Why MedStudy
Physician educators write every page. Learning science shapes every tool. Since 1990, that's how we've helped medical students, residents, and physicians master medicine — and pass their boards.
From our founder
We aim to bring our innovative approach to medical education to a growing audience of medical professionals.
Our mission
Before MedStudy, board prep meant large tomes that were neither efficient nor effective. Our founder, Tony Hannaman, MD, envisioned something different: specialty- and board-focused content, written in a conversational voice that's easy to understand — and built to stay in memory.
More than 35 years later, we're still family-owned and physician-owned, and every decision still starts with one question: does this help someone learn?
How our tools are built
Every MedStudy tool is built on the same three-step learning cycle: preview what's ahead, study it in depth, then retrieve it at spaced intervals until it stays. It's how memory works, and it's why the four ways to learn work as one system.
Preview each topic and check what you already know with the Preview | Review questions in your Core or videos.
Read the Core, watch course or video lectures, or listen to audio — with one goal: a solid understanding of each topic.
Practice recall at progressively spaced intervals with Preview | Review questions, board-style Q&As, and flashcards — so what you learn stays learned.
Books and lectures carry the Study phase. Qbank+ and flashcards do the Spaced Retrieval. Personal Trainer paces your Core reading and Qbank+ review around your exam date.
Our history
A few of the moments that shaped how we teach.
Founded to give physicians preparing for the boards concise, yet comprehensive learning tools. The 1st edition Internal Medicine Core revolutionized board review with its strict focus on the fundamentals of internal medicine — and grew into Q&As, flashcards, live courses, video reviews, digital books, and audio.
The 1st edition Pediatrics Core brought pediatricians the same concise, board- and specialty-focused content internists had relied on for over a decade — and grew into the same full line of specialty-specific tools.
Over the years we learned a lot about learning — including that much of what's taught about learning is wrong. The MedStudy Method brings the best evidence-based study techniques into every tool, moving what you learn into long-term memory so you have it when you need it: on exam day and with patients.
Continuous upgrading led to a full line of integrated study resources with interlinked content for internists and pediatricians preparing for their boards and maintaining competency. Each product informs, complements, and reinforces the others.
After eight years of development, a new study system for medical students that covers the knowledge students must master. The same method physicians use to pass their boards, now built for med school.
A personalized study planner that leads you through Core and Q&A content using evidence-based techniques, paces the work to your exam date, and keeps your study time focused on what matters.
Every free 30-day trial includes Personal Trainer. No credit card required.
