Synaptic Recall

    USMLE Question Generator

    USMLE question generator: upload your lecture slides and get USMLE-style vignettes written from them.

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

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    1. The medical school lecture “MSI 6230 L14 - Gout and Pseudogout.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 54-year-old man who takes hydrochlorothiazide wakes at 3 a.m. with severe pain in his right big toe. The first MTP joint is red, hot and…”
    5. An answer is chosen and Show Answer marks it: B, “Needle-shaped, negatively birefringent crystals”, is correct.
    6. The explanation opens with the lecture slide the question came from, and why each other option is wrong.
    7. End card: “Today’s lecture, tonight’s USMLE-style vignettes”, an Upload now button, and “3 free credits · no card needed”.
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    Studying for the block and Step 1 at once

    You need to practice on questions written the way Step 1 will ask, from the lecture you were actually taught.

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

    A USMLE-style vignette: a 54-year-old man taking hydrochlorothiazide wakes at 3 a.m. with a red, hot, swollen first MTP joint, asking which synovial fluid finding is most likely, 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 med school 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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