What is Gunner Training?

Gunner Training applies learning and memory science to the challenges of Step 1. You start the program by going through high-yield flashcards at your discretion. These flashcards are categorized into 18 Step 1 topics. In designing these flashcards, we focused on medical student needs, and so they are interactive, high-yield, annotatable, illustrated, and concise.

As you proceed through the flashcards, you’ll add review questions to your personal queue. These questions function to immediately identify your strengths and weaknesses. When you’ve queued a sufficient number of questions, as determined by you, you’ll take a mini-quiz. At the end of the quiz, you’ll receive detailed feedback on your performance, as well as that quiz’s impact on your overall knowledge profile.

Each time you take a quiz, your performance feeds into our proprietary Spaced Learning algorithms. These algorithms generate a review schedule that is customized to your specific needs. Material that you forgot is reviewed sooner, while material you know very well is pushed further out. This maps the most efficient way for you to both master and maintain the material you’ve just reviewed. Step 1 style multiple choice questions are automatically fed into the review schedule as well, to provide an optimal challenge.

For a visual tour of Gunner Training, please watch the video below.