The story behind Rhythm Rounds

Built by a clinician.
For future clinicians.

Medicine is hard enough. The way we study it shouldn't make it harder.

Sam Brooks, PA-C
Sam Brooks, PA-C  ·  Physician Assistant  ·  7 Years Clinical Experience

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There had to be a better way.

I'm a physician assistant with seven years of clinical experience. I've been in the trenches — working shifts, making diagnoses, treating patients. I know what it takes to get there, and I know how brutal the path is.

I watched brilliant students burn out trying to memorize thousands of clinical concepts for boards. The tools they had — flashcards, question banks, dense review books — were effective, but exhausting. There was no joy in it.

I kept thinking: your brain remembers what moves it. Music activates memory pathways that passive studying simply can't reach. So I started writing songs.

My wife is an A&P student. She remembered a concept on her exam because she listened to one of our songs the night before. That's exactly why I built this.
Sam Brooks, PA-C  ·  Founder, Rhythm Rounds

Every major topic, set to music.

Rhythm Rounds is a music-based medical education platform built for students at every level — from undergrad anatomy and physiology all the way through board exam prep.

The catalog includes anatomy and physiology across A&P 1 and A&P 2, biology from cellular processes through ecology, microbiology from foundations through pathogens and applied topics, general chemistry from atomic structure through electrochemistry, organic chemistry from bonding and stereochemistry through spectroscopy, aromatics, carbonyl chemistry and biomolecules, clinical medicine songs covering every major board-tested condition, and clinical story songs — each one a patient case told through music, with a full decoder sheet and 12-question quiz.

Every song is built to board-exam standards and validated against the medical literature. Each one comes with a study guide, lyrics, and mini quiz — so you're not just listening, you're actively learning.

The content is written the way I wish someone had taught me — clinical, memorable, and built around the patterns that show up on PANCE and undergraduate science exams.

Clinically built. Medically validated.

Every song on Rhythm Rounds goes through a multi-layer validation process before it's published.

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Clinical authorship
Written by a licensed PA-C with active clinical practice
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Evidence validation
All content cross-referenced against current peer-reviewed medical literature and validated by a licensed clinician
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Board-aligned
Mapped to the published PANCE blueprint and standard undergraduate microbiology and A&P course objectives
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Student tested
Validated by undergraduate A&P students and health professions learners

Medicine that moves you.

Healthcare needs good clinicians. Getting there shouldn't break you. Rhythm Rounds exists to make the path a little more human — a little more enjoyable — without sacrificing the rigor that patients deserve.

If one song helps one student pass one exam and become the clinician they're meant to be, it was worth building.

Start with 2 free songs

No credit card. Full study guide, mini quiz, and lyrics included.