So much so that I’ve collected 22 of, what I feel, are the best anki memes floating around out there on the web.

I hope you enjoy them as much as I do. Maye they’ll even make a welcome study break too!

Attributions where possible.

General Anki Memes

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Memes for those familiar with Anki and using it to learn languages, coding, math or whatever else…

1. Spaced repetition

How I feel on this blog sometimes. A broken record singing Anki’s praises all day long…

2. When you finally discover third party resources and anki

Seriously, it’s a game changer. Give it a try. Stick with it!

3. Big brain anki thinking

For when those reviews really start piling up.

4. Read before you install

But it’s a good kind of control. Promise.

5. Firehose squad

And if you don’t get the “firehose squad” reference, make sure you check out this article: 20 Funny Medical School Quotes.

We got you covered.

6. Tyrion ankister

Anki and wine. A very underappreciated combination.

But probably not the best for recall.

7. Yes, shared anki decks do be like crack

Did I mention using pre-made decks can help you save a ton of time making your own flashcards?

8. Anki is saviour!

Yes, with anki, you too, can feel like a study god.

9. So Long, Partner

Probably the sweetest sensation you can get, being an ankier.

10. Spreading the holy word of anki

Everything sounds better with ewoks.

11. That familiar feeling

This ones for the fans of the TV-show Seinfeld. But I guess the anxiety is something all of us anki bro’s face at one time or another…

12. Anki hotline bling

Learning by reading a book? That ain’t gonna cut it. Anki for the win.

13. When you finish your anki cards at 11:00 PM…

Another good reason for keeping up with reviews. I don’t say it in this post for nothing…

Related: How Many Med Students Use Anki (What Students Get Wrong About Anki)

 14. When you take the weekend off from Anki and need to catch up on Monday

Another one along the same theme…

15. We’re just friends

Users of anki’s excellent heat-map add-on will enjoy this.

This one’s from r/ProgrammerHumor originally.

16. Me, proudly finishing my anki review

Another one for the heat-mappers.

17. Forcing myself to do anki in the summer…

The summer is long and there are lots of distractions.

Related: Is Med School Year Round?

Med School Anki Memes

The following memes will have more relevance if you’re specifically studying in med school.

18. MS1 students investing in 1000 anki cards a day be like

Yes, you really should think seriously about skipping med school lectures. Especially when you can sit at home and just do Anki.

Oh and if you’re struggling with anatomy, how about…

Related: 7 Best Anatomy Anki Decks (Learn Anatomy Fast)

19. Oh noooooo my anki doesn’t have it

If it ain’t on a flashcard, did it ever really exist?

20. Anki pro tip

Adding memes to your actual Anki cards can make them even more memorable (and easier to recall).

This med student knows where it’s at.

Here’s another example…

21. Card + meme = genius

I bet you won’t forget what happens in rheumatic fever for a while…

22. We’re done…when I say we’re done

Users of the glory that is Anking med/zanki will know these feels…

Related: What Is The Best Anki Deck For Step 1?

Amazing Anki Memes: Final Thoughts

Enjoy these anki-related memes? Make sure you hang out in the respective Reddit communities for more meme goodness.

In the meantime maybe you want to check out more med-school related fun?

Check out the 40 Best Medical School Memes of 2020 (Awesome Med Student Jokes) for more!

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Maybe the following quotes can help raise some interesting questions.

Thought Provoking Medical School Quotes

The following could look great as Instagram captions, on med school bios or even as something to make light relief of a class presentation.

#1 “I went to medical school because I wanted to ask the big questions. Do we have a soul? Does God exist? What happens after death?”

This is a quote from the author and alternative medicine personality Deepak Chopra. I’m sure we’ve all asked ourselves this at one point or another. Especially in the anatomy labs with the cadavers etc.

#2 No one teaches you how to think about money in medical school or residency. Yet, from the moment you start practicing, you must think about it. You must consider what is covered for a patient and what is not”

Atul Gawande, US surgeon and author of the famous Checklist Manifesto, gives some serious food for thought here. Something I also recommend all medical students think about at some point; especially as they can starting earning money during medical school.

#3 “One goes through school, college, medical school and one’s internship learning little or nothing about goodness but a good deal about success”

This is from British-American anthropologist Ashley Montagu but serves as a good reminder on what our studies are about beyond medicine.

#4 “You can’t get through medical school if you don’t have a strong will and a strong constitution”

It’s all about not giving up and continuing to push forward. As this quote by physician-turned-comedian Ken Jeong says.

