The System
Why I built Meyshan Med
A 4th-year MBBS student on why summaries weren't the problem — and what he built instead.
16 Aug 2026 · 2 min read · LatestStudy, honestly.
Field notes from a 4th-year MBBS student building his own study system in public — the Countdown log, the System explained, and confident misconceptions repaired.
THE COUNTDOWN137 days to the exam, documented in publicFollow the log
The Countdown
137 days to my USMLE: the plan
Week 0 of a public USMLE preparation log — the honest baseline, the plan, and the rules.
16 Aug 2026 · 2 min read
Beyond the Books
How I study on a bus
The commute is the most underrated study slot in a medical student's day — if you prepare it the night before.
16 Aug 2026 · 2 min read
High-Yield
Does a normal ejection fraction mean a normal heart?
A normal EF can hide a failing heart. Understanding why unlocks half of modern heart-failure classification.
16 Aug 2026 · 1 min read · Pending medical reviewHigh-Yield
Does oxygenated blood always travel in arteries?
No — and the two exceptions are exam favourites. A 60-second repair of one of medicine's most confident wrong answers.
16 Aug 2026 · 1 min read · Pending medical review
The System
Why a Commitment Wall, not a to-do list
To-do lists track tasks. Promises change behaviour — but only when something checks whether you kept them.
16 Aug 2026 · 2 min read
The System
The murmur that wasn't about murmurs
I couldn't understand heart murmurs for weeks. The problem turned out to be two floors below — and finding it changed how I study.
16 Aug 2026 · 2 min read
Beyond the Books
Who is Mitski? (Yes, she's real)
The AI guide on Meyshan Med is modelled on a real sun conure who supervises every study session. Meet her.
16 Aug 2026 · 1 min read
The System
How I actually use Recall without hating it
Spaced repetition works and everyone quits it anyway. Here's the version that survived contact with my MBBS schedule.
16 Aug 2026 · 2 min read
The System
Why every AI sentence here tells you how much to trust it
Four labels sit on every AI explanation on Meyshan Med — and the strictest one wins by default. Here's the honesty machinery.
16 Aug 2026 · 2 min read