Meet Your PBR Memory Buddy!
Welcome to your PBR Memory Buddy, an AI-powered tool designed to help you memorize tricky concepts with ease. This isn’t your average chatbot. It’s a focused ally with one mission: to help you conquer the facts and details that would normally require rote memorization.
So Why Did I Create the PBR Memory Buddy?
Because my memory is horrible! But creating high-quality memory aids is what helped me pass my USMLE Step exams and the pediatric boards. My goal is to help you blow past barriers, and one of the most common frustrations I hear about board prep is the amount of rote memorization needed. So, I took my personality and years of experience with creating memory aids and created the PBR Memory Buddy to help.
Beta Version & My Request of You
The PBR Memory Buddy is currently in its infancy. You’re getting complimentary access to it as a beta user for an indeterminate amount of time (possibly for the duration of your membership). In return, I ask that you give me feedback! It can be good, or it can be constructive.
Please do send feedback! The more I get, the better. If it’s good, it’ll feed my soul. If it’s truly constructive, it’ll help me help you by addressing your issue. And if my team and I see that the buddy isn’t providing value, we can invest our time elsewhere to figure out how to best serve you.
What CAN Your Memory Buddy Do?
Here’s how it can help:
✔ Create Rhymes, Songs, and Stories: Turn hard-to-remember information into catchy or engaging formats.
✔ Invent Analogies and Metaphors: Compare medical facts to everyday situations for better recall.
✔ Create Artificial Fun "Facts": Creatively help cement real knowledge into your memory.
What CAN'T Your Memory Buddy Do?
The PBR Memory Buddy is focused, but here’s what it won’t do:
❌ Teach Pediatrics: It works best when you already have a foundation from PBR materials. If you need complex topics explained, use the PBR Study Buddy.
❌ Answer Random Questions: For general questions, try Alexa, Siri, or ChatGPT.
❌ Create Memory Aids for Outside Material: The buddy focuses only on PBR content.
❌ Generate Creatives: It doesn’t produce graphics, tables, or diagrams.
A Few Things to Keep In Mind
🎯 Privacy and Access: Team PBR will have access to your chats, so be nice.
🎯 Stay Focused: Keep your questions tied to PBR content.
🎯 Troubleshooting: If the buddy feels a bit off (e.g., a message disappears or seems like it didn’t come through), refresh the page to see if that fixes the issue. As a last resort, you can clear your cookies and cache.
🎯 Chat Memory: Your buddy is smart, but has generally been created for “one-time” use. It may, or may not, remember you the next time you chat with it. Much of this depends on individual settings for cookies, caching, and if you are using the same device.
Getting Started
Click the chat widget in the bottom right corner of this page and introduce yourself! Your PBR Memory Buddy is here to make mastering PBR’s content simpler, faster, and more fun!