The UWorld Medical Library
Your New Clinical Companion

The UWorld Medical Library for medical students, residents, and practicing physicians
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Get immediate answers to your clinical questions with our expert-curated articles for medical students and physicians. Find accurate, up-to-date insights all in one place to power your medical journey.

The UWorld Medical Library for medical students, residents, and practicing physicians
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Convenient Access to High-Yield Medical Knowledge

The UWorld Medical Library covers high-yield topics from the basic sciences to clinical medicine, detailing their pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment. From the team of authors who brought you the QBanks trusted by millions worldwide, this powerful tool merges didactic learning with applied knowledge to enhance your understanding of the foundations of medicine, and improve your clinical reasoning skills and patient care.

Preclinical
Students

Get conceptual coverage of pathophysiology, disease mechanisms, and foundational clinical reasoning.

Clinical
Students

Find answers to clinical and management questions you may encounter in clerkships.

Practicing
Physicians

Quickly validate your findings and refresh your knowledge to enhance your patient care.

Maximize Your Study Sessions and Clinical Expertise

Whether you’re a first-year medical student or already in general practice, the UWorld Medical Library is an excellent resource to expand your understanding of the topics most relevant to you. No more bulky textbooks, dense articles, or reductive bullet points — easily access the high-yield, peer-reviewed, evidence-based material you need when you need it.

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Optimize Your Medical Library Experience

Getting started with the UWorld Medical Library is simple. Here’s how you can use it to deepen your knowledge of required concepts and become a better physician:
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Find Specific Articles Related to Your Needs

Use our advanced search feature to review additional context on the topics you’re studying or validate your clinical findings during practice.

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Use Bookmarks to Flag Important Content

Bookmark articles when studying difficult topics, managing patients with unique needs, or refreshing your knowledge with up-to-date information.

Using UWorld Medical Library tools that integrate with your QBank
Integrate It with Your QBank Study Tools

Transform your QBank into an all-in-one resource for clinical content mastery by transferring material into your custom flashcards and My Notebook.

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Connect Anywhere You Have Internet Access

Take your new clinical companion to class, clinicals, or your practice through the UWorld Medical App, available on Apple and Android devices.

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Streamlined resources, expert insights, and high-yield facts — all in one place. Select your standalone subscription to get started.
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Frequently Asked Questions

The UWorld Medical Library is a high-yield medical knowledge platform for medical students, residents, and general practice physicians.

  • Preclinical medical students can use the library to connect pathophysiology with clinical manifestations for a more rounded view of topics they’re introduced to.
  • Clinical medical students can use the library to find answers to clinical and management questions they may encounter on their rotations and exams.
  • Physicians in general practice can use the library to validate their findings and refresh their knowledge on specific topics.

The Medical Library is a high-yield resource that can help you expand your knowledge base on subjects and systems you’re introduced to. From the basic sciences to clinical medicine, each article covers a specific topic and provides related links and visuals to add context to your classroom lessons. Using the library during preclinical studies will reinforce your core foundational knowledge and improve your clinical reasoning as you prepare for Step 1 and your rotations.

The Medical Library will provide you with high-yield clinical information curated by practicing physicians. As you work through each rotation and prepare for your shelf exams, you can quickly research answers to pressing clinical questions and gain a holistic view of each shelf topic.

The Medical Library can be thought of as your clinical companion during real-life general practice. Quickly find up-to-date, peer-reviewed clinical information to validate your findings and improve your patient care. The library can also be used as a general aid to refresh your knowledge and monitor changing information in the subjects and systems most relevant to your practice.

Yes. The UWorld Medical Library is fully accessible on Apple and Android tablets and smartphones through our mobile app. You must have internet access. Simply sign in to your UWorld account to get started.

Best practice is to search for specific topics or keyword phrases. The search bar looks for your search in the title and body text of our curated articles. If the text you entered is present, it will be highlighted in your search results.

When you open an article, a cog menu will appear in the upper-right corner of your screen. You can change your font size, color theme, and highlighter color, in addition to a few other options.

Our physician-author team regularly updates articles as needed. However, if you notice outdated information, or if something is not explained clearly, we encourage you to use the feedback option in your article tools bar. We continuously monitor all feedback to ensure a positive user experience.

No, the Medical Library is available as a standalone resource. A QBank subscription is not required. However, if you wish to add QBank access, you can upgrade directly from the Library.

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