Gilbert Michael M, Frommeyer Timothy C, Brittain Garrett V, Stewart Nickolas A, Turner Todd M, Stolfi Adrienne, Parmelee Dean
Boonshoft School of Medicine at Wright State University, Dayton, OH USA.
Departments of Pharmacology & Toxicology, and Dermatology, Boonshoft School of Medicine at Wright State University, Dayton, OH USA.
Med Sci Educ. 2023 Jul 1;33(4):955-962. doi: 10.1007/s40670-023-01826-8. eCollection 2023 Aug.
Anki is an application that capitalizes upon the techniques of spaced repetition and is increasingly utilized by medical students for examination preparation. This study examines the impact of Anki usage in a medical school curriculum on academic performance. Secondary objectives analyzed individual Anki utilization and a qualitative assessment of Anki use.
A cohort-control study was conducted at Boonshoft School of Medicine. One hundred thirty first-year medical students were enrolled in an Anki utilization training program from July 2021 to September 2021. Training included educational Anki courses and subsequent survey data collection over Anki usage. Data variables included all course final examinations, the Comprehensive Basic Science Exam (CBSE), individual Anki user statistics, nationally standardized exams scores, and Qualtrics surveys on student perceived ease of use.
Seventy-eight students reported using Anki for at least one of the exams, and 52 students did not use Anki for any exam. Anki users scored significantly higher across all four exams: Course I (6.4%; < 0.001); Course II (6.2%; = 0.002); Course III (7.0%; = 0.002); and CBSE (12.9%; = 0.003). Students who reported higher dependency on Anki for studying performed significantly better on the Course I, II, and CBSE exams.
Anki usage may be associated with an increase in standardized examination scores. This supports Anki as an evidence-based spaced repetition and active retrieval learning modality for medical school standardized examinations. There was little correlation between its specific statistical markers and examination performance. This is pertinent to physicians and medical students alike as the learning and preservation of biomedical knowledge is required for examinations and effective clinical care.
Anki是一款利用间隔重复技术的应用程序，越来越多的医学生将其用于备考。本研究考察了在医学院课程中使用Anki对学业成绩的影响。次要目标是分析个人对Anki的使用情况以及对Anki使用的定性评估。
在布恩肖夫特医学院进行了一项队列对照研究。2021年7月至2021年9月，130名一年级医学生参加了Anki使用培训项目。培训包括Anki教育课程以及随后关于Anki使用情况的调查数据收集。数据变量包括所有课程期末考试、综合基础科学考试（CBSE）、Anki个人用户统计数据、全国标准化考试成绩以及关于学生对易用性感知的Qualtrics调查。
78名学生报告至少在一场考试中使用了Anki，52名学生未在任何考试中使用Anki。Anki用户在所有四门考试中的得分均显著更高：课程一（6.4%；<0.001）；课程二（6.2%；=0.002）；课程三（7.0%；=0.002）；以及CBSE（12.9%；=0.003）。报告在学习中对Anki依赖程度较高的学生在课程一、二和CBSE考试中表现明显更好。
使用Anki可能与标准化考试成绩的提高有关。这支持将Anki作为一种基于证据的间隔重复和主动检索学习模式用于医学院标准化考试。其特定统计指标与考试成绩之间几乎没有相关性。这对医生和医学生都很重要，因为考试和有效的临床护理都需要学习和保留生物医学知识。
