Synopses & Reviews
Maximize Your Emergency Medicine Oral Board Score! Emergency Medicine Oral Board Review: Pearls of Wisdom: Fifth Edition is your most effective weapon in preparing for the emergency medicine oral board exam.
- 800+ rapid-fire questions cover all topics on the emergency medicine oral boards
- Extensive outline review of must-know topics
- 48 high-yield test cases with Q&As
- Powered with performance-improving pearls and other potent learning aids
INTENSE--TARGETED--EXAM-FOCUSED
This rapid, effective review ensures your best possible performance on the oral board exam in the shortest possible study time. There is no easier or faster way to guarantee that you perform your best on exam day!
- BULL'S-EYE HITS on emergency medicine oral board exam topics--the meaningful and the frequently tested
- 48 CASES WITH RELATED Q&As--hone in on what examiners are likely to ask
- CONVENIENT OUTLINE REVIEW--study must-know oral board content in logical sequence
- TOOLS TO IMPRINT YOUR MEMORY--pearls, drills, mnemonics, visual imagery, even humor, and other tested learning aids
- RAPID RESULTS--rapid-fire, to-the-point cases and Q&As quickly embed the facts you need to know and enhance quick recall
- NO CONFUSING WRONG ANSWERS to clutter your memory
Synopsis
Maximize Your Emergency Medicine Oral Board ReviewEmergency Medicine Oral Board Review: Pearls of Wisdom: Fifth Edition is a outline format and quick-hit question-and-answer formatcases review of the most important information you need to know when preparing for the oral board portion of certification in emergency medicine. This review is great for last minute board preparation and reinforces essential information for top exam-day performance.
Drs. Gossman and Plantz takes you through a range of topics they are likely to see on their boards, and prepares the reader by setting up the material in alphabetical table of contents for quick accessibility to pertinent information. Each topic within the chapter is broken out by disease or disorder, and concise information is given about the patient's evaluation, diagnosis and treatment. This outline section is followed by rapid fire review of the material where only the correct answer is given. The final part of the book is comprised of test cases for study alone or with a partner.
About the Author
William G. Gossman, MD, FAAEM Associate Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine
Creighton University Medical Center
Creighton University
Omaha, NE
Scott Plantz, MD, FAAEM
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
Chicago Medical School
Chicago, IL
Table of Contents
ORAL BOARDS PREPARATION
GENERAL EXAM INFORMATION
SUGGESTED OUTLINE OF ATTACK
THE PRIMARY SURVEY
THE SECOND SURVEY
PEARLS
PEDIATRIC PEARLS
PEARLS TOPICS
CARDIOVASCULAR
DERMATOLOGY
ENDOCRINE
ENVIRONMENTAL
GASTROINTESTINAL
GYNECOLOGY
HEAD AND NECK
HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
METABOLIC DISORDERS
NEUROLOGY
OBSTETRICS
ORTHOPEDICS
PEDIATRICS
PSYCHIATRY
PULMONARY
RADIOGRAPHIC EVALUATION OF COMMON INTERVENTIONS
RHEUMATOLOGIC/ALLERGIC
TOXICOLOGY
TRAUMA
UROGENITAL
WOUNDS
PROCEDURE PEARLS
RANDOM PEARLS
SAMPLE CASES
REFERENCES