Find a collection of useful links, study tools, and other important pieces to help support your studies! Explore the categories below to discover valuable resources tailored to your academic needs, from essential university links to exam blueprints and third-party study aids.
Important Links
Discover essential links used daily by Dal Med students. These resources require a login with your Dal ID and will be crucial as you navigate through the program. Make sure to familiarize yourself with these tools to enhance your academic experience and stay organized throughout your medical education.
- Brightspace (log in with Dal ID)
- One45 (log in with Dal ID)
- Dal Medix (log in with Dal ID)
- Dal LibGuides
Third party resources
Explore a curated selection of study materials used by current and past Dalhousie Medicine students. These resources have been vetted for their quality and effectiveness, ensuring they are valuable tools for succeeding in the Dal Med program.
Anki
Anki flashcards are a digital learning tool designed to help medical students effectively learn and retain vast amounts of complex medical knowledge. Anki utilizes spaced repetition, an evidence-based learning technique that optimizes memory retention and recall. Highly recommended from previous students.
Pros:
- Highly customizable
- Premade decks available
- Focuses on learning retention
Cons:
- Complicated interface that requires some time to work with and get set up.
- Difficult to use for conceptual learning
Price: Free to use
Students will typically run "how to use Anki" sessions to help learn the ins and outs
Pros:
- Highly customizable
- Premade decks available
- Focuses on learning retention
Cons:
- Complicated interface that requires some time to work with and get set up.
- Difficult to use for conceptual learning
Price: Free to use
Students will typically run "how to use Anki" sessions to help learn the ins and outs
Amboss
Amboss is a learning resource that features articles, videos, and an extensive question bank used for self-assessment and college-provided mastery exams. For clerkship students, there are also high yield clerkship guides that can be easily accessed right from your phone.
Price: $129.00 USD/year
Price: $129.00 USD/year
Osmosis
Osmosis delivers high-quality content from medical experts as well as through partnerships with world-class leaders in medical education. Osmosis delivers relevant content alongside course documents; generates customizable quizzes; and suggests daily flashcards and questions based on a student’s curriculum, schedule, and quiz-performance history.
Preclerkship Osmosis Playlists
Pricing: Many different pricing options available.
- yearly integrated learning of Osmosis Suite $419.00.
*Will usually go on sale for 50% off
** Most students will split a membership amongst themselves and share the costs.
Preclerkship Osmosis Playlists
Pricing: Many different pricing options available.
- yearly integrated learning of Osmosis Suite $419.00.
*Will usually go on sale for 50% off
** Most students will split a membership amongst themselves and share the costs.
Up To Date
AUpToDate is a comprehensive clinical decision support tool used by healthcare professionals worldwide. It provides evidence-based medical information, including clinical guidelines, drug information, and patient education materials. With contributions from expert physicians, UpToDate covers over 25 specialties and is continuously updated to reflect the latest medical research and clinical practices. This resource helps clinicians make informed decisions at the point of care, ensuring they provide the best possible patient outcomes.
Pricing: available for free to Dal Med students
Pricing: available for free to Dal Med students
Bootcamp
Med School Bootcamp is an all-in-one resource containing short videos that teach you how to think like a physician, bite-sized quizzes following each video to reinforce active learning and board-style questions with content-rich explanations for both correct and incorrect questions.
Pricing: $249.00 USD
Pricing: $249.00 USD
Complete Anatomy
An interactive platform used for extensively studying anatomy. Subscriptions include models to view anatomy, courses on sections of the body, and hundreds of videos.
Pricing: Student pricing available at $49.99/year for the first year, ($99.99/year after this).
Pricing: Student pricing available at $49.99/year for the first year, ($99.99/year after this).
Study tips
Dalhousie's Academic Support
Tips and tricks offered from Dalhousie University to become a better studier
C-Blue
Medical education involves a lot of information, which can be overwhelming! Learning objectives break down this information into smaller, manageable parts, making it easier for you to understand, remember, and excel in exams. At Dalhousie, the UGME curriculum map, called CBlue, is your go-to resource. It helps you explore everything from key professional activities and educational goals to specific objectives for each unit, clerkship, and learning session.
Resuscitators
The Resuscitators is a free peer tutoring service for Dal Med students, by Dal Med students!
Group or individual sessions can be arranged before unit exams/supplemental exams with an upper year student who excelled in that subject area.
Group or individual sessions can be arranged before unit exams/supplemental exams with an upper year student who excelled in that subject area.
Other resources
Other resources
Here is a list of resources that have been submitted by outside sources to DMSS. These have not been vetted or reviewed by DMSS, students should evaluate the program on their needs to determine if it is right for them.
Feel free to suggest resources you don't see here!
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