#5 “Qualities you need to get through medical school and residency: Discipline. Patience. Perseverance. A willingness to forgo sleep. A penchant for sadomasochism. Ability to weather crises of faith and self-confidence. Accept exhaustion as fact of life. Addiction to caffeine a definite plus. Unfailing optimism that the end is in sight”

Maybe you didn’t know the author of The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns, Khaled Hosseini, was a long-standing California-based physician in a previous life.

Related: How To Study In Medical School: Reddit’s 26 Best Tips

#6 “Medical school education and post graduate education emphasize thoroughness”

Attention to detail is very important if you want to make it through medical school exams. This quote, from American oncologist Ezekiel Emanuel, says exactly that.

#7 “My best friend in medical school was a magician. And we were shown an X-ray of a sword-swallower, and I tried it and failed. Then I got a sword-swallower as a patient, and he taught me”

Swedish physician Hans Gosling met some strange people in med school. Can’t say I’ve met any sword swallowers myself yet. And I’m not quite ready to try.

#8 “Nobody had ever told me junk food was bad for me. Four years of medical school, and four years of internship and residency, and I never thought anything was wrong with eating sweet rolls and doughnuts, and potatoes, and bread, and sweets”

Robert Atkins, of Atkins Diet fame, clearly didn’t take his hygiene and nutrition classes seriously enough.

#9 “I never had a conscious fear of death, but I did have a conscious fear of sickness. By the time I completed medical school, that fear was gone”

Can’t say this is working for me (not that I’m finished yet). Probably why you need Sherwin B. Nuland, author of this quote, as your surgeon (and not me).

#10 “Students undergo a conversion in the third year of medical school – not pre-clinical to clinical, but pre-cynical to cynical”

Not sure if American doctor Abraham Verghese, who this is attributed to, still feels this way.

Final Thoughts: Thought Provoking Medical School Quotes

If you want more medicine related memes, quotes and motivation check out a whole bunch of other posts here.

The idea with all these is to help deliver quick takeways that can get us thinking about medicine and healthcare careers more broadly.

I found some of the above interesting, hopefully so can you!

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But remember that you’re not the only one experiencing this!

Just as I myself have found, four years into my six year med degree, motivation can wax and wane. So that’s why I’ve put these 15 motivational quotes together.

Maybe they can help!

Motivational Medical School Quotes

The following could look great as Instagram captions, on med school bios or even as something cool to add to your presentation slides.

#1 “Wherever the art of medicine is loved, there is also a love of humanity”

Hippocrates, the father of medicine, came up with this. A good notion to ponder.

#2 “You don’t have to be brilliant to be a doctor. You have to be hard working and have good character. That’s what makes good doctors”

I think a lot of people lose sight of this as it’s much harder to measure in comparison to grades on a test. Nobody can take your work ethic and character from you.

#3 “When you feel like quitting think about why you started”

Hopefully you had a good reason. If not concentrate on the future. What it’ll mean when you’re done.

#4 “Somebody’s life will be in your hands one day. Study like this”

That one knowledge gap you skipped over in a moment of laziness? Could make all the difference in an emergency.

#5 “Don’t worry about the next 1000 steps…worry about the next step and everything will slowly fall into place”

A great phrase from Dr Kansagra of the Instagram account @medschooladvice.

This mirrors my exact advice to first years starting out on this sometimes long (and torturous) journey.

Related: How To Succeed In Med School: 10 Top Tips For Anxious First Years

#6 “A doctor is a student until he dies, once he considers himself not a student anymore, the doctor inside him dies”

Ultimate growth mentality. Something you’ve got to have if you want to make it in this world.

#7 “The moment you think of giving up remind yourself then and there that you’ll be a doctor not just by name, not for a prefix, not for the money but for the sake of humanity, for the sake of a better world”

There has to be a reason why other than any superficial desire. Without that the struggle becomes so much harder.

#8 “Don’t let one bad grade define your abilities. It’s a minor setback. How you choose to overcome it, is what sets you apart from the rest”

You are not your grades. You are the person who’s able to bounce back and just keep going.

#9 “Medicine is more than a career. It’s a lifestyle”

It had to be considering the sacrifice.

#10 “The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others”

I wanted to keep this strictly medical school related. But I couldn’t resist this quote from Gandhi. Well worth considering as you get closer to the end.

#11 “Be like the stem cell. Differentiate yourself from others”

I like the quirkiness of this one. I also like it because it helps to show you shouldn’t compare yourself to your med school colleagues.

You’re more than just your grades and the scores on an exam. You’re you. And you bring a LOT to the table.

