Documentation

How to use the Stravoris Medical MCQ App.

A reference for getting things done in Stravoris, organised by task. Every operation is here whichever way you study - by subject, or by hospital unit. Find the one you need in the contents, and follow the steps.

Getting started

Set up your account and start practising.

Creating an account

  1. Go to Sign up (or from the login page, tap "Need an account? Sign up").

  2. Optionally enter your name - something the app can use to address you.

  3. Enter your email and a password (at least 8 characters).

  4. Re-enter it in Confirm password.

  5. If you have an access code, enter it in the Code field (optional).

  6. Tap "Sign up". Creating an account means you agree to the Terms and Privacy Policy.

  7. When you see "Check your email to confirm your account", open the email and tap the confirmation link. If you don't see it, check your junk or spam folder.

  8. On the "Almost there" page, tap "Activate my account".

  9. Back on the login page, enter your email and password and tap "Log in".

Starting your free trial

Before you start: There's no button to press - the trial is automatic. Just create an account and you're on it.

  1. Just create an account without entering an access code - your 14-day free trial starts automatically.

  2. After confirming your email and logging in, you have full access right away.

  3. Check your trial any time on Account, under Access ("Free trial - N days left").

There is one free trial per email address, and variations of the same address (such as adding "+" and a tag before the @) count as that address. If you create another account on an address that has already had its trial, you're taken to the pack page after logging in, where it says "The free trial has already been used for this email address." You can still buy a pack from there. We email you 3 days before your trial ends, so it doesn't catch you out.

Buying time

  1. Go to "Buy more time" on Account. If your access has run out, you're taken to the pack page automatically.

  2. Choose 1 month, 3 months or 12 months. Each shows the date your access will run to.

  3. Pay on the secure checkout, run by Link, a service of Stripe.

  4. You return to a confirmation page showing your new access date - tap "Back to practice".

  5. If it says it's updating your access, give it a few seconds.

If you still have time left, a new pack starts when that time ends, so nothing you've paid for is lost.

Practising

Build a session your way, by subject or by hospital unit, and work through questions.

Building a session

Before you start: Practice starts in one place: tap Start, then choose how you're studying - by subject, or by the hospital unit you're heading to.

  1. Tap "Start".

  2. On "What are you studying for?", tap "By subject".

  3. On "Choose a subject", pick a subject.

  4. Optionally refine: search or select Topics, set Question status and Difficulty, and set the Number of questions (10-60).

  5. Choose Study or Exam mode.

  6. Tap "Start study session" (or "Start exam").

If fewer than 10 questions match your filters, Start is disabled - widen your filters.

Building a session for a hospital unit

Before you start: Practice starts in one place: tap Start, then choose how you're studying - by subject, or by the hospital unit you're heading to.

  1. Tap "Start".

  2. On "What are you studying for?", tap "By hospital unit".

  3. On "Choose a unit", pick a unit.

  4. Optionally narrow the Subjects list - it shows what the unit draws on, most first, with every subject selected to begin with.

  5. Optionally set Question status and Difficulty, and set the Number of questions (10-60).

  6. Tap "Start study session".

Unlike the subject builder, there is no Topics list and no Mode choice - a session built for a unit is always study mode. If fewer than 10 questions match your filters, Start is disabled - widen your filters.

Choosing subjects

Before you start: Practice starts in one place: tap Start, then choose how you're studying - by subject, or by the hospital unit you're heading to.

  1. Tap "Start", then "By subject" (or tap "Change subject" in the builder).

  2. On "Choose a subject", optionally type in "Search subjects".

  3. Browse subjects grouped by heading (Core, Preclinical, Clinical Specialties). Each row shows the subject and its question count.

  4. Tap a subject to open the builder for it. (One subject per session.)

Choosing a hospital unit

Before you start: Practice starts in one place: tap Start, then choose how you're studying - by subject, or by the hospital unit you're heading to.

  1. Tap "Start", then "By hospital unit" (or tap "Change unit" in the unit builder).

  2. On "Choose a unit", optionally type in "Search units".

  3. Browse units grouped by heading, such as Emergency & Critical Care or Surgical Specialties.

  4. To read about a unit first, tap the info icon beside it. The panel gives the unit's other names ("Also called"), then "What the place is like", "What is time-critical", "What the work teaches you" and "What you should already know". Tap "Close" when you're done.

