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Learn 1.3X faster with science-backed visual lessons
Build real-world confidence with clinician-designed AI patient cases
Pass critical exams with an integrated suite of learning tools

How Sketchy Works

Master medicine with visual and case-based learning tools designed to help you learn, retain, and apply the concepts you’ll be tested throughout medical school, including boards and clinical assessments.
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Watch & Learn
Watch Sketchy’s iconic visual lessons make even the trickiest topics (micro & pharm, anyone?) clear, concise, and engaging.
Using research-backed memory techniques, each lesson turns dense, overwhelming material into fun, narrated sketches with easy-to-remember visuals.
Learn must-know symptoms, drugs, and mechanisms faster with memorable characters that act as symbols for key concepts.
Build big-picture understanding with symbols that repeat across lessons. When a symbol shows up again, you already know what it means. It’s universe building for your brain.
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Remember (forever!) & Assess
Make sure what you just learned actually stuck with quick review and practice tools.
Review every symbol from a lesson in one interactive view so you get fast, high-yield recall without rewatching the whole video.
Test your recall with MCQs after each lesson and build custom tests with thousands of practice questions. Linked lessons included in answer explanations for quick review.
See how it shows up clinically. Select lessons include a linked patient case so you can apply what you learned in a realistic scenario.
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Apply
Apply what you’ve learned to cases that build the clinical reasoning tested on USMLE, COMLEX, Shelf exams, OSCEs—and so you can shine on rotations.
Work through every stage of a patient encounter. Interact with virtual patients to uncover key findings and narrow the differential to the right diagnosis.
Sharpen exam-tested clinical skills: build a DDx, interpret labs & imaging, choose the next best step in workup & management, and practice with board-style vignettes.
Practice presenting and answering on-the-spot questions. Get personalized feedback, high-yield teaching points, and board-style MCQs as you go.

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What’s included

1,300+ visual lessons

High-yield content for boards
Interactive symbol explorer
End-of-lesson quizzes
Lesson content cards
Linked to patient cases

100+ interactive patient cases

Realistic patient interactions
Interpret labs and imaging
Differential diagnosis building drills
High-yield board-style MCQs
Linked to Sketchy lessons
NEW! Included in All Access Plans

6,300+ test questions

Unlimited custom tests
Test or Tutor Mode
Mixed-difficulty questions
Scenario-based and vignette-style questions
Answer explanations linked to lessons

Sketchy covers everything you need to know without the fluff

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Lesson Library

Covers basic science & clinical medicine from Step 1/Level 1 to Step 2/Level 2 and exam prep.

Case Library

Case-based practice for USMLE, COMLEX, Shelfs, and OSCE-style clinical skills assessments.
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Built by Clinicians. Trusted by students.

Written and reviewed 
by clinicians
Sketchy’s lessons, questions, and cases are written and reviewed by licensed clinicians and top medical educators.
AI-assisted, not AI-generated
AI powers the conversations in Sketchy cases, but the medical content is written and reviewed by clinicians. No open LLMs. So you can trust what you are learning.

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Join the 500,000 + students who've mastered the tough stuff through our creative storytelling and interactive clinical case sims - all at your fingertips!
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Sketchy is used by students in every US medical school

“I went from failing to top of the class. I realized that Sketchy works for my neurodivergent brain because I am no longer memorizing facts, I am exploring a new world and that’s so much more appealing.”
Kaitlyn

Nova Southeastern
“Sketchy has been a lifesaver while on rotations in the hospital. I felt confident walking into the SHELF exam and plan to continue using Sketchy for the rest of my third-year rotations!”
Timothy

St. George’s University
“It is an absolute staple when studying for didactics, boards, and even now on clinical rotations. I owe many thanks to Sketchy for helping me perform my best.”
Rachel

Western University of Health Sciences
"I am amazed by how each patient feels different to speak to.These are great ways to prepare for OSCEs, patient encounters, and rotations especially.”
Brandon

A.T. Still University School of Medicine


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Get the full Sketchy experience on mobile. Watch lessons, build playlists, and practice with patient cases wherever you are.
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Playlists that match your learning goals

Mix lessons and cases into your own playlists for any system, rotation, block, shelf, or Step prep. Focus your studying on what you need right now, and revisit anytime.

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