The intelligent study companion that adapts to how you learn.
5,000+ adaptive questions, 30,000+ flashcards, mechanism maps, and AI audio lessons — in one app.
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Study plans, MCQs, clinical pearls, high-yield topics, and flashcards — in one intelligent app.
Study Plan
Everything You Need for Step 1
How You'll Study
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01 Adaptive MCQs 5,000+ questions prioritized by your weak areas
5,000+ board-style questions across 221 topics, with patient demographics diversified to reflect the real population you'll see in clinic and on the exam.
- Three stem display modes — full clinical vignette, NBME-matched stem, or short form with underlined key findings only. Toggle to train pattern recognition.
- Alternative questions surface variant Q’s testing the same concept, so you recognize the mechanism regardless of how it’s dressed up.
- Clinical pearls embedded inline with each explanation — not a separate tab to go hunt for.
- Connection prompts every 5+ questions suggest related mechanism maps, so MCQs and mechanisms reinforce each other.
- Bookmarking, per-question source citations, session auto-save across devices, keyboard shortcuts (1–5 for answers, N/P to navigate, B to bookmark).
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02 Flashcards Spaced repetition timed for optimal retention
30,000+ spaced-repetition flashcards using the SM-2 algorithm, scheduled to resurface right before you’d forget them.
- Daily load smoothing caps your reviews per day and rolls overflow forward — no overwhelming catch-up piles.
- Tag system per card (e.g., Embryology, Pharyngeal Apparatus, gap-fill, Arch 1) for focused drills on exactly the material you need.
- 3D flip animation, swipe for next/prev, keyboard shortcuts (Space to flip, 1–4 for Again / Hard / Good / Easy).
- Connection prompts bridge each card to related mechanism maps after every 5 reveals.
- USMLE system & discipline metadata on every card for filtered study aligned to the NBME blueprint.
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03 Clinical Pearls High-yield facts distilled from every topic
2,000+ high-yield facts distilled from every topic, graded for confidence and tagged down to the system & discipline level.
- Three-level confidence indicator — green (high), orange (medium), red (low) — so you know which pearls are textbook-solid vs. exam-edge.
- “Test Your Recall” expandable recall questions are baked into each pearl — not a separate quiz mode to hunt for.
- System / discipline filters across 16 systems and 66+ subcategories, plus search that matches pearl text and discipline.
- Topic-scoped mode surfaces only NBME-tagged pearls when studying a specific plan topic — filters out noise.
- Bold key terms, emoji memory anchors, bookmarking, persistent filters.
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04 Mechanism Maps Visual chains connecting cause to effect
1,058 cause→effect chains covering pharmacology, pathophysiology, biochemistry, and more — visual reasoning you can study and rate step-by-step.
- Three mastery states per module: New → Partial → Mastered, tracked in a progress matrix across every mechanism.
- Rate each step as Strong / Fuzzy / Missed during study; the matrix updates in real time, no quiz required.
- Connection prompts bridge MCQs and flashcards back to the relevant mechanism so you learn systems, not islands.
- Search with All / New / Partial / Mastered filter chips, plus a related-mechanisms sidebar for cross-concept jumps.
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05 Exam Simulation Timed 40-question blocks like the real test
Timed 40-question blocks that mirror the real USMLE Step 1 format — wall-clock pressure, question flagging, and zero peeking.
- Wall-clock timer with auto-end at time expiry, just like the real exam.
- Flag questions mid-block for later review. Explanations stay locked until you submit.
- Score breakdown by category after submission so you know which systems need more work.
- Mixed Quiz mode for cross-category practice without the timer, if you want the randomness without the pressure.
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06 One-Day Cram Condensed review sheets for rapid last-minute prep
235 condensed review sheets covering every module, built for the night before or any rapid refresher.
- Tri-state selection (Parts › Modules › Topics) to build a custom cram set in seconds.
- All topics selected by default for full-coverage overnight review — deselect anything you’ve already nailed.
- Tap-to-reveal answers for active recall at cram speed.
- Card-count display updates as you select, so you know how much material you’re committing to before you start.
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07 Audio Lessons Learn on the go with narrated content
150+ AI-narrated lessons that turn commutes, walks, and workouts into study time.
- Multi-speaker narration via a Gemini 2.5 text-to-speech pipeline — not single-voice monotone.
- Recall checkpoints every few minutes with key-point summaries to keep you engaged, not passive.
