Medical School Resources

Favourite Medical School Resources

1. Google: Your best friend on the Internet.
2. Anki: Anki is an app created by Damien Elmes that helps you in learning and memorising facts. Read my guide on Anki here.
3. AnKing Deck: The Gold Standard pre-made deck for pre-clinicals/Step 1 prep.
4. Boards and Beyond: Boards and Beyond is a video series where Dr. Jason Ryan teaches Pathology and Physiology. The subscription also includes quizzes and slides.
5. Pathoma: Pathoma is a video series where Dr Hussain Sattar teaches Pathology. The subscription also includes a companion book.
6. SketchyMedical: SketchyMedical is a video series that utilises the power of visual learning to teach Microbiology, Pharmacology and Pathophysiology. Also has a video series for Clinical Students (Step 2)
7. First Aid: First Aid for the USMLE Step 1 is an annual book containing high yield materials for Step 1. Recommended even if you are not taking Step.
8. USMLE Rx: USMLE Rx is a question bank that is created by the authors of First Aid.
9. UWorld: UWorld is a question bank that contains +2000 Multiple Choice Questions. Considered as one of the best question banks.
10. BRS Review Series: A book series of multiple subjects with short notes and end of chapter questions that tests your understanding of the topic.
11. Wikipedia: You’d be surprised to know how many doctors actually use Wikipedia.

Clinical Medicine

• Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine
• OSCE Cases with Mark Schemes
• Focused History Taking for OSCEs
• Geeky Medics
• OSCEStop
• Talley O Connor’s Clinical Medicine
• AnKing Step 2 Anki Deck

Anatomy & Histology

• Instant Anatomy
• Dope Anatomy Anki Deck
• Navi’s Histology Anki Deck
• Foundations Anki Deck

Books

• The Modern Medical Student Manual
• Atul Gawande Being Mortal
• When Breath Becomes Air

Youtube

Appendix: A series of videos on how to survive medical school.

Communities

r/medicalschoolanki: A community where they share medical school materials for Anki.