The Mission of Doctors In Training

Doctors In Training is here to help physicians at all levels of training become better at what they do.  We believe strongly that our products help turn students and residents into great physicians and improve the standard of care for everyone.  Our goal is nothing short of becoming the largest and most effective medical education company in the world.

How long has Doctors In Training been around?

Doctors In Training began as a business named "What You Need To Know" (WYNTK), which was created in summer of 2000 by Brian Jenkins MD, who is currently a physician in Fort Worth, Texas.  WYNTK began by publishing a series of novel study guides for medical students and hosting an annual USMLE Step 1 review course.

How was Doctors In Training started?

WYNTK was started when Dr. Jenkins recognized as a medical student that there was a lack of highly efficient resources available to help medical students learn huge amounts of information.

Most medical students are asked to purchase massive texts of information and told to know everything.  To complicate matters, medical school lectures often do not reinforce the material medical students are asked to read.  Students are then tested over the information that course directors deem important, retested over what USMLE testmakers deem important, and then later expected to know something slightly different for direct patient care.

Dr. Jenkins knew there needed to be a learning resource that provided medical students with specific knowledge of what was important in all these arenas, but there was not one at the time. He decided to put together a set of notes based on what students needed to know for classes, for the USMLE, and for clinical rotations. Over the years the notes became more organized, and he began to see a pattern in the information that was deemed important. The first edition of What You Need To Know: Gross Anatomy and Radiology was created in 2000. Students responded so positively to this study guide that he created editions in other topics.  Each study guide continues to be updated with information that students need for the entire four years of medical school and into residency.

During Dr. Jenkins' 3rd Year of medical school he realized that he was in a unique position to directly teach others this information using a fast-paced, low-cost, high-yield review. The WYNTK USMLE Step 1 Review Course was created in 2002. Because students who have taken this course do so well on their USMLE, this course continues to grow in size year after year. What started as a 30-student class in 2002 became a course attended by over 1,000 students in 2008, including over half of the 2nd Year medical students in Texas.  For more information on the USMLE Step 1 Review Course, click on the USMLE Step 1 tab at the top of the page.

Doctors In Training is now growing at a rapid pace, and you can expect to see many new products in 2012 that will help medical students become better physicians and improve the overall standard of care for everyone!

 Charitable Donations

 Doctors In Training donates a portion of our annual proceeds to charitable organizations.