The UWorld Medical Library
Your New Clinical Companion
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.
Convenient Access to High-Yield Medical Knowledge
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.
Supercharge Your Exam Prep
Full QBank + Medical Library Access
Optimize Your Medical Library Experience
Use our advanced search feature to review additional context on the topics you’re studying or validate your clinical findings during practice.
Bookmark articles when studying difficult topics, managing patients with unique needs, or refreshing your knowledge with up-to-date information.
Transform your QBank into an all-in-one resource for clinical content mastery by transferring material into your custom flashcards and My Notebook.
Take your new clinical companion to class, clinicals, or your practice through the UWorld Medical App, available on Apple and Android devices.
Comprehensive, Curated, Concise – See the Difference
The medical library feature is very informative, precise and useful for last minute review. All of the information about a topic is now conveniently in one place.”
I absolutely love the medical library and enjoy the applicability of the pathology very much.”
I want to thank you for the medical library. I am so happy. It is now easy for me to review the topic and then use the QBank to practice. It makes me so blessed and grateful for your hard work.”
The Library is very beautifully designed. I couldn’t be happier with my experience.”
- Expert-curated articles by topic
- Enhanced search functionality
- High-yield charts & illustrations
- Digital tools for active learning
- Bookmarks to save relevant articles
- Mobile accessibility via our app
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.
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.