A study hub and part of the HemeOncBuddy family.
The internal medicine boards ask you to hold all twelve subspecialties in your head at once. BoardStash is a board review hub for residents and practicing internists preparing for the ABIM exam: every topic comes as a concise study note, a narrated active-recall card deck and a spaced review schedule.
There are 670 topics across all twelve subspecialties, from cardiology to dermatology. Each note opens with a high-yield summary and uses comparison tables, management sequences and board pearls; each card deck can be read or listened to, checks your understanding as you go and ends with a vignette quiz. Anything you miss comes back on a spaced schedule until it sticks. No login is needed: your progress stays on your device.
BoardStash is part of HemeOncBuddy, the education hub for hematology and oncology at HemeOncBuddy.org. It comes from the same founder, follows the same approach — concise, exam-focused and kept current — and shares the same design, so moving between the sites feels familiar.
The family has four study hubs:
HemeOncBuddyHematology & oncologyTrial summaries, board notes, a full Qbank, flashcards and treatment algorithms.Visit HemeOncBuddy.org
StepStashUSMLE Step 1 & Step 2 CKStudy notes, active-recall card decks and spaced review for Step 1 and Step 2 CK.Visit StepStash
BoardStashInternal medicine boardsStudy notes, narrated card decks and spaced review for residents and internists.You are hereBoardStash is written and edited by Veli Bakalov, MD, the founder of HemeOncBuddy.
Clinical and research interests in thoracic oncology and head & neck malignancies, with a particular focus on lung cancer screening and the application of AI-related technologies in oncology.
Founder of HemeOncBuddy and editor of the BoardStash study notes and card decks.
Every topic is written from scratch in plain language and organized the way the exam is tested. Each topic’s note and card deck cover the same material, so you can read it, drill it and review it without gaps. Content is checked for accuracy against current guidelines and updated when practice changes.
If you spot an error or something out of date, please email us; corrections are made quickly.
BoardStash is for educational purposes only. It is not a substitute for medical advice, clinical judgment or medical decision-making, and it does not replace independent reading of original sources or current guidelines. It should not be used as a guide to diagnose or treat patients. Content may contain errors; the field changes quickly and human error is possible.
BoardStash is an independent study resource and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM).
The site is provided “as is” without warranties of any kind, express or implied. If you have or suspect a medical problem, contact a qualified healthcare professional or call 911.
BoardStash has no accounts and no advertising. Your progress, saved notes, stash and review deck are stored only in your browser on this device; clearing your browser data removes them, and none of it is sent to us. Pages are served by our hosting provider, which keeps standard technical logs. When you play narration, the card text is turned into audio by a speech service; no personal information is included.
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