Sketchy Medical is a visual memory aid for medical students, where “sketches” are drawn to represent key components of a virus, drug, disease, etc. While the sketch is being drawn, a narrator talks through the sketch and explains what each symbol represents. Currently, Sketchy offers sketches for microbiology, pharmacology, pathology, biochemistry, physiology, and anatomy.
Log In for the First Time
You will receive a confirmation email once your account is set up. If you already had an existing account, you can log in as normal. If for some reason you did not receive the confirmation email after 24 hours, follow these steps:
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- Sign in to Sketchy Medical.
- Click Forgot Password? and enter your WSU email address to send a recovery email.
Navigation
Once logged in, the site will direct you to the home screen, where you can select which courses you would like to see.
Courses are subdivided into Categories. For example, Micro is divided into Viruses, Bacteria, Fungi, and Parasites. Click the button of the topic you’d like to study. This will bring up all the Sketches organized by chapters for that topic. Click the Play button to watch a sketch.
From here, watch, review, or take a quiz over a specific sketch.
Watch the video below to see an example of navigating in Sketchy.
Sketches
Sketchy videos start out as a blank canvas that fills as a narrator explains the importance of the symbols. These symbols are used consistently throughout sketches, so they have the same meaning in different videos.
Watch the example below to find the following symbols:
Use the Video Controls
Click the blue Plus icons below to learn more about the video controls in Sketchy.
Video Menu
This menu provides quick access to other videos within the course or allows you to go back to the main course page.
Video Title
Video Navigation
Play, pause, skip back 10 seconds, and adjust your volume.
Adjust Speed
Autoplay
Turn on to play the next video in the sequence.
Caption Settings
Turn captions on or off.
Settings
Adjust the closed captions or move the video to full screen.
Picture-in-Picture
Opens picture-in-picture on your device so you can multitask.
Fullscreen
Watch in full screen.
Symbol Explorer Button
Click to toggle Symbol Explorer.
Keyboard Shortcuts
Click to view the Keyboard Shortcut menu.
Review a Sketch
A checkmark is placed in front of Sketchy videos that have been completed. To quickly look at a static view of the completed sketch, click the Picture icon by the sketch you wish to review.
Click the blue Plus icons below to learn more about the video controls in Sketchy.
Video Button
Click to toggle the video.
Hotspots
Click to turn symbol hotspots on and off.
Keyboard Shortcuts
Click to view the keyboard shortcuts menu.
Quizzes
Quiz yourself over Sketches by using the Quiz feature. Click Quiz at the top of the page to build your own quiz or review your quiz history.
Select the topics that you’d like to add to your quiz by choosing the Sketchy Course, then expand the units to choose from Topics or specific Sketches. Enter in the number of questions you’d like on your quiz, then click Create.
Note: quizzes are currently unavailable for Biochem sketches.
Quizzes are multiple-choice questions. Click the Next button to the answer to select it, or click the Text of an answer to strikethrough it. When you’re ready to see the correct answer, click Submit.
If you have Tutor Mode enabled, you’ll immediately see an explanation of why each answer is correct or incorrect. The related sketch will also appear on the right side of the screen.
In the History tab, you can view results from previous quizzes, resume suspended quizzes, or recreate previously completed quizzes.
Collections
Sketchy Medical created several collections of lessons to help students strive toward certain goals. These collections can be accessed from the Dashboard.
Search
Sketchy Medical added a Search feature in the spring of 2022! Type any number of Keywords to arrive at a results page and further filter by unit and by whether you have viewed it or not.
FAQs and Troubleshooting
There are no Sketchy apps for Android or iOS yet, but they’re in development! In the meantime, use Sketchy through a web browser on a smartphone or tablet.
Yes, Sketchy loves getting this kind of feedback! Look for the Report Issue button on a sketch, or email the Sketchy team directly.
Have technical issues?
Contact the Sketchy team, or visit their Help Center.
by the Office of Technology