A curated list of the best medical school books, articles, tools, calculators, and courses.

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• 🆓 Free / Open Access
• 💲 Free with Registration / Freemium
• 💰 Paid / Subscription Required

• General Hubs
• Textbooks and Books
• Video Lectures
• Anatomy and Histology
• Radiology and Imaging
• Pharmacology
• Pathology and Physiology
• Clinical Guides and References
• ECG Resources
• Emergency Medicine
• Calculators and Tools
• Question Banks and Flashcards
• Journals and Articles
• USMLE Prep
• Paid Resources Worth Knowing
• Contributing

• 🆓 LibreTexts Medicine - Open-source medical learning guides and textbooks
• 🆓 MedEdPORTAL - Free teaching materials including lecture notes, clinical cases, and quizzes from medical schools
• 🆓 OpenMD Student Directory - Directory of interactive learning tools and free medical textbooks
• 🆓 r/MedicalSchool Wiki - Community-curated index of med school resources
• 💲 Medscape - Medical news, drug references, and clinical guidelines
• 💲 Osmosis - Health education platform with video content for students and physicians

• 🆓 Ocean of PDF - Free medical textbooks in PDF format
• 🆓 Afratafreeh - Medical Books & Video Courses
• 🆓 Free Medical Books - Index of free medical textbooks in PDF form
• 🆓 Openstax - Free medical books
• 🆓 NIH / NCBI Bookshelf - Full-text searchable medical textbooks hosted by the NIH
• 🆓 NCBI StatPearls - Comprehensive educational articles with practice questions
• 🆓 OpenStax - Free peer-reviewed textbooks covering biology, anatomy, pharmacology, and more
• 🆓 WHO Publications - Downloadable clinical guidelines and manuals from the World Health Organization
• 🆓 MSF Clinical Guidelines - Diagnosis and treatment manual covering respiratory, surgical, GI, and more
• 🆓 infobooks.org - Medical PDFs - 100+ free medical books from OpenStax, WHO, and Doctors Without Borders
• 🆓 Free Books 4 Doctors - Directory of free medical books in PDF format from around the web
• 🆓 Open Library - 1.7M+ books available to borrow or read online, including medical titles
• 🆓 DOAB - 1,500+ peer-reviewed open access academic books
• 🆓 Wellcome Collection - Digitized manuscripts, medical videos, and health-related art
• 🆓 Open Michigan - Health Sciences - Textbooks, courses, audio-video content, and datasets from University of Michigan
• 🆓 FreemedicalBooks.com - Index of hundreds of free medical textbooks in PDF form

• 🆓 Khan Academy - Medicine - Physiology and pathology videos, good for building foundational knowledge
• 🆓 Ninja Nerd - Whiteboard-style lectures on physiology, pathology, and pharmacology
• 🆓 Osmosis YouTube - Animated medical videos covering a wide range of topics
• 🆓 Armando Hasudungan - Illustrated biology and medical science explanations
• 🆓 eLearning for Healthcare (e-LfH) - Interactive online learning for healthcare professionals
• 💰 Lecturio - Full medical curriculum video courses
• 💰 Boards and Beyond - High-yield USMLE Step 1 and Step 2 video lectures

• 🆓 Get Body Smart - Interactive anatomy and physiology tutorials
• 🆓 University of Michigan Anatomy - High-yield cadaveric dissection photos and anatomy guides
• 🆓 Inner Body - 2D and 3D anatomy atlas
• 🆓 NIH 3D Print Exchange - Biomedical science 3D models from the NIH
• 💲 Zygote Body - Interactive 3D human anatomical models
• 💲 AnatomyLearning - 3D anatomy learning platform
• 💲 BioDigital Human - 3D anatomy and disease visualization tool
• 💲 Kenhub - Anatomy illustrations, quizzes, and articles

• 🆓 Radiology Assistant - Educational radiology guides by the Radiological Society of the Netherlands
• 🆓 Radiology Education - Radiology educational references
• 🆓 Sectional Anatomy - Cross-sectional MRI and CT scans for learning
• 💲 Radiopaedia - Large open-edit radiology resource with thousands of real cases and expert reports

• 🆓 Tulane University Pharmacology - Pharmacology notes and quizzes
• 🆓 OpenStax Pharmacology - Peer-reviewed pharmacology textbook covering all major drug classes
• 🆓 MSF Essential Medicines - Practical drug guide covering oral drugs, injectables, infusion fluids, and vaccines
• 🆓 Antibiotics Summary - Quick-reference charts for antibiotic spectrums and coverage
• 💰 Sketchy Medical - Visual mnemonic platform for pharmacology and microbiology

