Everything you need to pass your boards. Nothing you don't.
Built for plastic surgery from the first question, not adapted from a general surgery bank. Every feature exists to make a short session count.
Board-style questions across every domain.
Over 300 questions and growing, each mapped to the American Board of Plastic Surgery Written Examination content outline and the topics tested on the Plastic Surgery In-Service Exam. Every one ships with a referenced explanation, and a clinical figure where one helps.
- All five in-service exam sections, covered in full
- Clinical vignettes in the style of the exam
- Revised continuously as guidelines and literature move
The five in-service exam sections
- Core Surgical Principles Section 1
- Comprehensive Integument Section 2
- Craniomaxillofacial Section 3
- Hand & Extremities Section 4
- Breast & Cosmetic Section 5
A living map of what you know.
Brain Trace builds a knowledge graph of plastic surgery: the concepts, the connections between them, and your mastery of each. A diagnostic exam sets your baseline. From there the engine routes every session through the concepts that need you most, mixing modalities and scheduling reviews before you forget.
- Diagnostic exam maps your baseline across all five sections
- Adaptive questions, open-response self-evaluation, flashcards, rapid review
- Rapid-review notes generated for the concepts on your route
- Spaced repetition protects what you've already learned
Included with every membership.
Explanations that teach, not just correct.
Every question is paired with a full, referenced explanation designed to deepen your understanding of the underlying concept, not just tell you what's right.
Timed. Realistic. Pressured.
Full-length timed exams in an interface built to replicate the Plastic Surgery In-Service Exam. Question density, format, pacing, and navigation all mirror the real exam, so exam day feels familiar.
- Section blocks with timed breaks between them
- Flag, strike, and navigate exactly as on the day
- Review every answer afterward with the explanation and references
Track every percentage point.
Per-section scores, session-by-session history, and your percentile against other residents. Every miss becomes a flashcard scheduled by spaced repetition.
Rapid Review packets, written for your route.
From the Brain Trace tab, generate a Rapid Review packet and Incise writes notes on your weakest concepts, ordered weakest first. Each topic gets cues to quiz yourself with, the notes that answer them, a comparison table for cover-and-recall drilling, and a one-line high-yield take. Every packet arrives in Study Notes as an editable document.
- Topics chosen from your own mastery map
- Edit, highlight, and reorganize in a Word-style editor
- Print to PDF or copy as Markdown
- Start a blank note anytime
Every question passes a five-stage validation pipeline.
Documented, repeatable, and applied to every question before it is released. Built to make sure each question is accurate, well written, and pedagogically sound.
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1
Literature audit
Checked against PubMed and current clinical guidelines.
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Blinded verification
An independent re-derivation must arrive at the same answer.
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3
Language quality
Cueing, stem clarity, and distractor balance are analysed.
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Scoring
A composite score across six clinical accuracy dimensions.
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Revision
Flagged questions are revised and re-validated before release.
Ready when you are.
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