So the inservice is done and we now have our marching orders for the next year. It's been a while since there was a concerted conversation on what resources everyone uses. The big three texts have been recently updated, anyone use them and how? Any other textbooks? How do you all learn radiology, EKG? Question banks? In-service prep? Other books? Blogs, Podcasts, Websites? While i always appreciate the color commentary that comes in this forum could you post the resource, how you use it and how it helped you just for some context.
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Big THREE texts ? What's the third one ?
Hardwood Nuss, maybe? I don't even know.
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Yeah Tint 8th Rosen's 8th and harwood 6th have all been around for a while. There are a few new textbooks people are starting to use as well. Any particular peds reference for anyone?
hippo em
Textbooks.... Pffft. Textbooks are so 1997.
Do you think it would be doable to use both of these resources as an intern? My program gives us Rosh Review, but I've heard such good things about HippoEM that I'm considering purchasing it on my own.
See people say this but your expected to have a pretty broad base of knowledge for EM and your going to have some gaps even if you read a review paper for every patient. If you plan only to read current reviews then you have to have a pretty comprehensive list of them or else again your going to miss stuff.
The joke I was actually trying to make was more along the lines of "digital textbooks and iPads and eReaders and everything" have replaced textbooks. Thus; "Textbooks are so 1997". It was a poor effort on my part; I get that. I'm on vacation in the Bahamas, and I'm posting to SDN because I'm a giant loser (and I need something to do while the wife is showering up and getting ready). My prior post was "lazy". I need to be more attentive when I troll.
All gags aside; your post brings up an EXCELLENT point. I frequently mouth-off about how I've never read a textbook, etc. - but there is really something to be said for a proper "knowledge base" and "canon" for EM. I've read the "paperback Tintinalli" ("Just the facts"), and it is pretty much the best "springboard" for knowledge extrapolation that I can think of.
The more that I think about it; that's how I "learned EM".... I got the skinny from the "Just the facts" book, then I went to all the secondary resources to "bolster" my knowledge base. Maybe I'm the oddball; but I get the sense that this is a more common "battle plan" than that.
Anyways, back to your regularly scheduled yah-yah. Its my anniversary; wife is out of the shower and puttin' on her whatevers. See yahhh.
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Read and listen to everything and anything you can get your hands on.
I don't know if (a) this is hijacking the thread or (b) already been covered ad nauseum. But, what about for the actual boards? If you have three months to study as a new attending, what would you recommend?
I liked Hippo EM in residency and want to redo it. How good is HiPPo for the actual boards. And what else is necessary to augment this?
I liked Hippo EM in residency and want to redo it. How good is HiPPo for the actual boards. And what else is necessary to augment this?
I'm starting residency late due to military obligations. I've been out of my TY year for 11 months now. I've been trying to read topics along the way, but it has been difficult due to operational requirements. The work pace is winding down now, and I have ~3.5 months to get back in learning mode. They sent us a list of 10 recommended topics to know about. I was going to read the Tintinalli's on these topics, and then try to get through the entire HippoEM videos. Thoughts on this plan? Other recommendations? I just don't want to show up 2.5 months after my co-residents have started training, and look like a complete idiot...
There is such a broad first year learning curve and the schedule is usually pretty varied, some of you colleagues may not have even been in the ED by the time you start.
Bump. In for more recs...two weeks to go! 
https://www.wikem.org/wiki/Main_Page is an ever changing uptodate reference site in wiki format. Draws from a lot of different texts, lectures, papers, podcasts. Lots of links, videos, pics, references. All topics are quick hit bullet points.
Loved Rosh question bank. Peer was also good. Done cardiac, GI, resp sections on HippoEM and seems very basic. Wish I had watched as pgy1.
Loved Rosh question bank. Peer was also good. Done cardiac, GI, resp sections on HippoEM and seems very basic. Wish I had watched as pgy1.
I gave some recommendations earlier in this thread but started doing HippoEM since I posted. I now think that the absolute best combination of resources for an intern is Rosh + HippoEM.
Hippo just seems to me to be the absolute best way to build a solid foundation of knowledge. It's comprehensive (not in general, but in regards to the test), it's relatively simple. But it's surprisingly deep if you use the entire thing.
If I had to rank study materials I would probably go
(Tied for #1) HippoEM/Rosh
Peer VIII (will be Peer IX in October)
Ultimate Guide to EM
Tintinalli's
There's a lot of niche texts that fill important roles though. Mattu's EKG books, Mattu's 'Common Errors' book, the Kaji Review for practice questions that test your knowledge of current literature, etc. These are filled with gems.
Hippo just seems to me to be the absolute best way to build a solid foundation of knowledge. It's comprehensive (not in general, but in regards to the test), it's relatively simple. But it's surprisingly deep if you use the entire thing.
If I had to rank study materials I would probably go
(Tied for #1) HippoEM/Rosh
Peer VIII (will be Peer IX in October)
Ultimate Guide to EM
Tintinalli's
There's a lot of niche texts that fill important roles though. Mattu's EKG books, Mattu's 'Common Errors' book, the Kaji Review for practice questions that test your knowledge of current literature, etc. These are filled with gems.
Prediction: I will repeatedly consider signing up for Rosh over the next few months, but balk because its "expensive". Lol. Cheap-ass, I am.
What does your studying look like? I'm assuming you have weekly reading assignments/didactics. Do you just follow along by doing the corresponding section of HippoEM and the Ultimate Guide to EM and save PEER for the spring before the ITE?
I know that HIPPO is advertised as ITE/boards review, should we be doing that all year long or just towards the ITE in the spring?
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Don't worry about any of it.
Utilize any of those resources in any way and order you see fit.
Just study something.
I attempted a reading schedule. That fell apart in month one.
It's been haphazard since then, but I'm doing fine with patient care and standardized tests. I still hate documentation though. I need a resource to learn how to do that better.
I study all the time, whenever I can. The fact of the matter is I ENJOY learning this crap. It's one thing to be a competent ER doc, it's another to be a competent and erudite ER doc. I like learning the minutia of the field. I like being well read. Frankly, it raises my confidence in the ER. I know that a tidbit of knowledge I consume today can quicken my dispo for a patient tomorrow, and I think that's really cool.
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Couple this with a sense of humility in residency, and you're going to be great.
