Picmonic for Medical Terminology

I am shocked sometimes when I am working with a preceptor on the wards and I am able to answer a question correctly because I remember a detail from a Picmonic I watched during my first year! I love the way that Picmonic integrates visual and auditory learning, as well as kinesthetic interaction when answering questions. The videos are also short and interesting, so they keep my attention and I don't feel like I am spending too much time on any given topic!

I’ve been with you guys for more than a year and I’m loving it! It’s a fun way to learn new things every day! Picmonic has changed the way I study, and I’m very grateful for all of you for making these awesome educational videos!

Picmonic has changed the way I study. Everyone can succeed in an exam if they study, but not that many people can remember the topic a year after.

My biggest regret about Picmonic is that I did not start using it sooner. I am so grateful for Picmonic!!!

Picmonic was a life changer! Made review easier and more fun to learn than PowerPoints or flashcards.

Picmonic has been awesome! Transitioning to the first semester of medical school is always tough. The fire hydrant analogy is spot on. Picmonic helps turn that fire hydrant into a gallon of water a day. Difficult, but doable.

Honestly I don't know how I would learn Step 1 biochemistry without @Picmonic. #MedTweet#Step1

Picmonic’s short videos are what set them apart from other medical school study-aid resources. When I need to cover a lot of ground, and gain those little extra bits of knowledge just before an exam, Picmonic is my go-to. On several occasions, it wasn’t the countless hours of review in front of a textbook, lecture slides, or whiteboard, that helped me recall an answer to a question, but a Picmonic that literally only took 2 minutes to review. Picmonic hones your medical education with the edge of recall.

I've been using Picmonic since my second year of med school & it's helped me through block exams, all three COMLEX's, and remembering facts about drugs, bugs, and diseases while on the wards. Even now that I'm done residency, I can picture quick review facts from Picmonics I saw years ago and I'm using Picmonic as a compliment to my pediatric board studying. I can't say enough how much it works & can help your studying & retention.

Picmonic is an excellent resource only if it is used in conjunction with other learning material. The interactive quizzes at the end of each video really helps to prime the knowledge that is there.

If you aren't adding your own facts to EVERY picmonic you study, you're doing it wrong!!! That empty space on each picmonic is there FOR A REASON! USE IT! Adding your own facts will help you be MUCH more engaged in learning and remember content better, especially from your own school curriculum! -WalkTheDoc

Evolutionary, our brains are not made to remember information the way a classroom expect us to do it. We are made to remember shapes (is it a lion?, a fruit?...) and stories. Picmonic helps me remember things in such a natural way that I don't even mind having an exam tomorrow.

As a visual learner with short attention span I often find it difficult to spend hours reading books and forgeting the information soon after. Picmonics offers interactive short videos with entertaining stories and memorable characters. I love it and I would recommend it.

Picmonic has been key to my study strategy throughout M1 and M2. It helped me secure at least three perfect exam scores, and I plan to use it extensively for board preparation.

Picmonic has been instrumental throughout my med school journey. I may have not been the top of my class but these bizarre picmonics have helped me remember heart murmurs, brain vasculature and more. When I don't have it I feel lost lol. I always end up coming back and hope this will help me overcome the hurdle of STEP 2 CK! Thanks picmonic I <3 you!

Since I started medical school I have struggled with retaining information in the long term. Since I started Picmonic, I am able to remember more information easier. My grades have gone up a letter grade in a single year.

Picmonics has really helped me maximize my study time and allows me to be more efficient when reviewing questions

I'm still kind of new and haven't even started 3rd year yet. But I will say that using picmonics made my fear of these crazy things we hear about in 3rd year go away. I can confidently say I am ready for 3rd year or atleast I have the confidence now. Thanks picmonics for making the seemingly impossible possible.

I've gone all in on Picmonic to supplement my medical education and it's the best decision I've ever made! Its helped me stand out from my peers and I remember an impressive amount of detail. I plan on continuing its use well into my residency. Making custom picmonics is a great way for me to futher my education.

Picmonic is an excellent resource to help you remember all of the difficult topics. As a medical student, it is important to find resources that allow you to learn in a way that helps you as an individual. I am a visual learner, and Picmonic makes it easy and fun to prepare for my board exam!

