EM Board review books

[EmoryEM]

It's been awhile since anyone posted about EM board review books. Does anyone have any recommendations for books to review for in-service and the ABEM boards (other than the standard EM textbooks i.e. Rosen's)?

From my own online research, it would seem Rivers is the most popular, but has anyone tried out High Yield Emergency Medicine from intrainingprep.com? From my friends, I've only heard a little about Rivers and some people though maybe it was too long and dense for board review. I used First Aid for the EM boards last year on in-service (and did well) but it seemed to miss out on a lot of vital stuff and had a decent amount of errata.

I'd rather not throw down the $200+ on any more books without hearing more about them. Thoughts?

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[tkim]

I watched the intrainingprep video a couple of times (the book wasn't available at the time), read the AAEM review book and did PEER VI, VII . Passed no problem.

 

[RustedFox]

Emergency Medicine: "Just The Facts" (otherwise known as "Baby Tintinalli".... FTW.

 

[Old_Mil]

I watched the intrainingprep video a couple of times (the book wasn't available at the time), read the AAEM review book and did PEER VI, VII . Passed no problem.

I'd get either the "High Yield Emergency Medicine" book from the intrainingprep guys or the AAEM book. First Aid (even the second edition) and Just the Facts aren't good choices in my opinion.

 

[jendc08]

Peer 7 and 8 are great

 

[Pure Anergy]

For anyone who used the High Yield Emergency Medicine book, how many pages is it, and how long did it take you to work through the whole thing? They tell you how long the videos take on the website, but they don't give any estimate of the amount of time you'd need to get through the book. Also, does it come with questions, or do you need to use it with one of the PEER books? And if you used the book along with the videos, did you think it was worth the extra money versus just watching the videos?

 

[edgesofsanity]

For written: I found the Intensive Review of Emergency Medicine book to be useful - puts in the little pearls amongst the narrative.

For oral: find a medical buddy and just do cases. There are several books - any one would be fine as long as you practice.

 

[wvuemres]

Heres a page reviewing all the material available for the written boards: Emergency Board Review