Searching for a structured and visual medical resource?
We present to you the Compendium Medicine pockets - concise yet comprehensive pocket-sized books, designed to provide essential and practical information during a shift.
Trusted by 100,000 healthcare professionals across 90+ countries
What island are you on?
As medical doctors, it always surprises us how we are all working from our own islands in healthcare. We are all creating our own study materials, instead of sharing them between universities, hospitals and countries.
Let's build bridges together!
What if, from today, we would all start working together? Creating one compendium, in one language. Imagine all the time we would save, and how much more efficient we would be.
We have already built the first bridges
In 2015, we started our mission in the Netherlands and Belgium. The Compendium of Medicine in Dutch was born! We gathered a huge group of eager students and doctors, and started writing an encyclopedia using our own method. The book series sold out before launch, and soon we started making pockets. The overview of medical knowledge became accessible for both studying and during practice.
"We missed an overview in the medical curriculum and decided to work with students and specialists from around the country to write our own textbooks."
Founders and doctors: Romée Snijders and Veerle Smit
Expanding our mission globally
With the experience gained over the past years, we are committed to making a positive impact on medical students and healthcare professionals worldwide.
This new phase began with the distribution of our Pocket Radiology across all continents. We are amazed to have readers in over 80 countries!
Let's make learning fun!
All our books are written using the Compendium Method©. Our method consists of using comprehensible illustrations for every medical condition, straightforward tables, many illustrations and useful mnemonics. It's is visual, to-the-point and concise, ensuring you can easily memorise the study material.
Discover our current collection of pockets
Complete Pocket Collection (6-Book Set)
Pocket Neurology (2024)
Pocket First Aid (2024)
Pocket Radiology (2023)
Pocket Acute Medicine (2025)
