USMLE Step 1 and Step 2 CK
The Anki add-on for USMLE Step 1 and Step 2 CK
What Medusa does for Step 1 and Step 2 CK
Medical terms explained on your cards
While you review, Medusa highlights the medical terms on your cards. Hover one for a quick preview, or click it for the full explanation. The free plan includes 15 term lookups a day, and paid plans are unlimited.
Browse the medical glossaryAsk MedusaGPT about the card on screen
Open a panel beside the card and type a question, or press a button: Hint on the front, and Why?, Mechanism, How is this tested?, Mnemonic, Is this card right?, Explain simply and Related cards on the back. When it suggests a change to a card, nothing changes until you press Apply.
From missed questions to the cards that teach them
Paste the IDs of the UWorld questions you missed (Step 1, Step 2 CK or Step 3, COMLEX Level 1 or 2) and Medusa finds their cards through the question tags in the AnKing deck, for free, with nothing leaving your computer. For questions from anywhere else, such as NBME, UWSA or school exams, paste their text instead; you see the price before anything is charged.
Only the high-yield cards in Browse
Medusa filters, at the top of Browse's sidebar, show only a video's cards that match. Decks with AnKing's tags start with one group, High yield, or Step 1 and 2, and you can make your own from yield levels, Step tags or any Anki search.
Swap your own cards for AnKing's
Medusa finds the AnKing cards that test the same facts as yours, suspends yours and unsuspends AnKing's in one step that Edit, then Undo reverses. Nothing is deleted, and it never uses credits.
The cards for a lecture
Give Medusa a lecture's PDF, slides or notes and, for about 10 to 25 credits, it finds the cards you already have on it, grouped by the lecture's topics. It then lists the facts none of your cards test, and can make cards for the ones you pick at a price you see first.
A lesson for each video
Lessons sit under the same tags as in Anki's Browse window, so the lesson for a video you've watched is where its cards are. Medusa shows you the price before anything is charged.
A reviewed USMLE QBank
Step 1 and Step 2 CK questions on the web, with a reason for every answer option. Practice the categories you pick or the weak areas from your Anki reviews, and a new question of the day is free for everyone.
Open the QBankQuestions about Medusa for the USMLE
Is Medusa free?
Yes. The free plan includes 15 term lookups, 20 smart card searches and 5 tutor questions a day, with no time limit. Paid plans start at $4.99 a month.
Does it work with the AnKing deck?
Yes. Term explanations work on AnKing cards, and MedusaGPT can find the AnKing cards on any topic, tell you how many you already have, and open them in Browse.
Does it work on AnkiMobile or AnkiDroid?
Anki add-ons run on the desktop apps only. Cards you review on desktop still sync to your phone, but the click-to-look-up popup is desktop-only.
Will MedusaGPT change my cards?
Only when you press Apply. You see the change first, and Edit, then Undo puts it back.