Streamlined, stress-free Shelf prep

AMBOSS has dedicated Qs and pre-made study plans for Emergency Medicine, Pediatrics, Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Surgery, Neurology, Psychiatry, and Family Medicine Shelf exams.

AMBOSS’s Qbank, medical library, Anki add-on, and more tools cover the entire testable curriculum for your Shelf exams.

With one AMBOSS membership, you can access all Qbanks, reference material, and clinical tools for the duration of your membership. That means you’re fully covered for your clinical work, as well as in-house exams, Step/Level 1, Step/Level 2, and Shelf/COMAT. Check out our membership options here.

AMBOSS’s Shelf questions are written according to the NBME question creation guidelines and are therefore extremely similar to the real questions you’ll see on exam day. AMBOSS’s resources fully cover the entire testable curriculum for every NBME Shelf exam.

‍

 Clerkship year brings three major challenges—and AMBOSS is built to solve them:

1. Time constraints: In clerkship year, you’re spending 8–16 hours in the hospital and often don’t have dedicated study time. AMBOSS keeps prep efficient with Shelf-specific study plans and Qs. The library can be used to find resident-level info quickly, and it also highlights exam-relevant content—so learning can happen in the few minutes between cases or even WHILE doing your clinical work.
   ‍
   
2. Information overload: AMBOSS presents the same evidence-based, clinician-level information guidelines do. Explore easy-to-access formats like flowcharts, checklists, and tables that make clinical decisions clear and actionable. Additionally, it offers them procedural guides, videos, and instructions on “how to doctor”.
   ‍
3. Fragmented studying: You’re juggling patient care, exam prep, and multiple tools. The AMBOSS system ties it all together: each Qbank question links to the Library, creating a cycle of active recall → targeted review → clinical application. With the Chrome Extension, Anki, and GPT integrations, even outside tools can connect back into one coherent workflow.
   
   

Yes! Top-performing students who use AMBOSS in clerkship year say using it daily is the best way to maximize learning on the wards. It helps them turn busy clerkship days into a cohesive system where clinical learning and exam prep reinforce each other.

AMBOSS is an all-in-one resource for clerkships and rotations. You’ll have access to clinician-level info tried-and-tested by residents and attendings. Specifically for rotations, you’ll find dedicated clerkship survival guides, guidelines, clinical skills videos and walkthroughs, a comprehensive library, and an app you can access on the go. All of this connects back to exam prep: you can see key exam highlights, Qbank Qs, and Anki cards relevant to the conditions you meet on the wards. These tools make AMBOSS perfect for honing your clinical skills, finding answers on the wards, or getting some micro-study done in your downtime. 

‍

1000s of students use AMBOSS as a standalone resource for Shelf and Clerkships. AMBOSS offers premade study plans, Qbanks, a comprehensive library, an Anki add-on, and clinical tools that cover every exam prep and clinical need. The best part is all of this is available fully offline with our mobile apps, so you can get some study done anywhere, any time. If you do want to combine AMBOSS with other resources… tools like our Chrome extension and Anki add-on will help you to squeeze even more out of them.

AMBOSS offers monthly, yearly, and Student Life memberships. Check out our membership options here.

Yes! AMBOSS has dedicated study plans to fully prepare you for Shelf/COMAT exams in Emergency Medicine, Pediatrics, Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Surgery, Neurology, Psychiatry, and Family Medicine. There are also specific Qs for Osteopathic Principles and Practice, as well as COMLEX-specific resources like 200 concepts that appear on every COMLEX Level 2 exam.

AMBOSS’s Anki add-on will help streamline your study! You can use the add-on to get instant definitions for medical terms, find Qbank Qs related to your cards, and even get AnKing card recommendations based on the topics you cover in the AMBOSS Qbank. Download the AMBOSS Anki add-on here.

Yes! AMBOSS helps students tackle Shelf, Step and clinical work as efficiently as possible. A research study found that students who used AMBOSS as their primary Qbank scored on average 10.4 points higher in Step 2 than students who didn’t.