my original deck. I would have to remake those, which I can definitely put on my to do list but can’t promise them right away. Apologies!
Thank you very much. These are a LIFESAVER!
You are so welcome! I’m very happy these are helpful 🙂
Thank you so much for putting your work into these decks! It was recommended to me by another M2 and it has been fire in terms of retention. Using your decks with the printed Sketchy Medical Notes PDF for focused visual associations.
These comments make me so so happy! I’m glad my work can be of help to your studies. Enjoy!!
Thank you so much! I am an IMG looking around for USMLE materials. I hope this will help a lot. Thanks again!
YAY! These are the best comments and totally make my day. Enjoy!
Hey Nicolet! Is your sketchy pharm deck tagged so I can suspend cards by video? Thanks for all your help!
I’m not sure what that means, but the cards in my Sketchy Pharm deck only have very simple tags (e.g. pharmacology, CYP450, cardiology_pharm). Does this help? If you explain your problem further I may be able to help, but I don’t know what “suspend cards by video” means haha. Best of lucky studying!
For example, if I watched the benzodiazepine sketchy video and only wanted to do the anki cards associated with that video, would there be a way for me to easily find and just review those cards? Thanks for the quick reply!
Ah, I get your question now! Haha. If you have downloaded the deck, you will see that the cards are separated by subject. The folders are separated into cardio/renal, antimicrobials, antineoplastics, autonomic drugs, GI/endocrine, neuro/psych, etc. So you can study those folders selectively, but not by specific video. That being said, you can easily edit the deck to your pleasing. You if you wanted to add tags, you could do that for yourself 🙂
hi
i am unable to download
can you please share the link here?
Thank you for being our saviour
You must download on your computer. Your computer must have Anki installed! 🙂