Resource	Type ofresource	Number ofusers (n=29)n (%)	Description	Cost per year($ USD 2024)	Perceptions of our participants
Upper Year Notes	Local Student Made	22 (75.9)	Notes from previouslectures transcribed and enhanced by priorstudents	Free	Good for replacing lectures, however, can be excessively detailed and no references.
Anki Decks	Local andExternalStudent Made	17 (58.6)	Spaced repetition flashcards created either locally or by other medicalstudents	Free	Good for consistent studying (avoiding cramming) and excellent memorization but technically difficult to setup and cards can build up.
Upper Year Flow Charts	Local Student Made	16 (55.2)	Graphical representations of key lecture components made by prior students.	Free	Well organized and concise, can be too concise.
Student Question Bank	Local Student Made	16 (55.2)	An organized project to build student created questions for all lecture topics	$108($20 at time of study)	Good for testing understanding but has poor formatting.
Amboss	Commercial	16 (55.2)	Clinical knowledge library and question bank	$479(with question bank)	Constantly updated and easy to search, question banks are useful, good for summarizing and highlighting key concepts, The Anki addon is appreciated.
Student Mentoring Centre Slides	Local Student Made	13 (44.8)	Slide decks of “High yield” concepts created by prior students	Free	Good for big picture concepts but sometimes “too concise”
Osmosis	Commercial	10 (34.5)	Clinical knowledge videos and question bank	$598	Good for short, concise overviews and visuals
UpToDate	Commercial	7 (24.1)	Clinical decision support tool	$319	Used for clinical question solving but sometimes overwhelming and “too advanced” .
Med Bullets	Commercial	3 (10.3)	Question bank	Free to $250	Good for exam performance however American content
Boards& Beyond	Commercial	2 (6.9)	Clinical knowledge videos and question bank	$249	Good for learning about a topicinitially.

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