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Vade mecum · “go with me”

A personal tutor for clinicians, for the minutes you actually have.

Built from the material you trust. Flashcards, board questions, a Socratic tutor you can talk to and a podcast for the drive home, all steered by a model of what you know and what is fading.

Why it exists

Vademecum started while studying for medicine boards. On the wards a question would come up, a tab would open on the phone, then another. By the end of the week there were dozens, and they were skimmed or closed. Whatever was meant to be learned from them mostly went with them.

The real room to learn in residency wasn't long study blocks. It was the drive home, a gap between admissions, ten minutes before sign-out. Those minutes were real, but nothing was built for them. Vademecum is meant to fill that gap, and to keep you current with the literature as your clinical expertise grows.

What it does

Catch the question

A thought on rounds becomes a knowledge-gap flag in two taps, instead of another tab.

Learn from what you trust

Guidelines, slides, reviews and notes become an encyclopedia. Every paragraph names the passage it rests on.

Fit the minutes you have

Spaced flashcards, ABIM-style questions, a Socratic tutor by voice, and a two-host podcast from your own pages.

Think, not just recall

The Socratic tutor asks for the differential, the options and the reasoning, then names the gaps it heard.

Know where the gaps are

The Improvement Map estimates what is understood and what is fading, and suggests the next ten minutes.

Stay current

PubMed watches the topics and subspecialties you choose, and new literature comes with why it matters to you.

How it works

Tutorials

And the reasoning behind the Improvement Map: the learning science.