Related: Why Medical School Grades Don’t Matter

#12 “Student, you do not study to pass the test. You study to prepare for the day when you are the only thing between a patient and the grave”

This quote is attributable to Mark Reid, the doctor behind the popular Medicalaxioms account on Twitter. By day, Mark is a General Medicine Internist in Denver, Colorado. It’s safe to say he knows what hard work amounts to.

#13 “You treat a disease: you win, you lose. You treat a person, I guarantee you win – no matter the outcome”

An important reminder from legendary physician Patch Adams. Something to keep you going when all you see is books and exams.

There are humans at the end of it.

#14 “Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a great doctor”

Yes, there will be times where studying med will seem like suffering. But it’s not for nothing. Let this quote motivate you and show you that there is light at the end of the tunnel.

#15 “If you can’t wake up in the midde of the night for studying then how will you wake up to save a life?”

There’s a lot of truth to this. Hopefully enough truth to keep you going.

Studying is the first test. The second is life. Nothing worth fighting for is easy.

Final Thoughts: Motivational Medical School Quotes

Sometimes, just knowing someone else is going through the same as you, can be really helpful.

Hopefully these quotes have done exactly that!

If you liked this article, you might find the following a great read too:

• 40 Best Medical School Memes of 2020
• I Hate Medical School. What Should I Do?

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Born and raised in the UK, Will went into medicine late (31) after a career in journalism. He’s into football (soccer), learned Spanish after 5 years in Spain, and has had his work published all over the web. Read more.

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The following memes have been collected from around the web and curated by yours truly.

And yes, the COVID-19 pandemic is a popular theme!

You can use the contents to skip around the article, highlight the memes you like and share them. Please try and give the creators full attribution where possible!

Best Medical School Memes Of 2020

1.Thank You, Doctor

Thought we’d start off positive with this one. Before things take a bit of a darker and depressing turn…

2. Next Year’s Batch of Med School Personal Statements…

Maybe leave this off the personal statements next year huh? For the sake of standing out…

Related: What Are The Best Hobbies For A Med School Application?

3. I’m Just A Dentist

2020 saw a growing trend for dentists everywhere to suddenly deny having any involvement with the healthcare industry.

4. Thanks For Your Hard Work

You’ll need to know what UFAPS is to appreciate this one. Basically? Being a med student isn’t rocket science. As long as you’ve got the right resources.

Related: UFAPS: The Only Thing You Need For Med School?

5. Sketchy Vs Textbooks

Who needs textbooks when you have Sketchy Medicine?

6. Big Brain Immunology Meme

Clever stuff. If you’ve got your immunology down you’ll get this one…

7. Zoom Anatomy

So glad I got anatomy out the way before this whole pandemic thing hit. Can’t imagine this being an actual reality!

Related: How to Study for Anatomy Practical (11 Best Ways)

8. Bacteria Then Vs Bacteria Now

If you still have pharmacology and microbiology living fresh in the mind then you’ll appreciate this. Classic stuff.

Related: How to Survive Microbiology (5 Important Rules)

9. Med School Expectations

Seems about right. Don’t go into med school expecting you’re going to crush it. Despite this site’s best efforts to prepare you…

Related: Why Medical School Grades Don’t Matter

10. History Taking

We didn’t get to take too many histories of our patients in 2020. But for every few we did, there was at least a couple like this…

11. Krebs

Biochemistry is basically just this. Krebs is the first to go, then soon the rest of it.

12. BIG Pharma

I’d love if this was how the pitch actually went. Either way, sometimes pharma companies luck out.

13. Study Hackz

One of my favorite med school study hacks but you have to be careful with it!

Related: How to Watch Lectures at Double Speed (Useful Med School Hacks)

14. July is Tough

July is the time when U.S. med students graduate and finally get to start their first full year as doctors (interns). Nurses, obviously, are on their toes ready for mistakes.

15. Why Do You Want To Do Medicine?

One of the awkward truths you should never admit nor put down on a med school application is the issue of money. But it is nice.

Related: Why Do You Want To Be A Doctor: Reddit’s Response

16. In Direct Contrast…

Then there’s the other side of the coin; that junior doctors aren’t paid enough…

17. Hypochondria Is Real

Medical school syndrome is real. Study enough horrible things and eventually you start thinking you’ve got them too.

Related: How to Avoid Medical School Syndrome: 5 Powerful Tips

18. A Dark Reminder

Sadly not everyone agrees with conventional medicine. Or that vaccines can actually save you. Being a med student and having to listen to this? Not exactly fun…

19. The Road Is Long and Hard

I definitely know this feeling; being the sibling who went into medicine in their 30’s!

Related: 10 Tips On Starting Medical School After 30

20. Plot Twist

Admittedly, I just liked this one because it was dark. A form of humour I can appreciate.