You guys are doing awesome in helping me with my STEP1 prep. I can tell that lots of time and hard work went into making it. You guys almost cover 100% of what I learn in medical school. I wish I had kept a list of suggested content updates this app has been great, and I use picmonic every day. I use this so much and plan to use it even more during dedicated. The phone app is definitly clutch!

Using Picmonic has helped me differentiate between a lot of similar pathologies. The “play all” and “quiz all" features are a total game-changer.

Picmonic is simply...AWESOME!! It's a great learning tool and certainly makes studying easier. The daily quiz feature helps me recap and store the information in long term memory. This is a pearl everyone should have from the very first day of medical school. Yes, the very first day!

Picmonic helped me with renal, heme, neuro and so many other challenging topics. They really picked up the slack where other resources were lacking and helped me get through level 1!

Have you ever seen a list of facts and you’ve got to memorize 20 of them for a test? You waste all that time memorizing those 20 facts, you get 100% on the test and then it’s gone for forever. You’re going to have to study the exact same way again, right? With Picmonic you can entertain your way into those 20 facts and you can always refer to a picture when you forget. I remember thinking “I watched a Picmonic on this”. I thought it was so silly at the time. But holy crap it got me to the right answer and that just kept happening, over and over.

Best resource for medical students, period.

Picmonic has been a huge part of my learning. I just took the first UWORLD simulation exam and I scored a 275 (99% percentile) and it’s definitely because of Picmonic.

I used sketchy before & don’t get me wrong, I liked sketchy for Micro & Pharm but I hated how it was pretty much almost impossible to review the videos before a test because you have to watch HOURS of videos to get through it I felt like the videos always had a bunch of extra $#!@ that was unneeded & distracted you from the actual facts. 

I’m not trying to bash Sketchy, but Sketchy is for average students who are looking for a passing grade only, while Picmonic is for the students who want to excel because they were the ones who knew that extra small detail that changed their score from a 239 to a 245 or a 249 to 255….because one extra correct question on the actual USMLE can mean a few extra points.

I tried to keep it simple and use picmonic for helping me with memorization. Mainly Drugs and Bugs. Even ripping through Uworld I still have the images you created burnt into my memory :) To put it simply, Picmonic Works! Most Importantly for retention, the quizzes at the end only take a 2 mins TOPS! But help really fortify longer term retention.

For me, PICMONIC has been a great resource for remembering the high yield facts that I study in my First Aid book, I strongly recommended it.

Picmonic is the only reason I'm passing and doing well in med school!!

If you are a visual and auditory learner, what better way to seal in information than with a picture and story. I like the time duration and knowledge compression that Picmonic offers. Picmonic works brilliantly, and the website rocks.

Picmonic is a great tool to review high-yield concepts that are covered in many books! The platform is a quick and fun way to learn important topics. I truly recommend Picmonic. 

I absolutely love Picmonic and I do not have enough words to thank you for increasing my memory tremendously. Million thanks.

I love Picmonic because of the creative characters that are both concise and memorable!

Picmonic is the best platform to learn medicine fast with creative mnemonics! As a rural doctor, Picmonic has helped me to keep up-to-date with all of the information that I learned years ago in medical school! 

I was introduced to Picmonic through the AMA membership for medical students. I purchased the membership in first semester of medical school and used Picmonic for my first medical school course which covered genetics, molecular biology, cell biology and a little bit of metabolism. The lysosomal storage disease videos made learning and memorizing the information much easier and more enjoyable. I am a visual and auditory learner and the Picmonic cartoons and funny narratives really cement the information in my brain. I stopped using Picmonic during second semester and wish I had of continued to do so. The videos for Biochemistry and Biostat are amazing and would have saved me time. I definitely recommend using Picmonic during year one of medical school and beyond!

The Picmonic platform is unique because it gathers Anatomy, Embryology, Pharmacology and Pathology under one roof. It also provides a way to memorize important facts that are not included into a collection of existing Picmonics. Custom Picmonics and modification of existing ones are the most valuable tool I have ever seen. No other platform allows you to do that (besides your old notebook)…

I would never be able to remember my pharmacology without Picmonic! It has made a huge difference in my grades and reduced the time I spend studying! ✊

If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a Picmonic is easily worth a USMLE point! I absolutely loved Picmonic during board prep. It not only let me memorize a ton of obscure (aka ANNOYING) material in much less time, but I was surprised to see the strengthened word association helped my overall understanding. Best of all is probably the long term retention that comes when an image is ingrained in your head along with the ability for rapid recall! 

