What's new
What's new in August 2026
Everything we shipped to BoardPal in August 2026.
Aug 15 to 21 · 10 new features
21Aug · Fri
A new Neuro B cram sheet: Parkinson's, MS, myasthenia and GBS
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New: a Neuro B cram sheet on Parkinson's, MS, myasthenia and GBS, on your NP4 shelf. more ▾less ▴
The second neuro cram sheet is now on your Resources shelf under NP4: Neuro B — Parkinson's, MS, Myasthenia & GBS, seventeen illustrated pages on the degenerative and autoimmune disorders. It opens with a labeled neuron, because that one drawing organizes the whole topic: multiple sclerosis attacks the myelin in the brain and cord, Guillain-Barré strips the myelin on the peripheral nerves, myasthenia gravis blocks the receptor at the very end, and ALS takes the motor neuron itself. From there each disease gets its nursing: Parkinson's with the TRAP signs drawn on a patient and the levodopa timing rules, myasthenia against Guillain-Barré side by side so the descending and ascending weakness stop blurring together, the myasthenic and cholinergic crises, a plasmapheresis setup drawn piece by piece, multiple sclerosis with its triggers and exacerbation care, and Alzheimer's with the communication and safety nursing. Bell's palsy and trigeminal neuralgia are here in full, as promised on the Neuro A sheet, with the same man's face drawn twice so you can see exactly why a spared forehead points away from stroke. Where the classic exam answer and current practice have drifted apart, the sheet shows both and tells you which one the board expects. The Philippine section covers X-linked dystonia-parkinsonism of Panay, our dementia numbers, and the senior-citizen benefits under RA 9994.
A new Diabetes Mellitus and Endocrine Emergencies cram sheet
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New: a Diabetes and endocrine emergencies cram sheet, on your NP4 shelf. more ▾less ▴
A Diabetes Mellitus & Endocrine Emergencies cram sheet is now on your Resources shelf under NP4, after one of you pointed out that the endocrine sheet's only diabetes was diabetes insipidus — a fair catch, and this fills the gap properly. Fourteen illustrated pages on the disease the boards love most: the types and how they present, the insulin curves with onset, peak and duration, the mixing, storage and injection-site rules with the rotation zones drawn on a body, hypoglycemia against hyperglycemia as two labeled patients you can compare sign by sign, and DKA against HHS laid out as a fork so you can tell the two emergencies apart under pressure. It carries the sick-day rules, the Somogyi and dawn phenomena, foot care with the monofilament check, the long-term complications mapped on a body, and it closes with a summary table of the other endocrine emergencies — thyroid storm, myxedema coma and Addisonian crisis. Where the classic exam answer and newer guidance disagree, the sheet shows both and tells you which one to write on the board exam. There is a Philippine section with our own diabetes numbers, Diabetes Awareness Week, and an honest row on ampalaya.
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20Aug · Thu
Practice sets up to 100 questions, Vault runs up to 200
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Practice sets up to 100 questions; Vault runs up to 200. more ▾less ▴
You can now build a practice set of up to 100 questions — the presets offer 100 alongside 10, 20, 30 and 50, and the custom box accepts any number up to 100. A timed exam-mode set of 100 gets the full board-pacing budget of two hours, the same as one NP on the real exam. The Vault goes further: because it reviews one question at a time with the rationale after each answer, a single Vault run can now serve up to 200, so a big review pile clears in far fewer sittings. This one came from student requests — keep them coming.
Your highlights survive sheet updates — and the reader now says so
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The reader now points you to your saved marks after a sheet update. more ▾less ▴
When a cram sheet you have highlighted gets updated to a new edition, the reader now tells you up front that your earlier marks are safe, with a one-tap button that opens the previous edition exactly as you left it. Your highlights and notes always stay attached to the exact version of the pages you drew them on, so a sheet update never erases anything. Three of you asked about this in a single day — thank you for flagging it.
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18Aug · Tue
A new Respiratory cram sheet: upper airway, asthma and COPD
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New: a Respiratory cram sheet on the upper airway, asthma and COPD, on your NP3 shelf. more ▾less ▴
A Respiratory A cram sheet covering the upper airway, asthma and COPD is now on your Resources shelf under NP3 — the second half of the same student request that brought the Neuro A sheet the day before. Sixteen illustrated pages, anatomy first: a labeled cross section of the upper airway and a bronchial tree that shows why an aspirated object so often ends up in the right main bronchus. The upper-airway section walks through epistaxis and the lean-forward-and-pinch rule, sinusitis, sore throats and their rheumatic sequelae, peritonsillar abscess, laryngitis, and laryngeal cancer with laryngectomy care. Asthma gets a healthy bronchus drawn beside a constricted one, the stepwise treatment ladder, status asthmaticus, and the peak-flow zones with the inhaler-and-spacer and peak-flow techniques drawn step by step. COPD is set out chronic bronchitis against emphysema with the two classic patient pictures drawn side by side, plus the oxygen caution every board expects you to know. The oxygen delivery devices — nasal cannula, simple mask, non-rebreather and Venturi — are each drawn on a patient with the flow rates and the nursing that goes with them, and the sheet rounds out with tracheostomy care and chest physiotherapy.