21. Nasty Pathogens

Another one you’re going to have to brush up on your microbiology or pathology to understand.

22. When You Accidentally Hit Your Stethoscope While It’s In Your Ears

This one is all in the title. Remember to take the ear pieces out first before you start wildly swinging the bell.

23. Pharma Headache

Anti-psychotics really aren’t fun. Give me antiarrythmics any day of the week.

24. Hammer and Sickle Cell

Anemia doesn’t quite work like this but it would be funny if it did!

25. Too Real

It can be a lonely and depressing time. But remember to laugh. We’re all in this together…

Related: 8 Ways To Stop Feeling Overwhelmed In Medical School

26. Someone Profits

Lack of personal protective equipment? Just use it again right?! No. Just no….

27. Happy Thanksgiving/Christmas!

That time when you really want social distancing to be so far you don’t have to talk to anyone ever…

28. High Yield

What all those years learning and all those flashcards you smashed into your brain eventually amounts to…

29. Teaching Vs Reality

Make sure the important questions get asked. Remember you’ll be reporting the history directly back.

After the patient dies…

30. When the Heart Failure Patient Comes In and Isn’t Taking His Diuretic…

These pants? Didn’t quite make it on the 2020 List of What to Wear During Clinical Rotations. Although I, for one, would have enjoyed them being there.

31. Pediatric Tricks

If only it worked on patients of all ages…

32. Exams Make Us Human

Everyone has high aspirations until they get kicked in the teeth by their first set of med school exams.

Related: How to Focus For Studying For Exams

33. The Step Score I Want Vs The Step Score I Have…

Maybe should have hit Zanki harder and kept the faith.

Related: What Is The Best Anki Deck for Step 1?

34. Effective Testing

Basically what it came down to. Please roll out the vaccine soon 2021. I don’t want these memes to repeat…

35. Basic Knowledge

Sometimes Google isn’t your friend. Not when it comes to anatomy 101. Where did you go to med school? Eastern Europe?

Related: Is Medical School Easier in Europe?

36. Not All Heroes Wear Capes…

Send a med student home early and they’ll forever be in your debt…

37. Speed Hack Fail

Remember when I told you all not to skip lectures or to speed up your med school lectures? No, me neither…

38. Don’t Upset the Liver

The awkward yeti made plenty of amazing memes in 2020. Choledochlithiasis? No thanks..

39. Just Draw It Out Bro

So much of med school is capable of drawing us to tears. Intrinsic and extrinsic cascade pathways are just one of them…

40. When You Gotta Go Back Round…

If there’s one thing you remember in anatomy it’s the weird route of the recurrent laryngeal nerve.

Medlife Crisis did a really fun video on this back in 2019…

Final Thoughts On The Best Medical School Memes Of 2020

I hope you enjoyed 2020’s medical student and medical school-related memes! I’m already looking forward to next years.

If you enjoyed these memes make sure you check out some of these posts too.

• 21 Awesome Emergency Medicine Memes
• 15+ Amusing Alternative Medicine Memes
• 20 Funny Medical Mnemonics: Where To Find Them & How To Use Them

Thanks for reading!

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Born and raised in the UK, Will went into medicine late (31) after a career in journalism. He’s into football (soccer), learned Spanish after 5 years in Spain, and has had his work published all over the web. Read more.

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Providing a nice reminder that we’re not the only ones going through what seems like an eternity of hard-study, the insight of others provides the perfect study break.

So here’s a whole bunch of my personal favourites. Ones that I think help capture the funny side of medical student life now that I’m four years into the journey myself….

Funny Medical School Quotes

The following could look great as Instagram captions, on med school bios or even as something cool to add to your presentation slides.

#1 “Studying medicine is like drinking from a fire-hose”

This is one of the most popular quotes I hear summarising the experience of information over-load in med school. For those of you not familiar with what it’s like attempting to drink from a fire-hose? Here’s a video for you.

Basically it’s a reference to just how crazy the task is of having to memorize everything. The fire hose? An unstoppable torrent. A metaphor for all the information coming our way!

Related: How To Memorize A Textbook (3 Effective Techniques)

#2 “Med school is where you learn who not to send your family to”

This is pretty apt when you’re in the med school bubble, looking around at your colleagues and thinking about who you’d trust or not! Lazy medical students? Could be near the top of this list.

#3 “When people ask, “How many more years of studying do you have?” And you’re just like “till death do us part”

Definitely feeling this now I’ve reached the half way point. The needle? Still barely feels like it’s moving toward graduation. And it’s probably the most common question I get!

