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Welcome to the JSMBS Phase 1 Deck and #BuffaloMD_AK Quick Start Guide! :tada::glowing_star:

The JSMBS Phase 1 deck includes cards created for Phase 1 of the MD curriculum at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (SUNY Buffalo).

BuffaloMD_AK is an optional shared tag for the AnKing STEP deck (AnkiHub_Optional::BuffaloMD_AK) that maps AnKing cards to our in-house exams.

:woman_and_man_holding_hands:t4: This AnkiHub project is a collaborative effort. Consider contributing notes/cards, tags, edits, corrections, and other supplemental content to improve the quality of our coverage.

:police_car_light: Find an error? Let us know ASAP by suggesting a change.

No subscription? We can share the Phase 1 deck as an exported .apkg – just ask!

Disclaimer: This deck is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Jacobs School of Medicine and is provided as-is without warranty or guarantee. I am still learning and get a lot of things wrong – if you notice a mistake, please help everyone out by letting us know.

:link: Decks

JSMBS Phase 1 deck – Scoped to in-house content, with tags and citations for First Aid and Sketchy Micro integration. AnkiHub subscription required.

JSMBS Phase 1 AnKing optional shared tag – Recommended! Pairs with AnKing STEP deck. AnkiHub subscription required.

:open_book: Resources and guides

Getting Started with Anki – Literally how do I download this app
How to Use Anki: An efficient tutorial for beginners – A tier helpful
How to master Anki to learn really f*cking fast – S tier helpful
(LeanAnki.com currently dead. Access links via the Wayback Machine.)

Importing decks from an exported .apkg
Shared optional tags for AnKing
Subscribing to a shared deck
(NB: AnkiWeb =/= AnkiHub!!)

JSMBS Phase 1 Deck

JSMBS Phase 1 is a custom shared deck with cards created specifically for in-house lecture content. The parent tag for this deck is #BuffaloMD.

EDIT 10/18/26 MB: Cards are currently 30% hand-written and 70% AI-generated or AI-assisted. All will eventually be hand-reviewed as I (Morgan) make my way through the deck. Please contribute! Suggesting changes helps make this deck better for everyone.

Phase 1 deck navigation

  • Browse by course and exam using the #BuffaloMD::IMC###::Exam# tag set.

  • Browse by content area or subtopic using the #BuffaloMD subtags.

    • #BuffaloMD::IMC530::WhatIs organizes cards by kind: Disease, Drug, Finding, Mechanism, Term.

    • #BuffaloMD::Priority stratifies cards as High Yield (HY) or Relatively High Yield (RHY). Cards are force-tagged HY if they span two or more FA topics.

    • #BuffaloMD::Source encodes the source of a card: primarily lecture notes (#BuffaloMD::Source::Lecture) or scraped from First Aid tables (#BuffaloMD::Source::FATable).

    • Tags can be combined into a search string to filter with more granularity.

  • Browse content from courses other than Foundations using the #BuffaloMD::Y_Other tag set. Cards for these classes can be split into sub-decks if you prefer to review them separately.

  • Protip: Use wildcards around text strings that overlap with multiple tags (e.g. IMC530 vs IMC530-F36; Neoplasms vs Neoplasia) to view responsive cards from multiple decks in one search.

    • tag:*BuffaloMD* picks up cards from both JSMBS Phase 1 and AnKing tagged either #BuffaloMD or AnkiHub_Optional::BuffaloMD_AK
    • tag:*Neoplas* picks up any card from any deck with the string Neoplas anywhere in its tag set.

Filtering by multiple tags at once

Anki’s native search is kinda a pain in the butt, but the syntax isn’t too tricky once you understand how it works.

**To filter down to a single tag using the search bar,** append tag: to the FULL tag name.

Examples:

  • tag:#BuffaloMD::IMC530::WhatIs::Mechanism
  • tag:#BuffaloMD::FirstAid::Pathology::Neoplasia

Native Anki search also supports Boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT).

  • AND is implied, so can be omitted. Anki will interpret two tag: strings separated by a space as an AND operation automatically.

  • The following search string will return cards responsive to both tags. Try it now!

    tag:#BuffaloMD::IMC530::WhatIs::Mechanism tag:#BuffaloMD::FirstAid::Pathology::Neoplasia

  • OR searches must be specified. The same string with OR between the tags returns cards responsive to EITHER tag. Try it now!

    tag:#BuffaloMD::IMC530::WhatIs::Mechanism OR tag:#BuffaloMD::FirstAid::Pathology::Neoplasia

Tags

The synced #BuffaloMD tag is maintained primarily by the deck owner/creator and approved deck maintainers (hereafter “moderators”).

However, the #BuffaloMD tag can still be applied to any card in any deck, not just cards from JSMBS Phase 1, and its a good idea to use this to your advantage! If you choose to add custom tags to cards from synced AnkiHub decks (like JSMBS Phase 1 and AnKing), make sure you protect the parent tag in AnkiHub. Your edits may be overwritten when you sync if you skip this step.

:police_car_light: IMPORTANT: Deck subscribers who do not have moderator permissions can make local edits to card tags (including adding #BuffaloMD tags to AnKing STEP and other AnkiHub decks), but these changes will not be pushed to others unless you suggest a change for moderator review and your change is approved. Again – make sure to protect any custom tags added to shared AnkiHub cards from changes so that you don’t lose your edits when AnkiHub syncs.BuffaloMD_AK tag for AnKing

BuffaloMD_AK is an optional shared tag for the AnKing STEP deck (AnkiHub_Optional::BuffaloMD_AK) that maps AnKing cards to our in-house exams.

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Sifting through third party decks for cards that apply to in-house content often takes as much time as making them from scratch. Optional tags are the single biggest reason** I** (Morgan) think like it’s worth taking the time to bother with all of this.

If you’re already using the live AnKing deck, tagging cards that cover content emphasized on in-house exams with the shared AnkiHub_Optional::BuffaloMD_AK tag is a great way to help out your classmates without much extra effort on your part.

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NOTE: If I am left to my own devices I will add way too many cards to this shared tag. I could definitely use help cutting the number of cards down to the minimum viable set. Subscribe and/or request tag moderator permissions here.

Acknowledgements

Anyone interested in contributing to the deck on an ongoing basis is welcome to join the team! Reach out to anyone with an email listed below for information.

BuffaloMD_AK Shared Tag

Maintainers
Morgan Baker (MD ‘30) – mebaker3@buffalo.edu
Amanda E. (MD ‘30)

Contributors
Morgan Baker (MD '30)
Amanda E. (MD ‘30)
Kristen C. (MD ‘30)

JSMBS Phase 1 Shared Deck

Maintainers
Morgan Baker (MD '30) – mebaker3@buffalo.edu

Contributors
Morgan Baker (MD '30)

Special mentions

  • Anatomy terminology cards (Anatomy::InglisIntro) were adapted from a deck shared by Dr. Stuart Inglis in IMC 530 2026. Thank you!

:index_pointing_up: DISCLAIMER: This deck is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Jacobs School of Medicine and is provided as-is without warranty or guarantee. I am still learning and get a lot of things wrong. If you notice a mistake, please help everyone out by letting us know.