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hey, the results are in- did you pass? Hope everyone who responds did and if not well hopefully they made a mistake..
I am very depressed. I took the rehab boards a few times and did not pass. I am practicing physician. I have a full time job as well as do some part time work. I took 2 weeks off to study? What am I doing wrong? Those of you that passed please help. I took kessler course a few times did studied Braddom and Sara Cuchillo. Please advise me of what I did wrong. I am very frustrated and lost. Is the result more tough for repeat takers? does any know? Does anybody know about any CD's that help. I would very grateful for your help.
I am very depressed. I took the rehab boards a few times and did not pass. I am practicing physician. I have a full time job as well as do some part time work. I took 2 weeks off to study? What am I doing wrong? Those of you that passed please help. I took kessler course a few times did studied Braddom and Sara Cuchillo. Please advise me of what I did wrong. I am very frustrated and lost. Is the result more tough for repeat takers? does any know? Does anybody know about any CD's that help. I would very grateful for your help.
For the written boards we used a bunch of old questions collected from old residents when I was in residency..
Hey, I am not in a position to give you suggestions on board exam because I am just applying for residency. But I want to enourage you--you can do anything if you are determined and work hard/smart for it!where can I find a study partner for Part I for ABPmr? we could use skype for studying. anyone interested pls contact me via sdn mail. I could greatly appreciate it.
Would anyone be interested in studying for PartII?
Found out I passed too yesterday! I was so busy with my Pain Fellowship that started July, so it was hard to put time in July-Aug, but so glad it still worked out
I started studying seriously around November of my PGY-4 year, spending about 1-2 hours a night for at least 4 nights/week.
Basically, I used Cuccurullo as my main Bible. I first read all the parts with a "BOOK" icon next to it & made sure I understood and knew those COLD. I only read parts from Braddom and Delisa that I didn't fully understand from just reading Cucurrullo (e.g. Cardiac Rehab).
I then went through the SAE study guide and previous SAE questions (in preparation for the January SAE) and if there were any basic concepts I missed I wrote them down on the Cuccurullo.
While my residency had an excellent didactic curriculum in SCI, Anatomy/MSK, EMG, Gait, and P&O, I felt I needed to hear good lectures on the other topics like Neuromuscular Diseases, Pediatrics, and TBI/Stroke. So in March, I attended the Kessler Review Course and actually found the course to be VERY helpful in putting all the 3 years of weekly residency lectures together. I also thought some of the lecture slides (SCI, EMG, Cardiac, etc.) were very helpful to review again later.
I spent April studying hard for the AANEM SAE in May, and luckily had some EMG faculty who answered my questions on concepts I didn't understand, so I felt I knew my EMG well by then.
In June, I also met up with a Prosthetist/Orthotist that worked with us in our rotations (as I felt the P&O stuff wasn't intuitive for me) and he was willing to review all the equipment at this P&O shop with me and answer any questions I had (concepts I didn't understood or got wrong on SAE questions), which I found VERY helpful, too.
I never actually read Cuccurullo back to back, but I found myself just re-reading certain chapters/sections repeatedly until I didn't have to look it up anymore when I was thinking about those disorders (e.g., the different strokes, muscular dystrophies, rheumatological diseases, etc.)
It was tough balancing boards studying in July-Aug, because I had to also read and present regularly on Pain topics during my fellowship, but I spent those last 2 months mainly memorizing stuff on Cuccurullo that's easy to miss if you don't know it cold (Rancho levels, aphasias, GCS, Gait, Bladder innervations, etc.). Again any concept in Cuccurollo that has the BOOK ICON know it cold!
So overall my advice is to NOT CRAM for the board exam, but study a little bit here are there but consistently for several months and really take advantage of asking questions from your faculty, therapists, prosthetists/orthotists on concepts that you have a hard time understanding.
My current pain fellowship is in the anesthesia dept, but luckily I'm at the same institution as my Rehab residency, so I'll definitely be asking my old faculty, therapists, and prosthetists/orthotists for help in going over topics again as I prepare for the Orals this May!
Hope this advice helped!
Would anyone be interested in studying for PartII?
YES!!! D@MN^T. I am Extatic and cant contain my emotion. This is my 2nd time taking the test. First time around got careless... Anyway, feel free to PM for advice if you failed the 1st time around.
The Baylor Course was a waste of money.
If anyone goes to Baylor DO NOT pay extra for the PowerPoint handouts. Take the CD they give you and upload the PDFs to your iPad then take notes on the PDFs through Goodreader.