#4 “Medical student: living on massive amounts of caffeine, sugar and ramen noodles and foregoing sleep to become a “better health professional”

The hype is real. Most medical students live like this. Just trying to get through the semester as best as they can.

#5 “It’ll be better next year”

Funny from an ironic stand-point. It’s what you tell yourself in the summer break. Before reality hits and things get crazy again. Kind on a par with; “I love finals!” Said no medical student. Ever.”

#6 “When I went to medical school, the term ‘digital’ applied only to rectal exams”

This is a quote from American cardiologist Eric Topol. Who seems a bit disgruntled he missed out on the Instagram era.

#7 “Everyone wants to be a doctor, but no one wants to study no damn medicine”

I equate this to the med student profiles I see on Instagram. All dressed up and looking the part but with exams still outstanding. We all want to get to that end goal. But the process? Got to get through that first.

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Here’s a little taste of what to expect…

“What should I have brought to entice people into a career in medicine? Toy stethoscopes? Amniotic fluid smoothies? Diaries with all your weekends, evenings and Christmases handily crossed out?”

Give it a read. You won’t regret it!

#8 “Finish last in your league and they call you idiot. Finish last in medical school and they call you doctor”

I love this one because it’s a brutal reminder of all the unnecessary competitiveness in med school. Grades? Don’t really matter. We’re all pulling in the same direction. All of us with the end goal in sight.

This quote is credited to Abe Lemons, an American College basketball coach.

#9 “If you want to succeed in med school, just two things – don’t fall in love and don’t fall behind”

Sage advice here. And two factors that can make an already complicated time – being in medical school – all the more complicated. Still, there’s been a few success stories of people doing both!

#10 “When you’re ready to quit just remember how good you’ll look in that white coat”

Sometimes it’s the little things that keep you going. More for my American readers maybe (European healthcare systems don’t call for the white coat). But substitute white coat for bomb ass briefcase and formal wear.

Related: What To Wear During Clinical Rotations (How To Become A More Majestic Med Student)

#11 “Med students in afternoon lectures are like renal tubules in acute tubular necrosis. They lose the ability to concentrate”

Bit of an inside joke here (useful if you know your kidney physiology) but a familiar feeling none the least. Perhaps another reason to skip class?

#12 “I dreamed I died and went to hell. Then I woke up and realised I was in medical school”

Hell better than med school? Not so sure. But kind of get the point. Especially when faced with a crazy finals period with no end in sight. Purgatory has never seemed so real.

#13 “Be the doctor your parents wanted you to marry”

One for the kids in med school who maybe don’t really want to be there. I’m not one of them but I can feel their pain.

Hey, it opens doors in dating though! So I’ve heard…

Related: 21 Med Student Stereotypes; The Snitch, The Do-Gooder, The Anki Bro & More

#14 “It’s annoying when engineering students call themselves engineers. You never hear medical students call themselves doctors. Or art students calling themselves unemployed”

Hits home this one. Especially as I’m a former arts student who’s turned to medicine later in life.

#15 “Medical school is like eating an elephant. You just have to do it one bite at a time”

Some days I feel like I’d rather be eating an elephant.

#16 “This is nothing like Gray’s anatomy”

When medical school feels nothing like what you thought it would. Especially compared to all the cool shows you used to watch on TV.

Except the drama and the stress of course. And zero of the glamour.

#17 “I’ve got a dream, that’s worth more than my sleep”

Similar to the purgatory feeling, this is one also commonly floating about on the meme boards.

#18 “I gave up my life to learn how to save yours”

Sacrifice for the greater good. The medical school narrative we all tell ourselves. But will the juice be worth the squeeze? I guess we’ll have to wait and see.

#19 “There will always be light at the end of the tunnel, except in medical school it’s a train called boards”

This one’s in reference to the US-medical system and the USMLE board exams that grant them a licence to practice. Across the world med schools work differently, so the light isn’t always so dim.

#20 “Studying in med school is like making love when you’re drunk. You never actually finish, you just keep going until it’s not worth it anymore”

Tactically saved this one until last. If it resonates with you though? Well, I’m glad that you get it.

Final Thoughts: Funny Medical School Quotes

The quotes outlined above? Sure, some of these are dramatic. But they’re also uncomfortably close to the truth too!

You’re not quite done with that study break yet!

If you liked this article, you might find the following a great read too:

• 40 Best Medical School Memes of 2020
• 15 Best Motivational Medical School Quotes

Will

Born and raised in the UK, Will went into medicine late (31) after a career in journalism. He’s into football (soccer), learned Spanish after 5 years in Spain, and has had his work published all over the web. Read more.

willpeachmd.com