Since 1990, MedStudy has helped medical students, residents, and physicians master medicine — and pass their boards. We're still family-owned and physician-owned, which means every decision starts with one question: does this help someone learn? Every piece of content is written by physician educators. Every study plan is built on evidence-based techniques like spaced retrieval and interleaving. This isn't a corporate publisher. This is 35 years of knowing what works.
Board prep · Engineered to stick · Since 1990
Built for how memory actually works.
MedStudy combines the clearest, most comprehensive board review content with science-backed learning methods — so what you study stays with you for your entire career.
The MedStudy System
Four ways to learn. One system. Curated by physicians to teach you medicine — not just test you on it.
Most board prep companies sell you a product. MedStudy built a system — content, practice, video, and a trainer that turns the reading and questions into a plan. Each piece reinforces the others. That's how memory sticks.
Read
Review Books
Physician-authored content that doesn't just cover every exam topic — it explains them clearly and connects them logically. No filler. No confusion.
Core Books · Digital Core
Watch
Lectures
High-yield lectures you can take anywhere, taught by expert physician educators who've sat in your seat.
Video Board Review · Review Courses
Practice
Qbank+ & Flashcards
Exam-style questions and retrieval-ready flashcards that build pattern recognition and lock in recall.
Qbank+ · Print & Digital Flashcards
Train
Personal Trainer
Turns your Core reading and Qbank+ questions into one weekly plan, paced for recall that lasts. Your week, planned. Your memory, reinforced.
See the system in action — free for 30 days.
Start free trialMeet your trainer.
Personal Trainer knows how memory works — and builds your week around it.
This isn't a study schedule. Personal Trainer uses evidence-based learning science to build a plan around your life, your pace, and your exam date.
- Weekly check-ins — ahead, behind, or on track, you always know what to study next
- Spaced retrieval built in — the science-proven way to turn this week's studying into long-term recall
- Miss a week? PT re-plans what's left — no guilt, no lost progress, no starting over
- Works with Core and Qbank+ for IM, Peds, and Med School
For every stage
Wherever you are in medicine, we'll meet you there.
Medicine is a lifelong journey. One system, every step of it.
Internal Medicine
✓ Includes Personal Trainer
Internal medicine board prep that holds up on exam day.
18 content categories. One exam. Not enough time.
Covers all 18 ABIM content categories — with ACCME-accredited CME credits and MOC points built into your study, not bolted on.
Year after year, MedStudy users outperform on the ABIM — passing at rates up to 7% above the national average. That's not luck — that's the system working.
Explore Internal Medicine →Pediatrics
✓ Includes Personal Trainer
Pediatric board review, purpose-built.
New guidelines. New editions. No extra time.
Built by pediatricians, for pediatricians — with QuickREF for MOCA-Peds and full coverage of the ABP content outline, updated every edition.
Chosen by pediatricians from residency through recertification. One pediatric system. Every stage of your career.
Explore Pediatrics →Med School
✓ Includes Personal Trainer
One system. Step 1, Step 2, and every shelf in between.
Five different study apps. Three different books. Still scattered.
Stop juggling a stack of tools that don't talk to each other. Start learning with one system that connects content, questions, and review — so what you learn stays with you.
Built for today's students. Recommended by residents. The system that carries you through every exam — and beyond.
Explore Med School →35 years. One mission. Constant innovation.
Built on 35 years of teaching medicine. Backed by decades of learning science.
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Why they stay
From the first board exam to the fourth recertification.
MedStudy has guided physicians through every stage of their career — and students through every exam of med school.
ACCME-accredited
4.8 stars across nearly 400 reviews
35+ years of board prep
Physician-authored