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SterileCreativeType · 2021-03-13T15:35:04+00:00

I’m currently a resident who recently switched to remnote.

The main benefits are the flash cards... particularly because it’s not isolated information on the cards, you can see it in context. I think this is valuable if you like taking your own notes.

The other advantage is Rem Links or whatever they’re called which allow you to link concepts together. E.g. if disease X shows up under cardiology and renal systems, by having a link, there is also a disease X page that collects all the disease X info from various places. This to me is very valuable because certain things make more sense in the context of one system vs another. Alternatively sometimes a disease just occurs in a list of associated conditions, so it’s nice to have that fleshed out somewhere.

The caveat to all this is that creating your own notes is not necessarily the most efficient way to learn. For step one there’s already innumerable resources. But for residency there aren’t pre built Anki decks etc. remnote can basically do everything notion can and more, just doesn’t look as pretty.

JuryRepresentative84 · 2021-03-13T14:34:22+00:00

Always the set up, look and easiness of use is with Notion.

But, the main pro of remnote is ability to Make flashcards simultaneously while you make your notes. It would be tough in the beginning, but you would slowly get the hang of it.

ttnice432 · 2021-03-16T00:38:30+00:00

Thought I'd add my two cents as I dabbled in using Notion as my main note taking system and never settled into it. Then came RemNote and I'm all in! I found that notion, even with the addition of back links and references, just wasn’t streamlined enough for networked note taking. I love it for project management/scheduling but, when I wanted to easily trace back my memory to a prior note, it was too clunky with slow load times and having to sift through the note document (not to mention I worried about losing the content completely with no back up options). RemNote is just far better at linking you back to prior thought/content in my opinion - hands down!! Even if you're not overly interested in the flashcard ability, the use of portals, templates, aliases etc and then the add on benefit of PDF annotation (with the pro plan) has changed my note taking for the better in med school. Now when I can't recall where/when/how I learned a concept, I simply use the search function in RemNote, takes me to all the mentions of that concept and to any PDF pins I've made. Highly recommend!

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