Synaptic Recall

    Shelf Exam Question Generator

    Shelf exam question generator: upload a lecture from your clerkship and get shelf-style practice questions written from it.

    Every question comes with an explanation and an image of the exact slide it came from.

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    1. The clerkship lecture “MED 7110 Didactics Wk 4 - Atrial Fibrillation.pdf” is dragged from Chrome’s downloads onto Synaptic Recall’s upload page, with only Exam selected.
    2. The lecture uploads and Dr. Synapse starts writing practice questions, counting them as they are written.
    3. The practice exam is ready: 10 questions from the lecture, with an Open Exam button.
    4. A question from the exam: “A 68-year-old woman with hypertension and type 2 diabetes has new atrial fibrillation. Her rate is controlled, and echocardiography shows…”
    5. An answer is chosen and Show Answer marks it: C, “Apixaban”, is correct.
    6. The explanation opens with the lecture slide the question came from, and why each other option is wrong.
    7. End card: “Shelf-style questions from your lecture”, an Upload now button, and “3 free credits · no card needed”.
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    Written the way the shelf asks

    An exam might describe a patient you’ve never seen before and ask you to work out what’s happening.

    You have to recognize the concept being tested, connect the details, and explain why one answer fits better than the others.

    A shelf-style vignette about a 68-year-old woman with hypertension, diabetes and new atrial fibrillation, asking for the long-term therapy to prevent stroke, with five answer options

    Every option explained

    The explanation names the correct answer, then why each wrong option is wrong.

    The slide it came from is on every question, so you know exactly where the information is.

    The explanation’s “Why the other options are wrong” list, one reason for each wrong option

    Only what your course expects you to know

    Question banks are good, but they’re built for everyone.

    These questions come from your clerkship lecture, focused on what’s most likely to show up on your exam.

    How it works

    Upload one lecture as a PDF or PowerPoint.

    The system is three simple steps you do for every one of your lectures:

    • Understand the why behind the information: the Story
    • Memorize with active recall: the Anki deck
    • Apply it to real exam questions: the practice exam
    The upload page tailored for Medicine, with a lecture PDF dropped in and the Exam selected

    Free to try

    New accounts start with three free credits, and no card is needed.

    Three credits cover one lecture with all three study modes.

    Try it on your next lecture.

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