Before you start
The questions PA students ask me most, about the method, the guides and the app.
Can this really help me get straight A's?
I can't promise grades. Nobody honestly can! But I did get straight A's, and this is what did it: studying visually instead of rereading, starting before the lecture, and a steady routine instead of cramming. The app is built around that. Add your exam date and your dashboard counts down to it and shows how much of that guide you've turned gold. And when something won't stick, pull up the card and ask Phoebe AI about it until it clicks.
Can I just use the free version?
Absolutely! I want this to be accessible for every PA student, so the free version is a real version and it should still improve your scores. You get seven practice questions a day from any of my guides, a study tip from me every day, and 20 messages a day with Phoebe AI.
Why is this better than other study tools or question banks?
Most question banks give you a random question and a wall of explanation. Mine are grouped the way my guides are, by body system and topic, so you can drill one topic, one whole guide, only the sections you've bookmarked, or everything at once, at the difficulty you pick. Miss one and the box it came from appears right under the answer, next to its look-alikes.
Why does this help me remember better?
You study the same format every time: same boxes, same colors, same layout. So your visual memory does part of the work, and on exam day you can practically picture the page. Practice then makes you pull it back out. A card turns gold after two right in a row and goes back if you miss it later, so your board always shows exactly what's left.
Will it cover everything in my lectures?
Every program teaches a little differently, so no guide matches your lectures word for word. Mine cover the high-yield material PA programs test, and the rotation guides follow the PAEA End of Rotation blueprints. When your slides and my card don't line up, ask Phoebe AI. It answers from my guides, shows the cards it used, and tells you when something comes from outside them.
Can I use it for PANCE prep?
Yes! These are the same notes I studied from for the PANCE. Practice questions from all 24 guides mixed together, or bookmark your weakest sections and drill just those until they turn gold.
Can I get a refund?
Payments aren't refundable, which is why you can start free, and why full access is $7 for the first week: you can try everything before the monthly plan starts, and cancel from your dashboard before day 8.
Is my data private?
Your conversations with Phoebe AI aren't stored, and your study records are never shared with advertisers. The privacy policy has the details.
I'm a visual learner. Will this work for me?
That's exactly who I built it for! Boxes, colors, highlights and pictures do the remembering, so you're not rereading walls of text. In the app, every card shows the box straight from my guide, so practice looks like what you studied.
Why not use the free study guides out there?
Most of them look the same on every page and repeat the same vague symptoms, so they don't play on your visual memory. Mine are formatted so each condition looks different.
I already make my own guides. Is this still for me?
Keep making them. Mine are there for the weeks a block gets busy and you need to catch up. The app adds a board that tracks what you've mastered, questions grouped by topic, and Phoebe AI on top.
Is it for didactic year or rotations?
Both! There are 17 guides for didactic year and 7 for rotations. A didactic guide covers one system the way your first-year course does. An EOR guide covers a whole rotation and follows the PAEA End of Rotation blueprint, so Pediatrics and Pediatrics EOR are two different books for two different exams. Each guide becomes its own board, laid out system by system like the guide.
Does this replace the guides?
No. The app turns the guides into cards you practice and track. The full PDF guides are sold separately, and owning one unlocks it here.
I already bought a guide. What do I get?
Your purchase came with a code. Redeem it and that guide's board and questions unlock with no subscription needed, plus a free week of everything else.
Does Phoebe AI make things up?
It answers from my guides and shows the cards it used. When something comes from outside them, it says so. You can also open any card and ask about just that condition until you're sure of it.
Who writes the practice questions?
Every question starts from one of my cards and stays tied to it, so when you miss one you see the exact card to go back to, and when you get a card's questions right it turns gold. A second reviewer answers each question blind before it ships, and I keep reviewing the bank as students use it. They come in easy, medium and hard, so you can warm up before the tough ones.
Does it work on my phone?
Yes! It runs in your browser on a phone, tablet or laptop. Nothing to download, and your progress follows you.
Still have a question?
Email me at phoebe@howmedworks.com. Or make a free account and see for yourself.
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