What's inside

The whole system, nine stages.Map what your exam actually tests, check your resources against it one topic at a time, find the gaps you can't see, and hand the week to an AI that builds it around the schedule you already have.

Eight prompts, ready to paste.Collected clean in an appendix, and annotated in the margins where they first appear so you know why each line is in there.

The research, with real citations.Fifteen studies, including the trial where students who leaned on a plain chatbot scored 17% worse on their own than students who never had AI at all. Two of the findings argue against my own system and I left them in.

The part nobody sets up.Connecting it to your calendar so it plans around your shifts and classes, getting cards into your deck without touching them, and running review sessions built from what you keep getting wrong.

A week sheet you can print, and a rules file with fourteen rules already in it.So you don't have to earn each one by being annoyed fourteen separate times.

It runs off any syllabus.College finals, the MCAT, a nursing board, a bar exam, a certification at work. There's a worked example on a college chemistry final, and a section on where to find your exam's map depending on your field.

Page from the guide: a diagram showing how the nine stages feed each other — how the nine stages feed each other

Page from the guide: a two by two matrix of confidence against correctness — the four groups, once you mark confidence

Page from the guide: the review session, and how it is built from your own errors — the review session

a note from me

I've got a board exam, a full clinical schedule, and somewhere between zero and ninety minutes on a given day. Every study guide I could find basically assumes you have a free afternoon, which I do not. So I built this thing, broke it a few times, wrote down what broke, and then handed the running of it to an AI so I could spend my hour answering questions instead of deciding what to do. Anyway, it's all in here, including the parts I got wrong first.

Shaun

This isn't a shortcut, and it's kind of the opposite. The arrangement only works because the AI does the planning and you do the retrieving, which is the difference the trials in it keep finding. Check your school or program's policy on AI before you use any of this, and don't upload question banks you don't have the rights to.

Questions

What format is it?

A 41-page PDF you can read on anything. The download link shows up right after checkout.

Do I need a paid AI subscription?

No. The free tier of most assistants will do the setup stages, and the guide says which parts need more. The one thing worth paying for is a question bank in your own field, and that has nothing to do with me.

Is this just a pack of prompts?

No. The prompts are one appendix. The rest is the system they sit inside, why each part is there, and the research behind it. Prompts on their own are the thing that stops working in week two.

Is it only useful for medical students?

No. My examples come from my exam because that's what I'm studying for, but there's a full worked example on a college chemistry final and a section on finding your exam's map whether that's a syllabus, a candidate handbook, a competency list, or a stack of past papers.

Can I get a refund?

Yes. Reply to your receipt email within 30 days and I'll refund the full price, no questions asked.

Does it stay current?

When I change how I run this, I update the file and you get the new edition at no charge.

Is this advice?

It's a study-workflow reference, not medical or academic advice, and it doesn't promise anything about how your exam goes. The techniques in it are well studied. The way I've arranged them into a week is mine, and the guide says so plainly.

The other files

My med school personal statement$10

My residency personal statement$10

My ERAS application$10

The premed bundle, plus interview notes$15