Peds Boards

[jackjinju]

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Well, I just took the peds boards this week.....if you were to be really thorough about it, the best combo of sources in my opinion would be as many prep questions as you could do, med study, and laughing your way to passing the peds boards....and i suppose the zitelli atlas for the pics......

pretty tricky test, but not crazy.....

 

[oldbearprofessor]

Well, I just took the peds boards this week.....if you were to be really thorough about it, the best combo of sources in my opinion would be as many prep questions as you could do, med study, and laughing your way to passing the peds boards....and i suppose the zitelli atlas for the pics......

pretty tricky test, but not crazy.....

How is fellowship going?

I scored about 50%ile higher on my neo boards than my pedi boards.😳 and that's never troubled me in particular. Of course, I didn't study at all for pedi boards, but did for neo.

I just didn't care about enuresis.....

 

[jackjinju]

hey there!

it's going well.....i find the topic of getting my research in gear at least as stressful as the clinical part....what did/do u use for the neo boards? i figure i should gather materials early....most attendings say read fanaroff a few times....

andrew

 

[oldbearprofessor]

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hey there!

it's going well.....i find the topic of getting my research in gear at least as stressful as the clinical part....what did/do u use for the neo boards? i figure i should gather materials early....most attendings say read fanaroff a few times....

andrew

Pick your favorite text and read it, as you've said, cover to cover. Also, make sure you know something about study design and know respiratory physiology like you're studying for the respiratory module as a pre-clinical med student. Know TPN calculations and mineral metabolism basics. Know how to identify structures on a head U/S and cardiac echo. But you should get most of this stuff in your fellowship lecture series. Whether it's worth it to do a board review course depends on your studying style. I would find it useless, but others say it forces them to study over a short period of time.

PM me sometime what your research is if you don't want to post it.

Regards

OBP

 

[Bernardo_11]

Congratulations on finishing your boards! I basically used the same resources as you did, minus the med study [too too too expensive] did okay last year. Prep was wonderful and I SWEAR by the laughing series. Zitelli had good pictures as well... it also had a pretty good developmental section, I'm more of a visual guy so it was nice to SEE actual milestones instead of reading about them. Then again, I am a DB peds fellow... hehe. Anyhow congrats. I just wanted to give my ups for the laughing series like you did.

Regards,
Nardo

 

[jackjinju]

thanks for the kind words.....laughing is a great book!

andrew

 

[mimosamosa]

hey guys - congrats to everyone who's done w/ their boards! i have a question... do you mean the laughing your way review book or the laughing your way prep questions? just curious... thanks!

 

[jackjinju]

the review book...haven't done the questions, so i can't comment on those.

 

[Bernardo_11]

hey guys - congrats to everyone who's done w/ their boards! i have a question... do you mean the laughing your way review book or the laughing your way prep questions? just curious... thanks!

I used both the review book and the 2 question books by the same company. They were great! Although not entirely board like in the nature of their questions they helped to solidify things they stressed in the main text. The questions really helped refine some skills that were important [there were tons of questions interpreting blood gases, side effects of chemotherapy drugs, full scientific names of the vitamins (which the boards love to throw at you), and lots of questions forcus on memorizing normal ranges of the common electrolytes and CBC results.

They are definitely more learning tools, and very much unlike the PREP questions. I read the laughing "text," did both the laughing question books, 4 yrs of PREP questions, and flipped through zitellis... and did okay at the end. I really think the "laughing" question books helped a ton with my electrolyte interpretation skills-- amongst the subsets of scores I got, my highest was the renal section , and I'm a Developmental/Behavioral Pediatrics Fellow

 

[mimosamosa]

thanks for your help!

 

[soulsearchin]

whats the board pass ratio

 

[jackjinju]

Around 80% for US/Canadian grads taking the test for the first time.

 

[kiddoc2009]

Has anyone taken any of the week-long review courses? Any feedback on which ones are good, not so good, etc.? Any help would be appreciated--thank you!

 

[generic]

yikes! 80%...I think I'll start studying now, before my residency starts...

 

[Isabela]

Does anyone have any advice on which Peds DVDs are useful for studying for the boards...I have seen that the Cleveland Clinic, UCLA, Children's National and MedStudy all have some. I failed my boards the first time using Laughing your way to Passing the Boards and PREP. Need to try something else/in addition. Any insight/help would be so greatly appreciated, thank you.

 

[Stitch]

I'm a fan of the Med Study books. They're easy reads and packed with useful information. My recommendation is to read those books three times through, make note cards from them, that sort of thing. The study questions were okay, but not fantastic, but combined with all the PREP questions and I did fine.

 

[Isabela]

Thank you for your reply Stich. I will purchase the Medstudy DVDs....there are just so many DVD options, I get overwhelmed....going back and forth b/w Cleveland Clinic, UCLA, and so on. Okay, Medstudy it is. Thanks you! Phew.

 

[Stitch]

Thank you for your reply Stich. I will purchase the Medstudy DVDs....there are just so many DVD options, I get overwhelmed....going back and forth b/w Cleveland Clinic, UCLA, and so on. Okay, Medstudy it is. Thanks you! Phew.

Just to clarify, I can only attest to the books. The DVDs seem pretty good, but I've never watched one start to finish, and I really just read the books for preparation.

Good luck and hope it goes well!

 

[Medstudent101sd]

If you're looking for a good review set, this works: http://shop.ebay.com/items/?_nkw=me...US_Texbook_Education&_odkw=medstudy&_osacat=0