The mission of DoctorsInTraining.com.
DoctorsInTraining.com 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 DoctorsInTraining.com been around?
DoctorsInTraining.com 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 DoctorsInTraining.com, formerly 'What You Need To Know', 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 test makers 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' third year of medical school he realized that he was in a unique position to directly teach others this high- yield information using a fast-paced, low-cost, and high-yield review. The WYNTK USMLE Step 1 Review Course was created in 2002. Because students that 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 second-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.
DoctorsInTraining.com is now growing at a rapid pace, and you can expect to see many new products in 2010 that will help medical students become better physicians and improve the overall standard-of-care for everyone!
Charitable Donations
DoctorsInTraining.com believes in corporate social responsibility, and as of May 2008, we donate at least 10% of our proceeds to charitable causes. Below are some of the causes to which we have donated:
2008
UTMB Medical Student Recovery Program
2009
Doctors Without Borders
Safe Haven
Friends of the World Food Program (Fill The Cup)
