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Shelf Exam Quiz Maker

Unlimited NBME-style shelf questions, on demand.

Realistic clinical vignettes for every shelf exam and Step 2 CK, matched to NBME content outlines, with explanations, wrong-answer breakdowns, and a clickable source for every question.

10 free generations, no card. Then $10/month for unlimited. Cancel anytime.

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What Shelf Exam Quiz Maker does

When you finish your question bank two weeks before the shelf, or you need twenty more renal questions and your bank has six, you hit the wall every clerkship student knows. The Shelf Exam Quiz Maker generates fresh NBME-style vignettes on demand for Internal Medicine, Surgery, Neurology, Psychiatry, OB/GYN, Family Medicine, Pediatrics, Emergency Medicine, and Step 2 CK.

These are not trivia questions. Each item follows the real NBME structure: patient presentation, history, vitals, exam, labs in a proper reference-range table, and a one-best-answer stem with five plausible choices. Question distribution follows the actual NBME content outline for your shelf, so cardio gets weighted like cardio on the IM shelf and the surgery shelf stays GI-heavy.

Every question comes with a full explanation, a breakdown of why each wrong answer is wrong, a one-line testable takeaway, and sources you can click through. Run 5-question warmups after clinic or 40-question timed blocks on the weekend, mixed or drilled to one topic like heart failure or ectopic pregnancy.

How it works

Three steps. No prompt engineering.

  1. Pick your shelf

    Choose the exam, the session length from 5 to 40 questions, and mixed coverage or a single topic to drill.

  2. Work the block

    Answer NBME-format vignettes, with an optional timer and review after each question or at the end, test-style.

  3. Review with sources

    Read the explanation and wrong-answer breakdowns, then click through to the underlying source when you want more.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Which shelf exams does it cover?

Internal Medicine, Surgery, Neurology, Psychiatry, OB/GYN, Family Medicine, Pediatrics, and Emergency Medicine, plus a Step 2 CK mode for broader prep.

How close are the questions to real NBME format?

Very close by design: one-best-answer vignettes with five options, structured patient presentations, labs shown in a reference-range table, and topic weighting that follows the published NBME content outlines for each shelf.

Does this replace UWorld or Amboss?

It complements them. Banks are finite and their questions are fixed; this generates unlimited fresh questions, lets you drill exactly the topic you are weak on, and never runs out the week before your exam.

Can I do timed blocks?

Yes. Turn on the timer for 90 seconds per question and choose end-of-block review to simulate test conditions, or review after each question while learning.

Do questions come with explanations?

Every question includes why the right answer is right, why each distractor is wrong, a high-yield takeaway, and clickable sources.

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