Study guides
How to remember more while studying less, field by field, and how to bring your tools together in a single app.
Replace your tools
- Replace Anki, Notion, Quizlet and your calendar with a single app
PDF lectures, flashcards, MCQs and a planner: how to replace Anki, Notion, Quizlet and your calendar with a single study app.
- An Anki alternative designed for students
An Anki alternative for students: FSRS spaced repetition, .apkg import, cloze deletion and image occlusion, plus your handouts, MCQs and a planner.
- A Quizlet alternative, and how to get your sets back
Quizlet no longer exports your sets. Here is how to recover them as CSV and review them with spaced repetition and no ads.
- Organize your courses without Notion
Organize your courses without spending hours building a Notion setup: a ready-made structure by subject, linked to your planner and your reviews.
- Annotating PDF lecture notes: the method and the tools
How to annotate your PDF handouts without highlighting everything: color coding, comments, and turning each highlight into a question to review.
By field of study
- Studying medicine in PASS and L.AS
Studying in PASS or L.AS in France: ranking, written exams and orals, annotated handouts, same-day cards, spaced repetition, timed MCQs and a planner.
- Studying in 2nd and 3rd year of medical school
Studying in 2nd and 3rd year of medical school in France: teaching units, exams, semiology, first rotations, the first R2C items. Method and Mnemesia.
- Studying for the clinical years and the EDN, item by item
Clinical years of medical school in France: preparing the EDN, the 367 R2C items and their rank A and B knowledge, around rotations. Method and Mnemesia.
- Studying pharmacy, midwifery, dentistry, physiotherapy and nursing
Pharmacy, midwifery, dentistry, physiotherapy, nursing school: how to study pharmacology, anatomy and dosages without spending your nights on them.
- Studying law: remember cases and articles, without neglecting the writing
Studying law in a French bachelor's program: retain articles, court decisions and definitions with flashcards, and keep time for essays and case problems.
- Studying in prépa and for competitive exams without losing your first year
Studying in French prépa (MPSI, PCSI, ECG, khâgne) or for a civil service exam: khôlles, formulas, dates, vocabulary, two years of syllabus to retain.
- Studying for the bac: a simple method, from September to June
Study for the French bac effectively: the French exam, specialty subjects, philosophy, history-geography and the grand oral, with flashcards and a planner.
- Learning foreign language vocabulary with flashcards
Learn English, Spanish, German or Japanese vocabulary with flashcards: sentences in context, both directions, and word lists imported from CSV files.
Study methods
- Spaced repetition: how it works, from Leitner to FSRS
Spaced repetition explained simply: the forgetting curve, the Leitner system, SM-2 then FSRS, how to set your retention, and the mistakes to avoid.
- How to make good flashcards: the rules, with examples
How to make good flashcards: one idea per card, precise questions, cloze deletion, image occlusion, and before/after examples to fix your own cards.
- How to build a study planner for your exams
A study planner for your exams: start from the exam date, spread the workload, alternate subjects, and keep buffer days for when things slip.
- How to practice multiple-choice questions the right way
How to practice multiple-choice questions effectively: real conditions, a timer, error analysis, mock exams, and classic traps like negations.
- Active recall: why testing yourself beats rereading
Active recall and self-testing: the testing effect, the Dunlosky review, the blank-page method, and why rereading and highlighting are not enough.
Questions
- Frequently asked questions about Mnemesia
No account? Offline? iPhone, Anki, Quizlet, backup, sync: straight answers to the questions people ask about Mnemesia, the study app.