I watched my first Picmonic video on Hypothyroidism the first day I joined. I can remember the signs and symptoms after 2 weeks without review! Thank you Picmonic!

When I came across Picmonic, I was able to be much more effective in my studies. Why is that? Not only did the pictures and the storyline stick longer in my brain, but I could also add notes, images, and videos into each Picmonic. Picmonic is like having a unified study source where I can get information more effectively in a shorter amount of time! 

Have you ever wondered how to memorize every detail of a disease? PICMONIC is the best solution for that! I have learned a lot of facts about every disease I have searched for, and they have a huge list of diseases and microorganisms!

Picmonic is phenomenal, especially for someone like myself who understands the larger concept, but struggles with some of the smaller details. I really enjoy the daily quizzes to make sure things are cemented in my brain, and it's a quick and fantastic way to review. Picmonic is golden, and was absolutely instrumental in helping me in my first year of medical school!

Thankful every day that I purchased @Picmonic during 1st year - I get questions right on UWorld Step 2 b/c of a card I learned 2 yrs ago.

I am from a foreign country where USMLE is not well known among medical students, I was struggling with some lectures hard to memorize like Biochemistry until I discover Picmonic. I am having no trouble remembering any stuff which I've watched from Picmonic, I have no doubt that I will have a great Step score thanks to Picmonic

I just wanted to compliment you all on creating such an amazing resource for visual learners in medical school! Out of everything I use to study, Picmonic helps me lock it in long-term. I have KILLED my block exams so far because of all of you! It truly is a magnificent product. It really just helps me keep little details straight—something that is important to accomplish before Step preparation. I’m not sure how popular Picmonic is, but I want to assure you that there are people like me who love it and use it regularly.

It's useful for reviewing topics prior to them being lectured on, but make sure that you study the details and concepts so that you can synthesize the facts you're memorizing

I am so excited about Picmonic. It feels amazing to actually remember small details long-term.

Picnomic helped me a lot especially in remembering hard to remember medical words, as well as, retain the most important facts in each subject that I'm studying.

Lets keep this simple, picmonic works. Give it a try, I have been happy with my purchase. MSII.

Picmonic is the reason I've made it to fourth year, I trust you with my finals.

Its like being the man with super memory character in Sherlock, you remember everyrhing with ease everytime you want.

Picmonic completely turned around my GPA this semester. My microbiology course had me completely overwhelmed with the amount of material I had to learn in a very short amount of time, and Picmonic was the variable that resulted in me going from a low C on my first exam to an A on my second exam. My classmates got sick of me bringing up Picmonic because I could not stop recommending it as a resource.

I have around 4 years experience of using picmonics and I can still remember the first lesson I learned from it as if I just learned it today.Change yourself from know nothing to a serial bomber in medical information , I was shocked by the fact so will you . Thanks to Picmonics team for all the hard work you are doing for us medical students, you are changing the way of learning. A highly recommended platform to memorize complicated topics in a simple and fun manner. Keep up the good work guys always on your side. 

I have been using the app every day since signing up and it had been incredibly helpful in memorizing. I especially loved the morning reminders, it is becoming purest of my morning routine for review and watching at least one new picmonic.

I showed the students the Airborne/Droplet Precautions this week and they were able to identify the differences in isolation precautions for the first time. This was a perfect fit for this week’s topic as we focused on PPE and Covid-19. 

Just the best source to be prepared to pass the boards!

I wish I found this earlier. Picmonic has helped me remember facts that have been so hard to recall. I am just glad that I found picmonic, and wish I knew about this when I was preparing for step 1!

I finished my Pulmonary Pathology and I've used Picmonic to learn. I really thank you for the effort you've taken in creating Picmonic. I can recollect everything even after the class is over, this is amazing!

