Why a stock question bank is a poor fit for faculty exams
The best-known question banks are written for licensing exams abroad — the USMLE, the UKMLA or PLAB. Your finals are set by your own faculty, from your own lecturers’ slides. Revising someone else’s curriculum means hours on material you won’t be asked about. Panic Bank flips that: you upload the lecture your department posted, and the questions come from it.
Options Egyptian students use
| Option | What it is | Best for |
|---|---|---|
| Your faculty’s past papers | Previous exams | The most exam-relevant practice there is |
| Local MCQ banks (e.g. Medflix EDU, KOLEETY AI) | Banks marketed around Egyptian curricula | Fixed practice, if they cover your faculty |
| Panic Bank | Questions, cards and notes written from the lectures you upload | Exactly your lecturers’ material, plus spotting and OSCE practice |
What you get
- SBA questions from your own lectures — about 25 from a typical lecture, tagged by clinical importance.
- Flashcards and full notes from the same lecture, plus a Recap.
- OSCE practice by voice with an AI patient who speaks Egyptian Arabic (English on request), marked when you finish.
- Spotting decks for X-ray, CT, MRI, histology, ECG and clinical photos.
- Your year: a university library of lectures classmates uploaded, a season leaderboard and The Arena.
Does my university need to be on it?
No. Your lecture in, your questions out — it works at any faculty. At New Giza University, where Panic Bank started, the course’s lectures are already in the library; elsewhere, the library holds what your classmates have uploaded.
Frequently asked questions
Does it work if my university is not on Panic Bank?
Yes. The core loop is personal: you upload your own lecture and get questions, cards and notes written from it, whether or not anyone else from your university has used the app. Where classmates have uploaded lectures, they are one tap away in your university library.
What language does the OSCE patient speak?
Egyptian colloquial Arabic by default, and English when you ask. You take the history out loud, and your mark scheme is graded when you finish. OSCE practice is in the paid plans.
Is Panic Bank free?
It is free to start and does not ask for a card. New accounts get a 3-day trial of the Core plan, and the free tier keeps a daily review allowance after that. Paid plans unlock unlimited review, the Teller (Ask-AI), the mock exam and OSCE practice.
Is there an app?
Yes — an iPhone and iPad app on the App Store, and a web app at app.panicbank.com. On Android, install the web app from your browser; there is no native Android app. One account works everywhere.