Clinical case question generator built for exam-style vignettes
Recall Engine is a clinical case question generator that turns your lecture PDFs into case-based clinical case questions. Each one is a single-best-answer vignette, with the answer and explanation traced back to the exact source page.
No credit card required
Your exam will not ask you to recite a definition. It hands you a patient, a few lines of history, and one decision to make. But your lectures are written as facts, not cases, so you study the content and still freeze the first time it is wrapped in a vignette. Generic case banks rarely line up with what you were actually taught, and writing realistic case stems by hand is slow.
How it works
Upload your lecture
Add a lecture PDF up to 50 MB, text-based or scanned, or paste your text.
Select your pages
Choose the pages to build cases from, or run the whole lecture.
Practise and verify
Get clinical vignette stems with the best answer and an explanation, each linked to a source page you can check.
Why students use it
- Exam-style clinical vignettes built from your own lecture, not a generic bank
- Each case is a single-best-answer question with an answer and an explanation
- Every vignette traces back to a source page so you can verify it
- Free to start, with 30 credits on signup and no card required
Frequently asked questions
What is a clinical case question generator?
It turns study material into case-based, exam-style questions. Each item gives a short clinical vignette as the stem, then a single best answer with an explanation. Recall Engine builds these clinical case questions from your own lecture PDFs and links each one to the source page it came from. These are practice items for study, not clinical advice, so you verify every answer against your lecture.
Can I generate clinical case questions from a PDF?
Yes. Upload a lecture PDF, select the pages, and Recall Engine writes case-based vignettes with answers and explanations. Both text-based and scanned PDFs are supported, and you can also paste text or use a PowerPoint.
How is this different from a plain SBA generator?
Both produce single-best-answer questions, but this tool frames each stem as a clinical case, a patient scenario you have to reason through, which is closer to how real exams test you. If you want shorter, more direct stems instead, the [SBA question generator](/tools/sba-question-generator) covers that. See [what is an SBA question](/blog/what-is-an-sba-question) for the format.
Is it free?
You start with 30 free credits on signup and no card required. Credits are only charged after a generation succeeds, so a failed run never costs you anything.
Can I use these clinical case questions to prepare for USMLE, PLAB, or my university finals?
Yes, vignette-based single-best-answer questions are the format these exams lean on, so practising them is solid prep. The difference is that Recall Engine builds the cases from your own lecture instead of a generic global bank, which keeps the content aligned with what your course actually taught and weighted. Treat the output as a study aid and confirm anything exam-critical against your lecture or a trusted reference, since each question links back to the source page it came from.
Are the clinical vignettes accurate, or do they make up patient details?
The vignette stem is generated to sound like a realistic patient scenario, so some surface details (age, presentation) are constructed to frame the question. The actual teaching point being tested, plus the answer and explanation, is pulled from your lecture and traced to a source page, so you can open that page and check the reasoning yourself. It is a study tool, not a clinical reference, so always verify against the lecture rather than trusting any single generated detail.
How many clinical case questions can I generate, and can I control how many per lecture?
You choose which pages to build cases from, so you can run a single high-yield topic or the whole lecture, and the number scales with how much material you select. Generation runs on credits, and you start with 30 free on signup, so you can test it on one lecture before deciding how heavily to use it. Credits are only charged after a run succeeds, so an attempt that fails never costs you.
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Try it on your next lecture
Upload a lecture PDF and see your first output in about two minutes. Start with 30 free credits.