Faculty Credentials
Doctoral-Level Degrees
PhD and EdD credentials in health sciences education. Not anonymous freelance writers — the people who built this course have spent careers teaching the subjects they write about.
National Recognition
AACC ITC Distinguished Educator of the Year. MnSCU Board of Trustees Outstanding Educator (2016). National Outstanding e-Learning Faculty of the Year (2018). Phi Theta Kappa national STEM representative (2018–2022).
75+ Years Combined Experience
Faculty have taught pre-nursing, nursing, and allied health students at accredited community colleges and universities. This is not a startup with hired test-prep writers — it is a platform built by practicing health sciences educators.
EdExpert LLC
StudyBuddy is operated by EdExpert LLC, an independent health sciences education company. Not a subsidiary of Kaplan, ATI, Elsevier, or any large conglomerate. Independence allows the platform to serve niche exams like the HSRT that large companies have ignored.
Why does it matter who builds exam prep?
The test-prep industry has a quality problem. Many platforms hire freelance writers with no subject-matter expertise to produce practice questions at scale. The result is questions with incorrect rationales, outdated clinical information, or misaligned difficulty levels.
StudyBuddy\u2019s HSRT content, in particular, required deep expertise that does not exist elsewhere — the Health Sciences Reasoning Test, developed by Insight Assessment, tests critical thinking reasoning in ways that generic content writers cannot accurately replicate. The same applies to the clinical judgment questions in the NCLEX-RN course.
\u201cEvery question in StudyBuddy was written by faculty who have stood in front of pre-nursing classrooms and watched students struggle with the exact concepts we teach.\u201d
Frequently Asked Questions
Who makes StudyBuddy?
StudyBuddy is developed by EdExpert LLC, founded and operated by doctoral-level health sciences educators with PhDs and EdDs, 75+ years combined teaching experience, and national recognition including the AACC ITC Distinguished Educator of the Year.
Is StudyBuddy part of Kaplan, ATI, or another large company?
No. StudyBuddy is an independent platform operated by EdExpert LLC. It is not affiliated with Kaplan, ATI, Elsevier, NurseHub, UWorld, or any other test-prep company.
What credentials does the StudyBuddy team have?
Doctoral degrees (PhD, EdD) in health sciences education. Awards include AACC ITC Distinguished Educator of the Year, MnSCU Board Outstanding Educator (2016), and National Outstanding e-Learning Faculty (2018).