Synaptic Recall

    Notes to Flashcards

    Notes to flashcards: upload your notes as a PDF and get flashcards built from them, ready to download as an Anki deck.

    Every fact in your notes, pulled out of your memory instead of reread.

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    1. The nursing notes PDF “NURS 3320 Burns notes.pdf” is dragged from Chrome’s downloads onto Synaptic Recall’s upload page, with only Anki selected.
    2. The notes PDF uploads and Dr. Synapse starts building the deck, counting cards as they are written.
    3. The deck is ready: 30 cards from the notes PDF, with a Download Anki button.
    4. A card from the deck opens in Anki: “An 80-kg client has partial- and full-thickness burns over 30% TBSA.”
    5. Show Answer reveals: “Parkland formula: 4 mL × 80 kg × 30 = 9,600 mL in 24 h”
    6. The key term “Parkland formula” opens its definition: Burn fluid estimate: 4 mL lactated Ringer’s × kg × %TBSA over 24 h, half in the first 8 h.
    7. Dr. Synapse explains: “The 8 hours count from the moment of the burn, not from arrival. The formula only sets the starting rate; urine output of 0.5 mL/kg/h in an…”
    8. Anki scrolls down to the notes PDF page the card came from: “3. How big? %TBSA + Parkland”.
    9. The view moves onto the page and a gold box marks the line the answer came from: “Parkland: 4 mL LR × kg × %TBSA = total for the first 24 h”.
    10. End card: “Turn notes into flashcards”, an Upload now button, and “3 free credits · no card needed”.
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    Med-surg notes in Notion, no flashcards yet

    You have to decide what matters, write the questions, and format each card.

    This deck is built from your own notes, so you start with exactly what you wrote down.

    Dr. Synapse reporting a 30-card deck ready from one lecture, with a Download Anki button

    What every card includes

    We build your deck directly from your source material, so you can spend that time actually practicing active recall.

    • The right number of cards for the material, not one per bullet point
    • The right question for each fact, worded so you can’t answer it by recognition
    • The slide it came from on the card, so you know exactly where the information is
    • A dropdown with a further explanation
    • Key terms highlighted, with what each one means and where the word comes from
    A card from the 30-card deck open in Anki: the answer, Dr. Synapse’s explanation and the lecture slide it came from

    Ready for Anki

    Active recall means trying to answer a question from memory before checking the answer, and Anki gives you that practice one question at a time.

    The deck downloads as an .apkg file that Anki imports.

    Anki’s Import File window: 30 new notes imported from the deck

    How it works

    Upload one lecture as a PDF or PowerPoint.

    The system is three simple steps you do for every one of your lectures:

    • Understand the why behind the information: the Story
    • Memorize with active recall: the Anki deck
    • Apply it to real exam questions: the practice exam
    The upload page tailored for Nursing, with a lecture PDF dropped in and the Anki deck selected

    Free to try

    New accounts start with three free credits, and no card is needed.

    Three credits cover one lecture with all three study modes.

    Try it on your next lecture.

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