UBC MED SLG
Student-led, curriculum-aligned, volunteer-built at UBC Medicine
Accessible support for every UBC MD student
Built by MD students from the Faculty of Medicine at UBC, SLG gives students a more direct path to strong exam prep, high-yield explanations, and practical support from senior medical students. It is Canadian made, built to serve future Canadian doctors, and designed to turn coordinated student effort into free, structured learning resources that students actually use.
Why SLG exists
SLG organizes senior MD students from the Faculty of Medicine at UBC into durable teams that build case-based MCQs, review sessions, anatomy teaching, pharmacology support, and technology-enhanced learning tools aligned to the curriculum.
Completely student-run, volunteer-based, and designed to stay sustainable.
Impact 2024-2026
MD student volunteers across Years 2-3
Original case-based MCQs developed and revised
Full mock midterms and finals delivered
Weekly QBank attempts recorded in MEDD 411 alone
VFMP participation in the anatomy mock bell ringer
Student value rating when asked if SLG should continue
What SLG provides
Everything is designed to be practical for students: easier to navigate, easier to apply, and easier to trust when exams are close.
20-25 case-based MCQs with detailed reasoning and explicit ties to course objectives.
Large-scale practice exams that simulate timing, pressure, and post-exam review.
Student-led application-focused sessions that reinforce the week without spoon-feeding it.
Senior clinical pharmacists delivering clinically relevant review material and recorded support.
LLM-based support tools trained around MEDD content, objectives, and common student sticking points.
Hands-on review sessions, mock anatomy assessment support, and senior-to-junior continuity.
Resource hub
Practical, Canadian-made study support built by UBC MD students for classmates who want resources that are fast to open, easy to trust, and useful under pressure.
Full case-based MCQs with detailed explanations and ongoing revision based on student feedback.
SLG GPTsCurriculum-linked GPT tools that help answer content questions and highlight likely exam traps.
Review textbookA central review document students can use alongside the QBank and mock exams.
PharmacologyCoordinated pharmacology teaching and linked materials with strong student uptake.
AnatomyQuick access to the session schedule, practical review support, and anatomy-focused peer teaching.
Review sessionsQuick access to the wider collection of SLG-led review session materials.
PortalLog in for protected mock exams, future weekly analytics, and saved progress.
Hands-on teaching
SLG sessions focus on what helps most in real studying: structure, landmarks, checklist thinking, and clear explanations from senior students who remember exactly where the course gets difficult.
Bi-weekly focused anatomy review sessions led by senior MD students who did well in anatomy. These 1-hour Friday sessions give students a practical run-through of checklist items, landmark finding, and the small details that are easy to miss.
The teaching style stays student-to-student, with tips and tricks aimed at understanding the anatomy rather than memorizing it in isolation. Early uptake was strong, with the initial session drawing around 180 MD students.
Open anatomy review schedule
SLG builds review sessions and materials that are organized, well-developed, and easy to use under time pressure. That means practical explanations, landmark guidance, checklist-focused review, and resources students can return to quickly.
The goal is simple: make strong student-level teaching available to everyone for free, without relying on informal networks or luck.
Mock Exam Platform
SLG mock exams are developed by a dedicated team of second- and third-year MD students for the first-year curriculum at UBC, then checked, revised, and improved with every version.
The interface is designed to feel very close to the real exam experience students already know, so practice is not just about answering questions but also about getting comfortable with timing, flow, and decision-making under pressure.
Every exam includes extensive explanation for each option, not just the correct answer, so students can review why distractors are wrong and strengthen the exact concepts that tend to be tested.
The platform tracks questions missed by week, highlights the 15 most-missed objectives, and gives students a clearer sense of which weeks and themes need immediate attention before the real exam.
Students can copy the full question, answer choices, their selected answer, and a ready-made prompt into ChatGPT or another LLM to ask deeper follow-up questions when needed.
Recognition
SLG members received a letter of appreciation from MEDD 412 course coordinator Dr. Clarissa Wallace in recognition of the team’s hard work, commitment to high-quality free review sessions, and the organized, well-developed materials built for fellow students.
That recognition reflects the same goal behind this platform: practical, reliable support delivered at student level and shared openly.
Where this platform is going
The homepage is meant to showcase what SLG actually does: high-volume, high-trust student support that is sustainable, curriculum-aware, and increasingly data-informed. The protected portal is where mock exams, weekly QBanks, and performance tracking live.
The platform was entirely developed in Canada by Dheyaa Al-Najafi (MSI4, 2026), a UBC medical student with a strong interest in health education, AI, and critical care, as part of a broader effort to make student support more practical and more accessible.