LibGuides: USMLE Study Guides: Study Sites & Apps

Access Medicine

Test yourself with 1,000s of multiple choice review questions from the medical texts in Access Medicine including Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine. From the Access Medicine home page, click on Study Tools and choose Review Questions. To save results, sign in with a free MyAccess Profile.

AccessMedicine
AccessMedicine provides health professionals with access to leading clinical references, thousands of images and illustrations, interactive self-assessment, case files, and time-saving diagnostic and point-of-care tools.

LWW Health Library

Use the Self Assessment tool on the LWW Health Library home page to create personalized quizzes. Create a free personal account to access the quizzes and save your progress.

LWW Health Library. Medical Education
The Premium Basic Sciences Collection is a part of the Medical Education collection of the LWW Health Library. This includes commonly required textbooks and multimedia assets.

Study sites

Amboss
o Medical knowledge bank, study plans, question bank, helpful add-on with ANKI
o Helpful for USMLE1/2 + Clinical Rotations, Looking up information in a condensed manner
Anki - Zanki Deck
o A flashcard learning method for USMLE1/2
o Recommend watching ANKING’s videos on YouTube on how to optimize ANKI settings/usage
o Requires a bit of effort but worthwhile for those interested in spaced-interval recall/reinforcement
o https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLeZR5LtbJ8Klmeux_6TTJw
Boards & Beyond
o Lecture Videos, quizzes, and knowledge bank
o Dr. Jason Ryan is helpful at explaining key concepts in condensed and high yield (HY) manners. Most helpful for physiology and foundational understanding.
Kaplan
o Medical Knowledge bank, study plans, question bank.
Pathoma
o Lecture Videos, textbook
o Materials are a must for pathology and histology, condenses information in HY fashion with some physiology explanations.
Sketchy
o Divided in to Sketchy Micro, Sketchy Pharm, Sketchy Path
o Visuospatial learning using pictures and drawings as visual aids. Helpful for learning discreet information for Micro, Pharm, and disease pathology.
USMLE Rx
o Medical Knowledge bank, study plans, question bank.
UWORLD - Provided by FAU College of Medicine
o Medical Knowledge bank, study plans, question bank. One of the more popular and widely used QBanks.
ValueMD USMLE Test Bank
Pixorize
o Divided into Biochemistry, Immunology
o Visuospatial learning using pictures and drawings as visual aids. Helpful for learning discreet information for biochemistry, inborn errors of metabolism, immunology, inherited diseases etc.

Many thanks to Learning Resources Committee member and Class of 2023 M.D. Candidate, Andrew Wang, for providing the descriptions for these resources.

Recommended apps

Firecracker

iOS | Android

($ Cost) USMLE board exam preparation that allows students to focus on content retention through the use of a reinforcement model. Focuses mainly on content. Content citations now include links directly to library provided LWW source material for further study, however please note that all citations within Firecracker do not link out.

UWorld USMLE

iOS | Android

USMLE board exam preparation written by practicing physicians who excelled in the USMLE exams. Focuses on question types and strategies along with content. Includes 2 practice tests.

Quizlet

iOS | Android

A free source that provides learning tools for students, including flashcards, study and game modes. Search pre-made flashcard sets. Great for kinesthetic, auditory, and visual learners.