I cannot stress this enough, a book called "Laughing your way to passing the Neurology Boards" was invaluable and a lifesaver for me!!
I took the following strategy:
1) Laughing your way to passing the Neurology Boards, read it until it fell apart!!
2) Colen Flash Review: Okay, these flash cards were printed by a neurosurgeon and some of the information is just inaccurate but I will say this, the NEUROPATHOLOGY cards were a lifesaver!! Best neuropath review I ever had!!! In fact, I reviewed them during my neuropathology rotation as a resident and the department bought their own set as they loved them!! Back in those days, you could just by the neuropathology cards only, not sure if that is still the case?
3) Old RITE. Now, I took notes on high yield stuff and kind of made my own flash cards on this information. I also integrated frequently appearing RITE stuff into the margins of my "Laughing" book mentioned above so I really only had to pick up one book per day. Time consuming? Yes? Worth it? You bet!!!
5) There is a paperback book by Laurie Loevner that is ABOVE excellent for reviewing!! I have an old edition and the book is actually designed to help a radiologist pass their Neurorads CAQ, so there are some cases that are difficult. But again, here is what I did, I simply went through the index of cases and categorized them by subjects: movement, stroke, epilepsy, etc. As I made up the lists, I highlighted ones that I had seen on old RITES and threw out the advanced one. Again, time consuming but soo much worth it!!!
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www.neuroprep.com: Study this one late. Once you log in and see how many questions you answer correctly, you feel a little at ease, have your confidence boosted, and realize how prepared you are!
The "real" test is much easier than the RITE. That doesn't mean that you should relax, just don't be anxious if you did average on the RITE exams. I never did well on the RITE exams and I had no problems passing my "real" test. I was pretty much the only guy in my residency program that did not score above 90th percentile, thus, my faculty pretty much treated me like an ***** and offered absolutely no guidance. It took me four years to discover the resources I am sharing with you today; however, they were worth it!!
If you think that you do not have time to do this, you do, trust me!!!
POST TEST OBSERVATION (PLEASE READ THIS!!!)
After I walked away from that test, I picked up the Continuum Behavioral Neurology Edition and discovered that the journal contained an excellent review of nearly ALL of the behavioral neuroanatomy that appeared on my test!!! This is high yield and a significant portion of the test so I HIGHLY encourage you to find this edition of the Continuum!!
Lastly, whenever I received my scores, I realized that I did pretty good on everything except the neurophysiology stuff. That is electrophysiology, don't be too unfamiliar with repetitive stims, nerve conduction studies, EMGs, etc. The EEGs are classic high yield stuff, but in my opinion, the EMG/NCS stuff is probaby what killed my score!!