A per-question timer, and a plan that shows its coverage
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An optional per-question timer paces your practice sets. more ▾less ▴
You can now switch on a per-question timer when you build a practice set — pick one minute, a minute and a half, or two per question, in either mode. It counts down fresh on every question, pauses while you read a rationale, and restarts on the next one. When it runs out it simply turns red and shows how far over you went; nothing is ever submitted for you. This one came from a student suggestion — keep them coming.
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17Aug · Mon
A new Neuro cram sheet: assessment, ICP, stroke and seizures
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New: a 24-page Neuro cram sheet on ICP, stroke and seizures, on your NP4 shelf. more ▾less ▴
A Neuro A cram sheet is now on your Resources shelf under NP4, after one of you asked for neuro and respi sheets — this is the neuro half, and at twenty-four illustrated pages it is one of the biggest sheets on the shelf. It starts with the brain itself: the lobes and what each one does, the meninges layer by layer, and the cranial nerves taught the way you actually test them at the bedside. Then the big four. Increased intracranial pressure gets the early-versus-late signs, a face drawn with the drooping lid and blown pupil in the same eye so you see why that combination matters, a herniation diagram, and an external ventricular drain drawn with the leveling geometry that questions love to test. Stroke gets ischemic against hemorrhagic drawn side by side, the BE-FAST signs on a body, and the clot-buster time windows. Seizures get the type names old and new, the during-and-after nursing, and status epilepticus. The sheet also carries the Glasgow Coma Scale, decorticate against decerebrate posturing drawn properly rigid, and a compact meningitis, encephalitis and brain-abscess section. Where the classic exam answer and current guidance have moved apart, both are shown with a note on which one the board expects. The Philippine section covers our stroke numbers, the PhilHealth stroke packages, the carbamazepine gene warning that specifically names Filipinos, and epilepsy in the community.
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16Aug · Sun
A new Sensory cram sheet for the eyes and the ears
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New: a Sensory cram sheet for the eyes and ears, on your NP4 shelf. more ▾less ▴
A Sensory cram sheet covering the eyes and the ears is now on your Resources shelf under NP4, after one of you asked for it. Seventeen illustrated pages, built around the two things that make this topic hard to hold in your head. First the anatomy, with labeled cross sections of the eye and of the ear so the cornea, the drainage angle, the macula and the optic nerve, and the eardrum, the ossicles and the cochlea, all have a place you can point to. Then what the patient actually sees: one street scene drawn six times, once through a healthy eye and then through a cataract, through open angle glaucoma, during an angle closure attack, through macular degeneration and through a retinal detachment. The rest follows the exam. Glaucoma is set out open angle against angle closure with the drainage angle drawn both ways, and every class of eye drop carries the warning that matters for the rest of the body. Cataract carries the surgery and the after care rules, retinal detachment carries the gas bubble positioning, and macular degeneration is laid out dry against wet. For the ear there are the Weber and Rinne tuning fork tests with the placements drawn and the results explained, conductive against sensorineural hearing loss, the ear drop technique with the up and back for adults and down and back for children under three, otitis, otosclerosis and stapedectomy, and Meniere's disease. There is a Philippine section with the newborn hearing screening and kindergarten vision screening laws and where cataract sits in our own blindness numbers, and it closes with a read the scenario, name the first action table.
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15Aug · Sat
Tick off cram sheets as you finish them
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New: mark cram sheets as finished and track them like a checklist. more ▾less ▴
You can now mark any cram sheet or note as finished, so your Resources shelf doubles as a checklist. Tap the small circle on a sheet's cover to tick it off, or use the Mark as finished button that appears when you reach the last page in the reader. Finished sheets show a check on their card, the shelf counts how many you have finished, and each filter chip shows your progress per subject, like 4 of 7 for NP1. One of you asked for exactly this, and it was a good idea. Ticks are yours to manage: nothing is marked automatically, and you can untick anytime.
Study up to 6 hours a day, and clearer daily-time controls
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New: size your study plan up to 6 hours a day. more ▾less ▴
Your study plan can now be sized to 5 or 6 hours a day. The daily-time picker on your Schedule page used to stop at 4 hours, and some of you in your final stretch before the exam asked for longer days. Pick the new option from Daily time on your Schedule page and your remaining days rebuild to use it — everything you have finished carries over, and your current plan stays restorable.
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