  5. Tap a unit to open the builder for it.

The same info icon sits beside the unit's name in the builder.

Practising only what you haven't seen

Before you start: On the subject path this is the default, not a toggle you switch on - a fresh session already gives you only unseen questions.

  1. In the subject builder, find "Question status" - "Unseen" is already selected by default, so a fresh session gives you only questions you haven't seen.

  2. To broaden, tap "All" (or add "Incorrect" or "Saved"); the available count updates.

  3. In the unit builder, "All" is selected by default instead. Tap "Unseen" to practise only what you haven't seen.

The unit builder starts on All because going over questions you've already met, while you get ready for a unit, is the point.

Study mode

Before you start: Practice starts in one place: tap Start, then choose how you're studying - by subject, or by the hospital unit you're heading to.

  1. Read the question (the header shows a "Study" chip and "Question X of N") and tap an answer.

  2. Tap "Submit answer".

  3. See the "Correct" / "Incorrect" verdict and the explanation, shown inline.

  4. Below the explanation, where hospital units draw on the question, see "Useful in N hospital units" and each of those units named.

  5. Optionally open "Why it matters in the above hospital units" to read why the knowledge is used on each - up to eight of them.

  6. Tap "Next question" ("Finish" on the last one).

  7. Optionally tap "Save" to bookmark a question, or "Note" to add a private note.

Steps 4 and 5 are on the subject path, and only once an answer is in - never during an exam. A question no hospital unit draws on shows nothing there. In a session built for a hospital unit you get the other direction instead: the header shows a "Hospital unit" chip in place of "Study", and after each answer a "Why this matters on <unit>" box follows the explanation, on every question.

Exam mode

Before you start: Practice starts in one place: tap Start, then choose how you're studying - by subject, or by the hospital unit you're heading to.

  1. In the builder, under Mode tap the "Exam" card, then "Start exam".

  2. Confirm "Start exam?" - the clock starts and can't be paused.

  3. Answer questions by tapping an option (no verdict or explanation appears during the exam). You can change answers freely.

  4. Move with "Previous" / "Next"; optionally "Flag for review" and use the "Unanswered" / "Flagged" filters.

  5. Tap "Submit exam" at any time (or let the countdown auto-submit).

  6. Confirm if prompted about unanswered questions.

Exam mode is on the subject path only. A session built for a hospital unit is always study mode. Exam answers don't count towards your daily streak or badges.

Starting another session like the last one

  1. Finish a study session (tap "Finish" on the last question) to reach "Session complete".

  2. Tap "New session". It opens the builder for the same subject or hospital unit.

  3. At the top, "Set up like the session you just finished." confirms your last choices are selected: topics or subjects, Question status, Difficulty and Number of questions.

  4. Change anything you like, or tap "Start from scratch" to go back to the defaults.

  5. Tap "Start study session".

A finished session opened from History in Review works the same way. Only "New session" on a session's summary carries your choices over: opening the builder from Start begins from the defaults, and "New exam" after an exam opens the subject picker.

Reviewing

Go back over what you got wrong and what you saved.

Reviewing incorrect answers

  1. Open "Review".

  2. Tap "By subject".

  3. Use the "Subject" dropdown to pick a subject.

  4. Tap the "Incorrect" card ("N questions in <subject>").

  5. Tap "Review".

  6. Page through with "Next" - each question shows the verdict, explanation, and any note.

Your incorrect questions are collected across all your sessions in that subject.

Reviewing saved questions

  1. During a study session, tap "Save" on any question. Optionally tap "Note" to add a private note, then "Done".

  2. Open "Review".

  3. Tap "By subject".

  4. Use the "Subject" dropdown to pick a subject.

  5. Tap the "Saved" card, then "Review".

  6. Walk your saved questions - your private note shows above the explanation.

Save and Note are available in study mode; exam mode uses "Flag for review" instead.

