Welcome to the JSMBS Phase 1 Deck Wiki! 
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).
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JSMBS Phase 1 deck (AnkiHub subscription required)
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Deck navigation
The parent tag for this deck is #BuffaloMD.
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Browse by content area or subtopic using the #BuffaloMD subtags.
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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.
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Browse by course and exam using the #BuffaloMD::Z_Exams tag set.
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Protip: Tagging all your cards for each exam with #BuffaloMD::Z_Exams::IMC530::etc will allow you to browse all relevant cards from all sources in one place.
The #BuffaloMD tag can be applied to any card in any deck, not just cards from JSMBS Phase 1. If you choose to add custom tags to cards from synced AnkiHub decks (including this one!), make sure you protect the parent tag in AnkiHub. Your edits may be overwritten when you sync if you skip this step.
Tags
The synced #BuffaloMD tag is maintained primarily by the deck owner/creator and approved deck maintainers (hereafter “moderators”).
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.
Optional shared tags + AnKing integration
Optional tags are the single biggest reason I (Morgan) think like it’s worth taking the time to bother with all of this.
I’ve taken the liberty of creating an optional shared tag for the AnKing STEP deck (AnkiHub_Optional::BuffaloMD_AK) that maps AnKing cards to our in-house exams. 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. 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.
Sifting through third party decks for cards that apply to in-house content often takes as much time as making them from scratch. Maybe crowdsourcing shared tags could be a solution?
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.
Current contributors
Morgan Baker (MD '30) – mebaker3@buffalo.edu
M1 maintainers
Morgan Baker (MD '30) – mebaker3@buffalo.edu
Other contributors
- Anatomy terminology cards (#BuffaloMD::Anatomy::InglisIntro) were adapted from a deck shared by Dr. Stuart Inglis in IMC 530 2026. Thank you!
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.