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Medical Student Resources

Resources for UMass Chan medical students.

Using these pages

All tabs on these pages include links to a variety of online, topic-specific resources.  Please note that most of these links are supplemental to required course materials and include materials that while accurate and from reliable sources, may present information that varies from what is taught at UMass Chan.

AMBOSS (medical study and reference platform)

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This trial license access will remain active until February 28, 2025.

AMBOSS is a medical education reference tool designed to adapt to your learning style and clinical needs, from exams to clerkships, and includes articles, videos, and a question bank. Content is written by an international team of physicians and reviewed by at least three medical professionals and one copy editor.

AMBOSS offers Qbank and Knowledge Library mobile apps for instant and on-the-go medical knowledge and guidance. The Knowledge Library includes more than 2,000 clinical and pre-clinical articles across a wide range of topics peer-reviewed by AMBOSS’s team of 100 physicians. Personalized study recommendations, performance analytics, interactive images and charts, as well as Qbank and Anki add-ons are also included in the AMBOSS Knowledge Library.

An AMBOSS question bank is a study aid that covers 100% of United States Medical Licensing Examination® (USMLE®) and National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME®) exam content (more than 11,000 questions), coaching you to strategically approach questions like a diagnostician.

MedU

Aquifer (formerly MedU) is an online case-based learning environment available to UMass Medical students. UMass offers four of the Aquifer modules - Aquifer Pediatrics (CLIPP), Aquifer Radiology (CORE), Aquifer Internal Medicine (SIMPLE), and WISE-MD (Surgery). Students are automatically added to Aquifer and should receive an email at the beginning of the year asking them to create an account. If you did not receive an email, pleases contact Regina Raboin to set up an account.   

Databases

LexiComp

A collection of clinical databases and clinical decision support tools that provides users with an extensive medical library.

Core Online Journals

Links to some of the core health sciences journals available online via the Library. These journals represent a collection of the most accessed,  referenced and recommended journals in the field of Medicine.

Other Useful Tools