Reviewing by hospital unit

  1. Open "Review" and tap "By hospital unit".

  2. Use the "Hospital unit" dropdown to pick a unit.

  3. Tap the "Incorrect" or "Saved" card ("N questions <unit> serves · wherever you met them").

  4. Tap "Review".

  5. Page through with "Next" - each question shows the verdict and explanation, then a "Why this matters on <unit>" box.

A unit's pools hold every question the catalogue links to that unit that you got wrong or saved, wherever you first met it - including while studying by subject. Some questions belong to no unit, so they appear only under "By subject".

Drilling what you got wrong

  1. Open "Review", tap "By subject" or "By hospital unit", and pick a subject or unit.

  2. Tap the "Incorrect" card (or "Saved") - its action reads "Review or drill".

  3. Tap "Drill" to start a fresh study session from those questions, and answer them as you would in any study session.

Review and Drill differ: "Review" reads back through the questions with the answers already revealed and records nothing, while "Drill" is a new session you answer, which counts towards your progress. Drill needs at least 10 questions in the pool ("Need 10+ questions to drill."), and takes up to 60. Drill answers count towards your streak and badges too, and turning a wrong answer into a right one counts towards a badge of its own.

Reviewing a completed study session

  1. After tapping "Finish" on the last question, you land on the "Session complete" summary.

  2. Read your accuracy and the Correct / Incorrect / Skipped / Time tiles.

  3. If the session counted towards your streak or earned a badge, you'll see it here.

  4. Tap "Review incorrect" (or "Review saved", or "Review all questions"). A row with nothing in it is greyed out.

  5. Page through with "Next question" - the header shows "Reviewing X of N", and each question shows the verdict and explanation, with the hospital units that draw on it below.

  6. Tap "Back to summary" to return.

To answer questions you skipped, tap "Finish skipped" - they open for you to answer, and your summary updates when you go back. You can return to a summary later from History in Review by tapping a finished session.

Reviewing a completed exam

  1. After tapping "Submit exam", you land on the "Exam complete" results screen.

  2. Read your score and the Correct / Incorrect / Unanswered / Time tiles.

  3. Under "Review your paper", tap "Review all questions" (or review just incorrect, unanswered, or flagged).

  4. Page through with "Next" - each shows the verdict, options, and explanation.

  5. Tap "Back to results" to return.

Deleting a session

Before you start: Deleting a session is permanent - it cannot be undone.

  1. Open "Review" from the main navigation.

  2. Tap "By subject" or "By hospital unit", whichever you built the session with.

  3. Go to the "History" section, below the Incorrect and Saved pools.

  4. By subject, use the "Study / Exam" toggle to show the track with the session you want to remove. By hospital unit there is no toggle - every session there is study mode.

  5. Tap the trash icon at the right of that session's row (sessions are listed newest first).

  6. In the "Delete this session?" dialog, tap "Delete" (or "Cancel" to keep it).

  7. The session leaves your history and its answers are removed from your stats.

This corrects your progress: your accuracy recalculates without that session, and for a study session your coverage ("seen") is adjusted too. Your saved questions and notes are always kept. Deleting cannot be undone. Streak days and badges you've already earned are kept. Progress towards a hospital unit's badges is recalculated, so it can go down if the session you delete was built for that unit.

Progress

See how you're doing, subject by subject or unit by unit, and keep a daily habit going.

Reading your progress (accuracy and coverage)

  1. Tap "Progress" (it opens on "Your subjects").

  2. At the top you'll see your daily streak and how many badges you've earned. Tap "See all" for your badges.

  3. Under "Study path", "By subject" is selected - tap "By hospital unit" to see your units instead.

  4. Read the two headline tiles: accuracy (for the selected date range) and coverage ("seen X / Y", all-time).

  5. Read the per-subject tiles - a range accuracy percentage with a High / Mid / Low band, and all-time coverage beneath. A subject stays grey, marked Low data, until it has at least 10 answers in the range.

  6. Adjust the "From" and "To" dates to change the accuracy window (coverage stays all-time).

  7. Reorder with Sort (A-Z, or accuracy high-low / low-high).

  8. Use "Scope progress by subject" to see that subject's over-time chart (Weekly / Monthly) and a by-topic table.

Two time views on one screen: accuracy is for the date range you choose; coverage is all-time.

