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Gastroenterology
9 modules covering luminal, hepatology, pancreaticobiliary, and endoscopy, plus the cross-cutting material the exam actually pulls from.
36 chapters · 1,657 vignette MCQs · 47 audio chapters
$50/mo · $400/yr · Chapter 1 freeGuideline-grounded board review
Board review that teaches reasoning.
Most board prep drills facts. Board Pearls teaches reasoning, built from the guidelines and trials your exam actually pulls from, taught the way you'd want it taught on rounds. Audio chapters, vignette MCQs, study guides, AI tutor.
Gastroenterology is live. Chapter 1 is free.
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How we compare
A platform built differently.
Board Pearls is a board-review platform written and narrated by attendings, organized around the clinical decisions you face on exam day, and validated with ABIM-format MCQs. Gastroenterology launched first. Step 1, Step 2, Step 3, ABIM Internal Medicine, and more subspecialties are in authoring. Here is where the platform sits next to the tools you already know.
| Board Pearls | UWorld | AMBOSS | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Live today | Gastroenterology | USMLE Step 1, Step 2 CK, Step 3, ABIM Internal Medicine, several other boards | USMLE Step 1, Step 2 CK, Step 3, ABIM Internal Medicine, clinical reference library |
| In authoring | Step 1, Step 2, Step 3, ABIM Internal Medicine, more subspecialties | None | None |
| Primary format | Attending-voice audio chapters plus study guides | Vignette Q-bank with detailed explanations | Clinical reference plus Q-bank |
| Question style | 5-option ABIM-format vignettes | Board-format vignettes per exam | USMLE-style with board variants |
| Audio chapters | Every chapter, single attending voice | None | None |
| AI tutor | Grounded in the chapter you are reading | None | Library-wide reference search |
| Organized around | Clinical decisions you face on exam day | Topic and organ system | Topic and organ system |
| Annual price | $400 per board (GI today) | $599 per Q-bank (360-day) | $448/yr (12-month Q-bank) |
Board Pearls costs less than both UWorld and AMBOSS at the comparable 12-month tier, and your subscription includes attending-narrated audio chapters, rolling out chapter by chapter, plus a chapter-grounded AI tutor. Neither UWorld nor AMBOSS bundles audio at any price; if you want it you go pay for it separately. Read on the train, listen as chapters land, ask the tutor anything in between, all under one subscription.
UWorld and AMBOSS are trademarks of their respective owners. Pricing is approximate and reflects publicly available information at time of writing.
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No filler. No trivia. No citation noise.
Every chapter is written from primary sources: society guidelines (ACG, AGA, AASLD, ASGE) and the pivotal trials your boards test you on. Each chapter is organized around the clinical decisions you'll face on exam day, not around chapters in a textbook.
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