My Favourite Note-Taking App for Students - Notion

Summary by Krater

Ali Abdaal demonstrates how to use the Notion app for note-taking in medical school, specifically covering techniques for understanding, memorizing through active recall and the Cornell note-taking system, and organizing via spaced repetition tables.

From the video

Answers: How do you take notes for medical school using Notion?

• Notion note-taking
• Medical school study methods
• Active recall
• Spaced repetition
• Cornell note-taking system
• Revision timetables in Notion

What it concludes

• Summarizing content directly from book openings or lecture notes is a poor technique for retaining information.
• Notion's toggle feature allows hiding information to facilitate active recall and prevent information overload when studying large topics.
• Active recall through testing is significantly more effective for memory retention than passive re-reading of notes.
• Spaced repetition counteracts the forgetting curve by repeating topics at increasing intervals over time to build long-term memory.