Experience clinical reasoning, your way.
Sketchy DDx offers a free version designed just for faculty, giving you the opportunity to explore and assign clinician-authored cases – with no commitment. Whether you're evaluating DDx for your course or just curious about how it works, this free trial gives you hands-on experience from day one.
What’s included in the DDx’s free trial?
As a faculty user, you can:
- Access a limited set of clinical cases across core topics
- Assign cases to students via secure links
- See basic student performance at a glance
- Get a preview of DDx’s Clinical Reasoning Assessment, a rubric-based capability grounded in established framework
DDx’s free trial is ideal for:
- Immersing yourself in realistic, interactive cases
- Exploring the faculty and student experience
- Running a small-scale pilot with your team
- Determining how DDx aligns with your curriculum
- Seeing how DDx can help you assess and improve your students’ clinical reasoning skills
Why upgrade?
Unlock the full potential of DDx with powerful tools to elevate your teaching and your students’ clinical reasoning skills.
1. Rich, immersive case experiences: Access a comprehensive library of clinician-authored cases across key clinical presentations. Pair this with voice-enabled interactions to let students practice history taking and reasoning in an authentic, low-stakes environment.
2. Flexible teaching and learning: Assign any case to any student at any time—no caps, no friction. Perfect for flipped classrooms, pre-round prep, or clinical reinforcement. Our team can also help map cases to your curriculum to get you started seamlessly. Students join easily via secure links, with zero IT setup.
3. Deep insight into performance: Track individual and cohort-level progress over time with clear visibility into diagnostic growth and reasoning patterns. Identify strengths, address gaps, and use data to guide meaningful feedback and support.
4. Smarter assessment, grounded in reasoning: Use the Clinical Reasoning Assessment to bring structure and consistency to your evaluations. Deliver competency-aligned feedback, surface cohort-level trends, and support student growth through data-informed insights — all within the DDx ecosystem.
5. Built by educators, for educators: Get fast, thoughtful help from real humans who understand clinical education. Our support goes beyond tech — it’s about helping you teach, assess, and mentor more effectively.
Getting started
- Visit ddx.sketchy.com and sign up as a faculty user.
- Try one of the free cases and explore the student experience.
- Create a course and assign a case to your students.
- Check student completions and explore the reporting tools.
- When you're ready for more, upgrade seamlessly in-app.
Frequently asked questions
Do students need accounts to join a course?
Yes! In the free experience, students will be prompted to create an account when they join a course via link. Once they create their free account, they’ll have access to all cases assigned to them.
How do I upgrade?
Reach out to our team for your free consultation so we can discuss your options based on your needs.