Picmonic is awesome because it gives me stories and photos to make information stick. If I want more than what is presented, the app is great to suggest other resources to learn from. Since the presented concepts are in short length videos, it makes it convenient to fit review into my daily clinical rotation schedule during quick breaks. I have been using Picmonic since my first year and it has remained relevant over all 4 years of school. Thank you Picmonic for all the memories!!!

I have used Picmonic all throughout medical school and have consistently scored high on my USMLEs. If you study the Picmonics well the first time, those images will carry through for a long time (I still remember a vast majority of them even as a second year IM resident). It certainly is a great asset to invest in early. It also makes you look pretty intelligent on rounds if you recall details of some of the less common diseases.

My school front-loaded our first two weeks of the second year with Micro and Path. Picmonic wonders on my first exam; the images and facts popped into my head after reading the questions! I also feel more engaged with Picmonic than Anki. I will be using this all year long and in prep for Step 1 + COMLEX 1. 

I love Picmonic because it sure uses one of the most efficient ways when it comes to memorizing. The part where they tell stories really sum up the whole picture and ties it up around so we'll that it is so hard to forget. The fact that it has some specific characters is pretty cool too since it is much easier to group them this way. Additionally I would like to mention how sweet the members of the team are. Thank you all again!

I first started using Picmonic when studying for my step 1 exam. I had a very hard time with rote memorization, especially with all the bugs and drugs.

My scores were consistently below average on my NBME practice exam and in a desperate google search I came across Picmonic 30 days before my exam. Not only was it useful, it made studying so much fun!

My score on exam day jumped by over 30 points from my practice exam and I know that it was due to all the Picmonics I held in my head that day! I absolutely love this tool and continue using Picmonic today to study for my general pediatric boards, and I will likely continue throughout my fellowship!

Picmonic takes advantage of the fact that as humans, we evolved to have better visual and emotional memory than memory for random bits of information. If you're like me and have a hard time with rote memorization, do yourself a favor and subscribe! You won't regret it.

I started giving up on myself many years ago when it came to studying and understanding Medicine. Picmonic changed my life, my future, and my self-esteem! I am now the best doctor I can ever be, and I thank Picmonic for that. 

I love Picmonic because it's visual and helps make otherwise seemingly random factoids memorable on boards AND onwards!

This #medstudent is seriously loving the new @Picmonic creator! Takes less than 5 min to do a quick creation and the facts still stick!

I’m an M.D. from Colombia, and through college I was constantly creating and using mnemonics with my best friend, trying to find the best way to memorize all the facts we need to know in our daily practice. When we discovered Picmonic, I was ecstatic and thrilled to find a platform that was complete in sync with my study methods. It is the perfect platform to create your own Picmonics and share them with other students, creating a collaborative platform where we can all learn together. Becoming a Picmonic creator has enhanced my learning process and boosted my results by 100%!

Picmonic has made the daunting subject of medicine feasible. Their short videos are super entertaining and are made easy to remember. I constantly am telling myself, "I watched a Picmonic on this" and am able to recall the corky characters. I am so thankful that I finally decided to get a Picmonic subscription. Absolutely changed the way I study and the amount of time I study! Quality time studying> quantity of time studying. Picmonic gives you quality material that you'll remember.

As a medical student, I love Picmonic. This platform has helped me maximize my ability to remember key facts. The videos are short and on point!

With quirky images and catchy phrases, Picmonic knows what is going to stick in your head. This isn't going to give you all the answers but it will give you something to think about. I love Picmonic because it's very visual and just what I need to have excellent recall during my exams.

Picmonic is a game-changer when it comes to memorizing difficult concepts or names of drugs, diseases, etc. If I ever am having trouble with the small details of a specific concept, I will simply search it in Picmonic and watch the 1-2 minute videos and it sticks almost instantly. I typically re-watch each video the night before the exam to make sure I have it down. It is amazing how much I retain this way. I can even remember specific details of videos that I watched at the beginning of last semester.

Picmonic is really helpful- especially for Biochm!

Picmonic is the GREATEST! I’ve been using Picmonic ever since my second week of medical school. Now as a fourth year, I continue to reap the benefits of this memory learning tool! The numerous facts that Picmonic has embedded into my memory make me into a better clinician. You should use it!