Feature

Spaced repetition connected to the mistake that created it.

LoopdMed turns missed questions into high-yield rules and resurfaces them through active recall instead of letting them become forgotten notes.

Convert missed-question takeaways into review prompts.

Let review timing adapt as your recall history grows.

Keep spaced repetition tied to real practice misses.

How it works

From missed question to mastered concept.

Four seamless steps designed to sit right beside your daily practice blocks.

01

Log your missed question

Snap or paste the question you missed from UWorld, AAMC, Amboss, or class exams. Drop it straight in.

02

Tag error reason & source

Categorize why you missed it (Misread Stem, Logic Flaw, or Content Gap) and tag the topic or organ system.

03

Extract the core rule

Distill the explanation into a single, high-yield takeaway rule that solves future question variations.

04

Review on a schedule that sticks

FSRS-powered scheduling brings the rule back through active recall, adapting future timing as your review history grows.

Review the rule, not the screenshot

Screenshots preserve the question, but they do not force retrieval. LoopdMed extracts a concise rule and turns it into something you can actively test.

  • + Distill explanations into memorable takeaway rules.
  • + Convert passive review into active recall.
  • + Keep review queues centered on mistakes that actually happened.

Make review timing part of the workflow

The platform is designed around the moment after a missed question. Capture, classify, extract, then review before memory decay makes the lesson expensive to relearn.

  • + Supports short daily review habits.
  • + Works across MCAT, USMLE, and medical school coursework.
  • + Reduces the friction of maintaining a separate deck manually.

Understand what FSRS is estimating

FSRS models memory using variables such as item difficulty, memory stability, and current retrievability. Review outcomes provide new information, allowing later intervals to change rather than forcing every item onto the same calendar.

  • + Difficulty represents how challenging an item tends to be for the learner.
  • + Stability represents how long the memory is expected to remain available.
  • + Retrievability represents the estimated chance of recalling it now.

Treat Day 1, Day 7, and Day 30 as an example

LoopdMed uses those checkpoints in its simplified product walkthrough because they make the review loop easy to understand. They are not a promise that every prompt will always follow three fixed intervals.

  • + Early reviews can be closer together while a rule is still fragile.
  • + Successful retrieval can allow the next interval to grow.
  • + A failed retrieval should bring the rule back sooner than a successful one.

Keep the queue focused on personal mistakes

A broad flashcard deck can contain thousands of facts. LoopdMed narrows spaced review to the rules created by your own missed and uncertain questions, helping the daily queue reflect demonstrated weak points.

  • + Prioritize rules connected to real practice performance.
  • + Preserve the error reason alongside the recall prompt.
  • + Continue using a QBank for new practice and explanations.
The workflow

From missed question to adaptive review

Scheduling begins only after the original explanation has been converted into something worth retrieving. A concise, transferable prompt gives the scheduler a cleaner learning target.

  1. 1

    Extract the rule

    Compress the miss into one principle or decision rule that can be understood without reopening the full question explanation.

  2. 2

    Create the prompt

    Ask for the rule, relationship, or reasoning check directly. Avoid prompts that can be answered only by recognizing the original wording.

  3. 3

    Grade retrieval honestly

    Record whether you actually recalled the answer. Hesitation, a partial answer, and complete forgetting give different evidence about the memory.

  4. 4

    Use the next due date

    The review history informs when the prompt should return, keeping weak rules closer while allowing stable rules to move farther apart.

Review example

How one rule can move through the queue

This simplified example illustrates the behavior of adaptive scheduling. Exact intervals depend on the scheduler configuration and the learner’s review history.

New rule
A clinical decision prompt is created from a missed question and enters review with little personal recall history.
Early review
The learner recalls only part of the rule. That weak result is evidence that the memory needs another relatively near retrieval attempt.
Later success
The learner recalls the full rule and explains why it applies. The estimated stability can increase and the following interval can become longer.
Future lapse
If the rule is forgotten later, the next interval contracts. The item does not keep following the schedule of a consistently successful prompt.

The purpose of FSRS is not to create a prettier fixed calendar. It is to use review history to make future timing responsive to the learner and the item.

Common questions

Frequently asked questions

What does FSRS stand for?

FSRS stands for Free Spaced Repetition Scheduler. It is a modern scheduling approach that estimates memory states and uses review history to choose future intervals.

Does FSRS always review on Day 1, Day 7, and Day 30?

No. Those dates are useful for illustrating an early review sequence, but genuine FSRS scheduling is adaptive. Exact due dates can change with item difficulty, recall outcomes, desired retention, and prior history.

How is LoopdMed’s FSRS workflow different from Anki?

Both can use modern spaced scheduling. LoopdMed begins with a missed QBank question and keeps the error tag, extracted rule, and recall prompt connected. Anki is a broader, highly configurable flashcard platform.

What happens if I miss a scheduled review?

Complete the review when you return and grade the recall honestly. The useful signal is what you remembered at that moment; pretending a forgotten item was remembered can produce intervals that do not match your memory.

Does spaced repetition replace practice questions?

No. Spaced repetition helps retain lessons extracted from practice. New QBank questions are still necessary for applying knowledge, handling unfamiliar passages, and testing reasoning under exam conditions.