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The free podcast for PM&R board prep
Everything you need to pass the boards, in one place.
A free 176-episode podcast covering the whole ABPMR Part I blueprint. Listen on Spotify, Apple, or right here on the site. When you’re ready to go deeper, one purchase opens the full study system: textbook, Q-bank, flashcards, oral-board cases, and spoken-answer practice.
The podcast is free forever. No paywall, no ads, no sign-up.
The study system is $199 for one year. One payment, no auto-renew, no card kept on file.
Reflex · The Podcast
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Every domain on the Part I blueprint.
Reflex by the numbers
The podcast · free forever
176
Podcast episodes
170 hr
Total runtime
The study system · one purchase
166
Textbook chapters
1,985
Board-style questions
12,593
Flashcards
176
Oral-board cases · one per episode
176
Synced slide decks
1,458
Educational graphics
The free podcast and the study system
The podcast is free · the study system is one purchase
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Podcast
ListenAll 176 episodes on Spotify, Apple, and YouTube. The whole ABPMR Part I blueprint, yours to keep. No paywall, no ads, no sign-up.
Five study modes · one purchase
176 episodes, mapped to the blueprint.
ABPMR Part I · 2024Click any episode to start listening. The matching chapter and board questions open in a Companion panel on the right, visible the whole time you’re listening.Tap a series to expand. Tap any episode to start listening.
The study system · one purchase
Pass the boards with one purchase.
The podcast is free forever. Everything else comes in one purchase: textbook, Q-bank, flashcards, oral-board cases, and Explain It dictation, every piece mapped to the episode that teaches it.
166 linked textbook chapters
1,985 board-style questions
12,593 spaced-repetition flashcards
176 AI-graded oral-board cases
Explain It spoken-answer practice
Episode ↔ chapter ↔ Q mapping
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The free podcast
Is the podcast really free?
Yes. All 176 episodes are free on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, and right here on the site. Forever. No paywall, no ads, no account required.
Is this aligned to the official ABPMR blueprint?
Yes. The 176 episodes (166 chapters) are sequenced to the full ABPMR Part I content outline (MSK, Neuro, EDX, Medical Rehab, and Foundational Rehab Concepts), weighted to match the current exam outline.
Will this cover everything on the exam?
We design every chapter to cover the major board-tested content for its topic in depth, audited against the standard reference texts, society guidelines, and the primary literature. Boards evolve and any single question can probe a corner of the field, so no resource can guarantee every item. Our aim is a thorough foundation across every domain on the ABPMR Part I content outline.
The study system
What do I get when I buy?
Everything beyond the podcast, in one bundle: all 166 companion textbook chapters, the 1,985-question Q-bank, 12,593 spaced-repetition flashcards, 176 AI-graded Oral Board cases, and the Explain It oral-dictation trainer. There's no separate textbook-only or Q-bank-only tier; the integrated system is the whole product.
How does the episode ↔ chapter ↔ Q-bank mapping work?
Every chapter has its own set of linked board-style questions, and every episode is the audio for that chapter (longer chapters split into Part 1 and Part 2, each its own episode). Start an episode and the Companion panel surfaces both the chapter and its Q-bank: one tap to read, one tap to drill.
Why do some concepts show up in more than one chapter?
By design. Every chapter is built to stand on its own as a complete answer to its topic, so you can review any one in any order. Drop straight into radiculopathy or autonomic dysreflexia without replaying the fundamentals first. The principles boards test hardest resurface in each context where they matter, because seeing the same rule applied to a new clinical problem is how it locks in: that's spaced, active reinforcement, not a single buried mention you'd have to go hunting for. We keep every recurring fact consistent across the places it appears, so the repetition reinforces instead of contradicting.
What's in the Practice hub?
Four study engines in one place: Drill builds a custom Q-bank block filtered by series, blueprint weight, or difficulty; Recall is your flashcard decks; Explain is spoken-answer dictation with AI feedback; and Examine is full oral-board cases. Reach all four from the Practice tab.
How do the flashcards work?
12,593 cards covering high-yield facts, active-recall prompts, board traps, and mnemonics, scheduled by the FSRS spaced-repetition algorithm with the familiar Again / Hard / Good / Easy grading, a daily due queue, and per-card stats. Your schedule syncs across every device, and you can drop into any chapter's deck straight from its episode.
What are the Oral Boards?
Full ABPMR-style cases scored across the five oral-exam domains (data acquisition, problem solving, patient management, systems-based practice, and communication), each with a mid-case complication and the board traps that catch candidates. 176 cases, graded by AI against the domain rubric.
What is Explain It?
It's the learning you get from being pimped on rounds, without the stress or the judgment. You pick a concept and explain it out loud in your own words; an AI compares what you said against the chapter's hidden model answer, scores how completely you covered it, and gives you specific, encouraging pointers on what to firm up (plus phonetic fixes on any terms you fumbled). Private, repeatable, and the spoken-fluency rep a written Q-bank can't give you.
Are there slideshows or visual study decks?
Yes. Every chapter comes with a Study-mode slide deck, 176 in all, laid out as bulleted slides with all of that chapter's diagrams and figures pulled in. A fast way to review a topic visually or refresh right before a test, included when you buy.
Does my progress sync across devices?
Yes. One login carries your flashcard schedule, answered questions, and chapter progress across phone, tablet, and laptop. The podcast itself needs no account at all.
Pricing & access
What does it cost?
A one-time purchase: $199 for one year, or $499 for three years (about $166/year, built for PGY-1 through PGY-3, while the 1-year plan suits PGY-4). No auto-renew and no card kept on file. When it lapses, come back and buy again.
Can I try it before I pay?
Yes. The first chapter (MSK-01) is fully unlocked for free: the chapter, its flashcards, its Q-bank questions, and its oral cases. You can run the entire system end-to-end on one topic before deciding.
What happens when my access ends?
Your access stays active through the term you paid for. Nothing auto-charges, so there's nothing to cancel. After it ends, the paid sections lock back behind the paywall, but every question you've answered, every block you've built, every card you've scheduled, and every chapter you've read stays saved. Buy again anytime, months or years later, and pick up exactly where you left off.
I have an activation code. Where does it go?
Open your account page and enter it under “Have an activation code?” Codes are single-use and unlock a full year, handy for co-residents, program purchases, and conference giveaways.
What if I spot an error or want something added?
Use the Feedback button, the pill in the bottom-right corner of every page, plus a Report issue link on each study tool. Pick a category (podcast, chapter, question, bug, or suggestion), tell us what you saw, and it auto-captures the page and episode so we can track it down. Reflex is a living resource: we read every submission and ship fixes and additions on a rolling basis, guided directly by resident feedback. Two honest caveats. A reported error has to actually be an error (we verify it against our sources before changing anything), and a request has to be reasonable and in scope. When it's right and it makes the resource better, we build it.