Hey, Guys! I'm Steve, with Physeo. I hope I'm ok to post this here. Physeo is pretty new, so I wanted to share this with you to provide some insight as to who we are:
Similar to the founders of other USMLE prep resources, Rhett and Michael (co-founders and content directors) took some time off of school to create Physeo. They were hesitant to do so, but their administration at the University of Utah was not only supportive, but actually highly encouraging based on their own academic performance and achievements leading up to and including Step 1.
Rhett and Michael had just started third year when they approached their administration about taking time off to build Physeo, so they were able to back out of their rotations early enough to not incur any penalties. At that point, they began working full-time to get everything put together. Not only do Rhett and Michael have a uniquely strong grasp of physiology, but they actually spent a lot of time working and consulting with specialists on the content as well. They also worked very closely with a USMLE content writer for Step 1 that their administration was able to get them in touch with. That contact was particularly beneficial, as a big part of what makes Physeo so powerful is the large number of board-style review questions that are integrated into, and gone over in each video (a sort of built in, interactive q bank). Because of that contact, they were able to learn in detail how to create questions that will help prepare students for the actual exam. Another thing that they did in creating the content was to heavily cross-reference all of the material with resources like FA and Uworld – hundreds of pages and many thousands of q bank questions were referenced. Since FA and Uworld are certainly benchmarks, we wanted Physeo to run parallel with them for consistency (Physeo and Uworld work incredibly well together).
Having just completed their own Step 1 exams, Rhett and Michael each had a fresh and intimate understanding of the way the test works, and what is required to do well on it, and they were able to apply that to Physeo. Physiology is similar to pathology in that it is not something that you can simply memorize; you actually have to learn the concepts and mechanisms. With that in mind, Rhett and Michael worked to make it as visual as possible by including tons of diagrams, drawings and visual explanations to help break down, and demystify it in a way that sticks. They also wanted the content to be concise enough to actually be able to be used effectively during dedicated study, so lots or work went into making sure that Physeo delivers all of the physiology content that you need, and none that you don’t. All of this has helped to make Physeo an extremely succinct and effective resource.
Physeo was released one day before Thanksgiving of 2016 with only three sections available at the time, and since then has been used/is being used by nearly 10,000 medical students both domestically and internationally, with that number increasing exponentially each day. A massive amount of work went into, and goes into Physeo every single day. We are constantly working to review and perfect the content and provide the best experience possible. After all of it, it has been extremely rewarding to hear the success stories from students, and how they have been able to benefit from it. The response from students toward Physeo has been incredible and overwhelming and it's been a privilege to be a part of.
We're happy to help any way can, so please get in touch any time if there is ever anything that we can do for any of you. Take care!