Next-step cards, not trivia
The 15 sample cards are written as short vignettes with one call to make, the same "what's the next step?" shape the shelf uses.
NBME · Surgery Shelf
Every question is a patient, and every patient needs a next step. Fifteen free cards drill the ones the shelf keeps coming back to: trauma, the acute abdomen, post-op fever, and burns.
15 cards, free to try
Tap a card to flip it. The vignette on the front, the next step on the back.
Yes. The 15-card sample deck is free to open, and creating and studying unlimited custom flashcards is free too, including your own hints and mnemonics. AI deck generation, quiz mode, and audio cards are part of the paid plan.
No. It's a 15-card sample built around high-frequency surgery scenarios: trauma, acute abdomen, post-op fever, hernias, biliary disease, and burns. Use it as a starting point, then add cards from your own rotation notes and question-bank misses.
One prep source reports 110 vignette-based multiple-choice questions in 2 hours and 45 minutes. Format details can change and vary by school, so check your clerkship's syllabus or the NBME's own materials for the current version.
On the paid plan, yes. Paste your notes in and FlashFlicks generates a flashcard set from them. It reads pasted text only, not uploaded PDFs, so copy the text in first. Free accounts can build cards by hand.
On its own, no. Shelf prep usually combines a question bank, a primary resource, and practice shelf exams. Flashcards are for locking in the facts and next steps you keep missing. This deck is a peer-built study aid, not a substitute for your clerkship teaching.
The 15 sample cards are written as short vignettes with one call to make, the same "what's the next step?" shape the shelf uses.
Attach a hint or mnemonic to any card and build as many surgery cards as your rotation needs, free, no card cap.
Performance analytics show which cards trip you up, and the ones you get wrong come back around in later study sessions.
On the paid plan, paste your clerkship notes and FlashFlicks turns them into a flashcard set, so you're not typing every card at midnight.
Ready when you are
15 vignettes, free. See if the next steps stick before you build the rest of your deck.
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