In-training Exam Prep Week 1
No required review material or quizzes this week.
Procedure Lab is scheduled for Monday, Feb 13th. Groups can be found here.
The In-training Exam is a comprehensive examination covering the breadth of Emergency Medicine. The exam contains 225 multiple choice questions and takes about 4.5 hours to complete.
Remember high yield subjects: Ranked in order from ABEM website
- Cardio: 10%
- Signs/Symptoms/Presentations: 10%
- Trauma: 9%
- Procedures and Skills: 8%
- Pediatrics: 8%
- Thoracic/Respiratory: 7%
- GI/Abdomen: 7%
- Systemic Infectious Disorders: 7%
- Neuro: 6%
- Geriatrics: 6%
- Endocrine, Metabolic & Nutritional Disorders: 5%
- HEENT: 4%
- Toxicology: 4%
- GU/Renal: 3%
- MSK (non-traumatic): 3%
- OB/GYN: 3%
- Hematology: 3%
- Dermatology: 3%
- Immunology: 2%
- Psych: 2%
- Environmental: 2%
- Other; bio-stats/epidemiology/etc: 2%
Supplemental ITE REVIEW Content:
Comprehensive Bizz Buzz
Orthopedic Review Material (High Yield Review)
- High Yield Ortho Review:
Quick Epidemiology and BioStats Review
- Recommend doing 1-2 days before (gets you easy points – like free throws)
- Online MedEd: Free Videos -Epidemiology and Biostats
- Recommend last 5 videos to get easy stat/epi points
- Review 1-2 days before exam so fresh in your head
Other Resources
- You Tube – The National EM Board Review Videos – system based (pick your system)
- Hippo EM Videos and Questions
- Rosh Review Questions
Last week’s answers: Ortho; Rad; EKG
Article of the Week:Transfusion in children with severe anemia
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