Pediatric Boards Oct 2024

[GBCrzzyy]

With boards fast approaching, I thought it would be nice to start a thread for helpful tips/advice and commiseration.

I'm someone who has been a borderline test-taker. I have never failed one of my board exams but I didn't pass by large margins either. For the peds boards, I have been sticking to a much more structured study schedule and seeing steady progress. I'm cautiously optimistic but I still have a bad day here and there where I just get beat up by my medstudy question block. During the last few months of residency I completed most of TrueLearn (except for about 200 Qs) and am currently doing MedStudy 40Q per day mon-fri and doing PREP on weekends. I have also been using Laughing Your Way for brief review followed by my medstudy books when a more in depth review is needed. I have the flashcards too.

I'm noticing that I'm struggling so much keeping various inborn errors of metabolism straight along with some of the immunodeficiencies and genetic disorders. I feel like I review it and feel good about it and then the next day it just gets evacuated from my brain somehow.

I am also balancing being a new-mom which is a fun add-on to all of this. Would love to hear what others are doing and how they are feeling!

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[50shadesofChristinaYang]

I feel the same!! Will learn something feel good then literally just leaves my brain.

I did a first time med study pass during 3rd year so this will be my second time thru it.

Ive been doing around 20-40q a day on block. So i started with ID read the laughing thru boards and did only questions on that. Then i went to endo did questions on those with adding ID in and slowly going down the list. Im planning on doing 1d/wk for review. I also have the med atudy flash cards and doing an anki deck.

Still feel like theres so much info

 

[DO2015CA]

I feel the same!! Will learn something feel good then literally just leaves my brain.

I did a first time med study pass during 3rd year so this will be my second time thru it.

Ive been doing around 20-40q a day on block. So i started with ID read the laughing thru boards and did only questions on that. Then i went to endo did questions on those with adding ID in and slowly going down the list. Im planning on doing 1d/wk for review. I also have the med atudy flash cards and doing an anki deck.

Still feel like theres so much info

There is. Would ensure you do PREP and read the full explanations even if you get it right and it’ll give a full picture for other adjacent questions on board. Then hammer medstudy questions as I feel strongly it is the closest to the test. There were about 2500 questions when I was taking it. Def finish it once and then go through the wrong ones again at the minimum.