AudioScholar
Audio briefings on the medical literature, for working physicians.
Paste a paper, pick a topic, or follow a specialty — AudioScholar turns the literature into ~10-minute audio you can listen to between cases or on the commute.
Four ways to put medical literature in your ears
Every workflow produces ~3- to ~10-minute audio with a clean script, full source citations, and a downloadable MP3.
Upload a paper
Drop any peer-reviewed PDF or paste a PubMed / DOI / blog URL. Paper Summary returns a 5- or 10-minute audio summary in about 2 minutes.
Track a topic
Topic Watch follows any clinical question (e.g., "GLP-1 in CKD") and emails you a 7-, 14-, or 28-day audio digest of new literature on that topic.
Follow your specialty
Specialty Weekly is a curated weekly briefing across the high-impact journals in your specialty — nephrology, cardiology, endocrinology, and more. Started as "This Week in Nephrology"; now covers all major specialties.
Journal Club — a critical appraisal
Flip the toggle on any PDF upload and Journal Club returns a ~10-minute, three-voice appraisal — a fellow presents, an attending interrogates, a statistician keeps the numbers honest. Download a self-directed CME learning record (PDF) for your own MOC / Mainpro+ portfolio afterwards.
Listen anywhere
Press play right in the app — the built-in player queues your library with resume, speed, and lock-screen controls — or subscribe with your personal RSS feed in Apple Podcasts, Pocket Casts, or Overcast. The public specialty shows are also on Spotify and YouTube, and the weekly briefing can land in your inbox by email.
Library + dashboard
Episodes you finish (≥80% played) move to your Library → Played section, and Play all queues your current view in the built-in player. Install the app (Add to Home Screen) and switch on notifications to hear the moment a new episode is ready. No bookmarks yet — they're on the roadmap.
Share with a colleague
Open any episode → use the share row to email a colleague, copy a public link, or download the MP3. Public listen pages don't require sign-in.
Journals & societies — partner podcasts
NephJC, the ISPD, and Peritoneal Dialysis International publish audio editions as their own branded shows — powered by AudioScholar, with editorial and author review at every step. Publishing a journal? Get in touch.
Every major specialty, covered
Specialty Weekly began as "This Week in Nephrology" and now spans the high-impact journals across 30 clinical specialties. Every specialty has a free public weekly show — on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube, or by email — and subscribing takes just an email address at audioscholar.cc.
Hear before you sign up
No account needed — these public sample episodes give you a sense of the voice, pace, and depth.
Live samples rotate — visit audioscholar.cc for the current ones.
Built by a physician, for physicians.
AudioScholar is built by Dr. Nikhil Shah, a practicing academic nephrologist in Edmonton, Alberta — the workflow exists because he uses it daily for his own clinical reading.