- Offline support — download audiobooks and listen without connectivity.
- 0.5× to 2.0× playback speed and collapsible transcripts for quick reference.
- User-generated audio: paste a script, get custom narrated content.
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08 AI Study Partners Live, natural-voice AI partners you can study with hands-free
Study out loud with natural-voice AI characters that act as live study partners — ask them to help you study in whatever way works best for you.
- Real conversation, not a chatbot — talk to your partner and get spoken answers in natural voice, hands-free.
- Study your way — ask for a quiz, an explanation, or a targeted drill, and the partner adapts on the fly to the pace and depth you want.
- Grounded in your content — partners work from your flashcards and study plan, so every session stays tied to the material you’re actually covering.
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09 Error Notebook Auto-compiled review of your mistakes and weak spots
Every MCQ you get wrong is auto-compiled into a personalized review notebook — with the reasoning trap that caught you.
- AI-inferred “why you chose wrong” classified by trap type: mechanism confusion, diagnostic criterion miss, drug side-effect swap, similar presentation, calculation error.
- Captures your choice + the correct answer + the specific reasoning you should have used, not just a flag that you got it wrong.
- Pinned and “Not Understood” filters for targeted remediation.
- Each entry links back to the source MCQ, and the whole notebook exports to PDF.
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10 Smart Study Plans Personalized daily schedule to your exam date
Enter your exam date and the app builds a daily plan calibrated to NBME blueprint weight, your accuracy, and what you’ve actually covered.
Philosophy — Never BehindThe plan will never show you you’re behind. Past days are immutable. Future days silently rebalance toward what you haven’t covered yet. There’s no overdue indicator, no catch-up pile, no streak to break. Miss a day, and the plan asks one question: what comes next?
- Forward-looking rebalance — priority = blueprint weight × (1 − coverage) × (1 + weakness). Runs silently on every dashboard open.
- Done & drop — topics at ≥80% coverage exit the pool; under-covered topics rise in priority automatically.
- Exam Readiness dial with projected-by-exam-date percentage, based on your 7-day rolling coverage rate.
- Per-system breakdown: coverage × accuracy × retention, ranked by NBME weight, so you see which system is pulling your score down.
- Retention decay (14-day freshness window) folds into readiness — idle content doesn’t look mastered forever.
- Daily load stays smooth — no burst catch-up after missed days. The algorithm smooths what’s left into the remaining time.
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11 Any Device, Any Screen Web or mobile, phone or desktop — pick up right where you left off
Study on the web or on mobile, small screen or big — same app, same progress, no compromises between platforms.
- One account, every device — sessions auto-save across phone, tablet, and desktop so you can switch mid-session without losing your place.
- Responsive by design — layouts reflow for a phone in bed or a wide monitor at your desk, not a scaled-down mobile view stretched to fit.
- Right input for each screen — keyboard shortcuts on the web, tap and swipe on phone, without feature gaps between them.
Intelligent, Not Just Digital
Powered by AI that understands medical education
Adapts to You
Tracks your performance across every topic and prioritizes what you need most
Understands Connections
Links mechanisms, drugs, and pathways so you learn systems, not isolated facts
Predicts Readiness
Estimates your exam readiness based on coverage, accuracy, and consistency
AI-Generated Audio
Every topic available as a narrated lesson for commutes, walks, or downtime
Physician-Verified
Every MCQ, flashcard, and pearl is AI-generated, cross-checked by a second model, and reviewed by a physician before it ships
Built by a Doctor Who Codes
Alavna USMLE is built by Omer Alavna, MD — a physician who studied programming before medicine and never stopped following software and AI. It’s the study tool he wishes had existed when he was preparing for board exams.
With Step 1 now pass/fail, the challenge has shifted. The concepts aren’t the hard part — the volume is. Every MCQ, flashcard, pearl, mechanism map, cram sheet, and audio lesson in Alavna USMLE exists for one reason: to make the required knowledge manageable.
AI does the heavy lifting on volume — drafting and connecting content at a scale a single author couldn’t. But every MCQ, flashcard, and pearl is cross-checked against a second model and reviewed by Omer before it ships. You shouldn’t have to take an AI’s word for something this important.
- Founder
- Omer Alavna, MD · Marmara University Faculty of Medicine, 2004
- Company
- Alavna LLC · Registered in North Carolina, 2024
- Based in
- Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
- Contact
- info@alavna.com
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