Team
Who’s building Rounds
One medical student, for now — and a short list of people we’re looking for. If you use Rounds, you can talk to the person who makes it. That is unusual, and we intend to keep it that way for as long as it is possible.
Ali Mirza
Founder · Medical student
UConn School of Medicine
I built Rounds because I wanted it to exist. I was doing what everyone does — Anki in the morning, a QBank at night, and a nagging sense that none of it was teaching me to actually think through a patient. Recognising a fact on a flashcard is not the same skill as sitting with an undifferentiated case and narrowing it down.
So Rounds is that skill, as a game. Five hints, five guesses, one case a day. Short enough to do between classes, hard enough that getting it in two feels like something.
I am still in training, which I think is the point rather than a disclaimer. I am building the tool while I need the tool, and that keeps it honest — when something in Rounds is annoying or wrong, I have usually hit it myself that week.
How we work
Built by a peer, not a publisher
Every design decision starts from a study session that went badly. That is a narrower view than a textbook company has, and a much more current one.
The medicine has to be right
Cases are reviewed against current standards, and anything a clinician flags gets fixed before it gets defended. Accuracy is not a feature to be traded against pace.
Built where you can see it
The roadmap is public and votable. Most of what shipped this year came from someone writing in to say a thing was broken or missing.
The team we’re building
Rounds has outgrown what one student can review alone. These are the two seats that matter most right now — both are real roles with named credit, not unpaid “exposure”.
Clinical Advisory
Physicians, residents and fellows
Review cases in your specialty, settle the calls that need a real clinician, and keep the library honest as it grows past what one student can check.
Advisory detailsCase Writing
Medical students
Write the cases you wish you had been given. Named credit as a case author, complimentary access while you contribute, and a real say in what the library covers.
Case writing detailsTell me what’s wrong with it
Genuinely. A case that’s misleading, an answer that should have been accepted, a feature you keep reaching for and not finding — that is the most useful thing you can send me, and most of it gets fixed within the week.