Reading your progress by hospital unit

  1. Tap "Progress", then "By hospital unit" on the "Study path" switch (it opens on "Your hospital units").

  2. At the top you'll see your daily streak and how many badges you've earned. Tap "See all" for your badges.

  3. Read the headline tile: accuracy for the selected date range.

  4. Read the per-unit tiles - a range accuracy percentage with a High / Mid / Low / Low data band, how many answers it is based on, and when you last studied that unit in the range.

  5. Adjust the "From" and "To" dates to change the window.

This view reports accuracy only: there is no coverage figure, no Sort, and no drill-down into a unit. Only answers given in a session built for that unit count here - questions you met while studying by subject are under "By subject".

Your daily streak

  1. Answer 10 questions in a day and that day counts towards your streak.

  2. Study sessions, sessions built for a hospital unit and drills all count. Exam answers do not.

  3. See your streak on Home, at the top of Progress, and at the end of each session.

  4. Tap the info icon beside "Daily streak" for a reminder of how it works.

Days follow your own time zone, which you can change on your Account page. Miss a day and your streak survives: you have two rest days in any 30, used automatically. You earn streak badges at 7, 30 and 100 days.

Earning badges

  1. Answer 25 different questions in a subject to earn its first badge. Further badges follow at 250 and 1,000 in most subjects.

  2. Each hospital unit has badges at the same levels, earned by answering questions in sessions built for that unit.

  3. Milestone badges mark the questions you've answered overall, the questions you got wrong and later got right, and your daily streak.

  4. See your badges from Progress, under "Daily streak", or from the link on your Home page.

A badge counts different questions you've answered, right or wrong, so repeating a question doesn't add to it. Answers in a session built for a unit count towards that subject's badges too. Exam answers never count.

Account

Your access, refunds, invites, reminders and your data.

Checking your access

  1. Open the account menu and choose "Account".

  2. Under "Access", see when your access runs to.

  3. To add time, tap "Buy more time".

Nothing renews automatically, so there's nothing to cancel. Receipts are emailed to you by Link. We also email you a week before, and the day before, your access ends.

Reminder emails

  1. We email you 7 days and 1 day before your access ends, and 3 days before a free trial ends.

  2. To stop them, tap "Stop reminder emails" in any reminder and confirm, or open "Account", untick "Email me before my access or free trial ends." under "Email reminders" and tap "Save".

  3. To turn them back on, tick the same box on your Account page and tap "Save".

Reminders are on when you sign up. You'll still receive sign-in and security emails either way.

Asking for a refund

Before you start: A started 1-month pack isn't refundable. The full rules are in the Terms.

  1. Within 14 days of buying a pack, email support@stravoris.com from your account email address.

  2. Say which pack you'd like refunded.

  3. A pack that hasn't started is refunded in full; a started pack is converted to a 1-month pack and the difference refunded. Refunds go back to your original payment method.

Inviting friends

Before you start: Each account can add one friend's code, once. You can invite as many friends as you like.

  1. Open "Account" and find "Invite a friend, get 15 days".

  2. Copy your code and send it to a friend.

  3. Your friend adds it on their Account page, under "Were you invited?", and gets 15 days straight away.

  4. You get 15 days two weeks after they buy their first pack.

Your data

  1. Open "Account" and scroll to "Your data".

  2. Tap "Download notes (CSV)" for your notes (subject, topic, date, note).

  3. Tap "Download performance (CSV)" for your results (date, subject, topic, correct).

  4. To delete your account and data, email privacy@stravoris.com from your account email address. Deleting your account forfeits any unused time, so ask for any refund first.

Your exports include only your own notes and results - never question content.

Changing your password

  1. Open "Account" and scroll to "Change password".

  2. Enter your Current password, then your New password (at least 8 characters).

  3. Re-enter it in Confirm new password.

  4. Tap "Update password".

  5. When you see "Password updated", you're done. Your other devices are signed out shortly.

Changing your display name

  1. Open "Account" and find "Display name".

  2. Enter the name you want the app to use (up to 50 characters).

  3. Tap "Save".

  4. To go back to your email name, clear the field and tap "Save".

Changing your time zone

  1. Open "Account" and find "Time zone".

  2. Choose your time zone from the list and tap "Save".

We set your time zone from your browser when you first sign in. It decides when your streak's day starts and ends, so change it if you move or travel for a while.

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