About

A library for medics, by medics

MedSchool is a categorised medical knowledge library. Every article is written or reviewed by a registered medic, filed under a medical specialty, a content type, and an audience level — and freely readable on the web.

Why we built this

Clinical knowledge online is either too shallow (consumer-health blogs), too dense (full clinical guidelines, designed for reference not learning), or paywalled behind subscriptions. We wanted a place that sits between those: editorial in feel, accurate in content, and legibly organised so a junior doctor on a night shift can find the relevant paragraph in under thirty seconds.

How content is organised

Every article carries three labels:

• Specialty — Cardiology, Neurology, Paediatrics, and so on.
• Content type — Case Study, Clinical Review, Guideline Summary, Research Brief, Procedure Guide, Differential Diagnosis, or Pearls & Pitfalls.
• Audience level — Medical Student, Junior Doctor, Specialty Trainee, Consultant, or CPD/CME.

The library lets you combine all three to narrow down.

Editorial standards

Articles are submitted, reviewed, and signed off before they appear. Read our editorial policy for the full process. Verified contributors have had their registration with a medical regulatory body (GMC, AMA, etc.) checked by our editorial team.

What this isn't

MedSchool is not clinical decision support. It is not a substitute for the judgement of a treating clinician or for local protocols. Read our disclaimer before relying on anything you read here.

Contributing

We welcome submissions from registered medics. If you'd like to write for MedSchool, see how to contribute.