StatMD
StatMD
Live polling, quizzes & Q&A built for medical classrooms, CMEs and workshops — your audience answers from their phones.
Made by MD Pharmacology educators at PharmaByMD · no app to install · students need no account
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What is StatMD?
Made for medical teaching — not a generic poll tool
StatMD is a live audience-response platform built for medical & pharmacology education by PharmaByMD. Run an MCQ during a lecture, a pre-test/post-test at a workshop, an AETCOM reflection word cloud, or audience Q&A at a CME — put a question on screen and the room answers from their phones, with results live. No app to install, and students don't need an account.
💡 Dr. Pooja Reddy — Professor, SAMC & PGI, Indore.
My guide and mentor, whose dedication to interactive, student-centred teaching — and her belief that every student in the room deserves a voice — sparked the idea behind StatMD. This work is built and dedicated to her with heartfelt gratitude.
Live polls
Students pick an option; a bar chart fills in instantly.
Word clouds
Collective one-word answers, sized by how often they're said.
Open Q&A
Students post and upvote questions — great anonymously.
Scored quizzes
Timed, with points for speed & accuracy and a live leaderboard.
Audio & video questions
Play a heart murmur or show an ECG clip — students listen, watch & answer on their phones.
Works in PowerPoint NEW
Launch questions & show live results inside your slides — no app-switching. Free, even on Office 2016+ (no 365 needed).
Use cases
Things you can run tomorrow
Check understanding live and re-teach on the spot.
Play a heart or lung sound and ask for the diagnosis.
Measure learning gain across a workshop or FDP.
Capture attitudes & values from the whole room at once.
Gamified retrieval practice with a live leaderboard.
Keep a large CME audience engaged and voting.
Anonymous questions, upvoted so the best rise up.
Polls, quizzes and Q&A for session audiences.
Quick polls to drive case-based discussion.
See it in action
From QR scan to live results
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What teachers say
Very intuitive and easy to get used to. Has made teaching and learning more interesting.
StatMD is a really handy tool for making medical teaching more interactive. Students can join easily through a QR code or short code, without any app or login. It works well for MCQs, polls, quick quizzes, flashcards, and live Q&A during lectures or seminars. The interface is simple, and it makes revision and classroom learning more engaging and fun.
It was greattt
Best platform for everyone
helped improve attention span and response rate in students in practical classes!
✍️ Used StatMD? Share your experience
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Why use it
- Active participation instead of passive listening keeps a room switched on.
- Real-time feedback — see instantly whether the class understood, and re-teach on the spot.
- Better retention — quick quizzes are retrieval practice that makes learning stick.
- Safe to speak up — anonymous answers & Q&A help shy students take part.
How it works
For teachers
- Sign up (email or Google) and create a session.
- Add your questions — poll, word cloud, Q&A or quiz.
- Project the screen — it shows a QR code & join code.
- Launch questions, watch results live, then save & reuse.
For students
- Scan the QR code (or enter the code above).
- Add your name and answer on your phone.
FAQ
Questions teachers ask
How do I run a live quiz in class?
Create a free StatMD session, add your questions (MCQ, scored quiz, word cloud or Q&A) and project the screen — it shows a QR code and a join code. Students scan with their phones and answer, and results appear live. No app or login needed for students.
What questions can I ask medical students?
Anything interactive: MCQs during a lecture, a pre-test/post-test at a workshop, an AETCOM reflection word cloud, rapid revision quizzes with a leaderboard, or anonymous Q&A. StatMD also has ready-made pharmacology, biostatistics and MBBS-subject templates you can launch in one click.
How do I make my lectures more interactive?
Ask the room to answer from their phones. Drop a quick poll or quiz in every 10–15 minutes, show the live results on screen, and re-teach wherever the class struggled. Anonymous answers and Q&A help shy students take part.
Do students need an app or an account?
No. Students just scan the QR code (or type the short 4-character code) and answer in their phone's browser — no app to install and no sign-up.
Is StatMD free?
Yes — StatMD is free to start: run live polls, word clouds and Q&A with your class at no cost. Scored quizzes, larger audiences and department/institution features are on affordable paid plans.
Can I use StatMD for CME, workshops or conferences?
Yes. It works for large CME audiences, faculty development programmes, workshops and conferences — live polling, quizzes and audience Q&A with results on screen, plus attendance and results you can export.