EM Inservice

[Dr. Rosenrose]

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any advice on studying for the em inservice exam? PEER VII?

 

[lucky_deadman]

any advice on studying for the em inservice exam? PEER VII?

My advice is keep up with your basic reading from (insert EM reference text of choice). PEER VII is good if your a question studying kind of person.

There are several threads about good studying materials that should be readily available through the search function.

Right now just chill and worry about the ABEMITE come January. 😎

 

[kungfufishing]

Carol Rivers and PEER once you've read one of the texts through over the course of the year, at least that is what I did. There are a couple of other good review books out there but those two are great.

 

[WilcoWorld]

I think that the best preparation is to work hard in the Department and to be honest with yourself about gaps in your knowledge. When you identify one, fill it by reading on the topic within the next 24 hours. This will allow you to connect the reading to patient experience, and that makes it much more palpable and applicable, and thus retainable.

Keeping up with your program's study plan is a good way to ensure that you cover all the topics you need to, and will also help you to not look like a bonehead at conference.

If you have done all the above, you should do well on the exam. However, if you have done all of the above and you want to ROCK the exam (simply for personal satisfaction), then I think that this is a great resource: www.intrainingprep.com.

I never liked Rivers, just personal preference. InTrainingPrep was much more high-yield from a test-taking perspective, because it boiled-down the info to the sorts of things that are frequently asked on the test, but infrequently encountered in the ED.

It's more important for you to know that Asprin has a mortality benefit in ACS than it is to know that Scombroid poisoning is treated with antihistamines. However, if you work in an ED you shouldn't have to study to know the former point, but you are very unlikely to have just picked up the latter point.

So, in summary:

Passing the boards is essential, not pissing off your PD with a poor inservice score is desireable, but aceing the test is only important for personal reasons.

- Learn EM by working in an ED and being critical of yourself.

- Pass your boards by following the comprehensive study program that your program should have set up.

- Set yourself apart from everybody else who has done the above (which, is totally suffucient in my book, BTW), by studying high yield, but infrequently encountered facts from a resource like www.intrainingprep.com.

 

[tkim]

I think that the best preparation is to work hard in the Department and to be honest with yourself about gaps in your knowledge. When you identify one, fill it by reading on the topic within the next 24 hours. This will allow you to connect the reading to patient experience, and that makes it much more palpable and applicable, and thus retainable.

Keeping up with your program's study plan is a good way to ensure that you cover all the topics you need to, and will also help you to not look like a bonehead at conference.

If you have done all the above, you should do well on the exam. However, if you have done all of the above and you want to ROCK the exam (simply for personal satisfaction), then I think that this is a great resource: www.intrainingprep.com.

I never liked Rivers, just personal preference. InTrainingPrep was much more high-yield from a test-taking perspective, because it boiled-down the info to the sorts of things that are frequently asked on the test, but infrequently encountered in the ED.

It's more important for you to know that Asprin has a mortality benefit in ACS than it is to know that Scombroid poisoning is treated with antihistamines. However, if you work in an ED you shouldn't have to study to know the former point, but you are very unlikely to have just picked up the latter point.

So, in summary:

Passing the boards is essential, not pissing off your PD with a poor inservice score is desireable, but aceing the test is only important for personal reasons.

- Learn EM by working in an ED and being critical of yourself.

- Pass your boards by following the comprehensive study program that your program should have set up.

- Set yourself apart from everybody else who has done the above (which, is totally suffucient in my book, BTW), by studying high yield, but infrequently encountered facts from a resource like www.intrainingprep.com.

The website is brand new, the online course is not yet available, and yet you recommend the course? What gives?

 

[WilcoWorld]

Sorry for the confusion. It's run by an old attending of mine, and he used the same review materials to prepare us for the test when I did residency. He's "going public" with it this year, but I guess it's not quite up & running yet.

Just to be crystal clear, I have no financial interest with this site. I simply think that, based on how the prototype worked for me, it will be a relatively painless yet very useful resource. However, please note that the point of my post was that for the purposes of learning EM & passing the exam, just being a good resident (which means working hard, reading, and attending conference) is proably enough.