• 🆓 Pathology Outlines - Free continuously updated reference covering surgical and clinical pathology
• 🆓 University of Utah Pathology - Large pathology image database with learning guides
• 🆓 The Calgary Guide - Disease pathophysiology and clinical manifestation flowcharts
• 💲 Physeo - Illustrated physiology articles and quizzes linked to clinical scenarios
• 💰 Pathoma - Pathology video course and textbook widely used for USMLE Step 1

• 🆓 Geeky Medics - Clinical skills guides, OSCE revision, and examination walkthroughs
• 🆓 MSD Manuals - Professional - Comprehensive trusted medical reference for clinicians
• 🆓 UC San Diego Clinical Medicine Guide - Full clinical medicine guide from UCSD
• 🆓 Easy Auscultation - Heart and lung sound audio tutorials
• 🆓 Glowm.com - 400+ full-text chapters on women's health with surgical videos and diagnostic atlases
• 💲 Epocrates - Drug prescribing, interactions, and clinical guideline references
• 💲 Cochrane Library - Systematic reviews of healthcare interventions
• 💰 UpToDate - Evidence-based clinical decision support used by practicing physicians

• 🆓 LITFL - ECG Library - Large database of ECG examples with explanations
• 🆓 Healio ECG Review - ECG interpretation guides and quizzes

• 🆓 Stop the Bleed - Free first aid video courses and bleeding control resources
• 🆓 EMCrit - Emergency medicine and critical care blog, podcast, and guides
• 🆓 Life in the Fast Lane (LITFL) - Free emergency medicine education, cases, and CME resources
• 🆓 Emergency Medicine Cases - Free EM podcast and case index
• 🆓 DeployedMedicine - Combat and field medicine guides, manuals, and videos

• 🆓 MDCalc - Leading medical calculator for clinical decision rules and scores
• 🆓 Anki - Spaced repetition flashcard app, highly effective for long-term memorization
• 🆓 Zotero - Free reference manager for organising medical articles and papers
• 🆓 Excalidraw - Free digital whiteboard for concept mapping and diagrams
• 🆓 Notion - Organize notes, schedules, and study plans

• 🆓 r/medicalschoolanki - Community for pre-made medical Anki decks including AnKing and Zanki
• 🆓 OpenMD Question Bank - Free 1,000+ question bank with peer-reviewed concept articles
• 💲 Amboss - Medical knowledge library and question bank for students and professionals
• 💲 Brainscape - Medical - Flashcard platform with pre-made medical sets
• 💰 Passmedicine - Question bank for UK medical exams including UCAT, PLAB, and MRCP
• 💰 UWorld - Industry-standard question bank for USMLE Step 1, 2, and 3

• 🆓 PubMed / PubMed Central (PMC) - Free full-text archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature at the NIH
• 🆓 Google Scholar - Search engine for research articles, reviews, and clinical studies
• 🆓 DOAJ - Directory of Open Access Journals - Index of free full-text peer-reviewed medical journals
• 🆓 MedEdPORTAL Journal - Open-access journal of health education teaching resources by AAMC
• 💲 BMJ - Leading general medical journal with some open-access content
• 💲 The Lancet - High-impact medical journal with some free content
• 💲 NEJM - Premier medical journal with limited free access

• 🆓 USMLE.org - Official site for the three-step U.S. medical licensing examination
• 🆓 AnKing Anki Deck - Pre-made comprehensive Anki deck built specifically for USMLE
• 💲 Amboss - Q-bank and knowledge library for USMLE prep
• 💰 UWorld - The most widely used USMLE question bank
• 💰 Pathoma - Go-to pathology resource for Step 1
• 💰 Boards and Beyond - High-yield video lectures for Step 1 and Step 2
• 💰 First Aid for USMLE Step 1 - The standard USMLE Step 1 prep book
• 💰 Sketchy Medical - Visual mnemonic stories for microbiology and pharmacology
• 💰 Picmonic - Illustrated mnemonic learning for pharmacology and pathology

These are well-known paid tools that many students consider essential:

• 💰 UWorld - Top USMLE question bank (~$300/yr)
• 💰 UpToDate - Clinical decision support reference (~$600/yr)
• 💰 Pathoma - Pathology video course and book (~$100/yr)
• 💰 Sketchy Medical - Visual mnemonics for micro and pharm (~$200/yr)
• 💰 Boards and Beyond - USMLE video lecture library (~$200/yr)
• 💰 Picmonic - Illustrated mnemonic platform (~$250/yr)
• 💰 Lecturio - Full medical school curriculum videos (~$400/yr)
• 💰 Amboss Premium - Full Q-bank and knowledge library (~$200/yr)
• 💰 NEJM Knowledge+ - Adaptive medical learning platform (~$200/yr)

Contributions are welcome.

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