First Aid For Psychiatry Anki

Pretest- Has some overkill (see blueprints) but overall decent for neuro. Don’t put too much work into the opthalmalgic questions; there are eye questions on the shelf but none too in depth

3rd Year

Amanda Xi blogpost- An excellent write up of many different resources broken down by clerkships, like this page. Definitely worth reading in addition to what I wrote below as there are some differences in resources!

VibrantMed blogpost- A writeup on how to crush the shelfs. Good for another viewpoint on what you can do in each clerkship.

Online MedEd- Excellent to watch the first few days of a rotation. There’s an accompanying anki deck found here made by C/O 2019.

BoardVitals- Question bank for individual shelfs and beyond. Interestingly enough, this is the main question bank I saw residents using to study for their boards.

Practice NBME– I eventually found these to be essential for doing well on the shelfs (Shelves?). Pros: These questions are, obviously, most indicative of what the actually shelf questions are like. Some question/ question stems were actually repeated on the real thing. Cons: $20 for 50 questions.

Firecracker- Good cards and vignettes split by clerkship (use the drop down menu). I used this for family medicine but no other rotation.

UWorld- Obviously good for every clerkship that you can pull questions out for (ie, not family medicine)

Pretest- Prevention, acute, and chronic sections. A tad out of date (JNC 7 vs JNC 8, etc) but overall still a very good resource.

UVA Question Bank- Excellent question bank that, in my opinion, is most like the real shelf. 125 questions. UVA has since taken the questions down from their website but they are still readily available on the internet.

Case Files Family Medicine- Excellent resource. All of the cases are fair game on the shelf. That being said, I reviewed only a couple of cases before the shelf and did the end-of-case questions but I never read through the entire thing. I found that I could not concentrate on reading after working in the clinic. Instead, I learned the bulk of my knowledge from question banks.

Step-Up to Medicine- The ambulatory section is excellent to review a few days before the shelf. More importantly, this is the best resource for family medicine level dermatology with many accompanying pictures. There were at least 5 derm questions on the real deal.’

USPSTF Anki- Anki deck made by C/O 2019 with all A and B recommendations

Blueprints- 1/4 of this book is demoralizing overkill. No, you do not need to know Tolosa-Hunt syndrome, Pleizaeus-Merzbacher disease, Neuronal ceroid lipfuscinosis, etc. for the shelf or even the clinic. Otherwise it is ok. Has some great tables for nerve root functions (ie, L5 sensory and motor innervations). Questions at the end are excellent but there are some typos.

Pretest- Has some overkill (see blueprints) but overall decent for neuro. Don’t put too much work into the opthalmalgic questions; there are eye questions on the shelf but none too in depth

Firecracker- I didn’t use Firecracker for neuro this time around but I’ve heard great things.

Rule of 4 Board and Beyond- Easy way of localizing brain lesions. Always worth a couple of points on questions and in the clinic.

General advice for shelf- Do the practice NBMEs. Most important: Know the dermatomes and spinal root motor innervations. Ie, what exactly L5 and S1 do in the foot. Be able to differentiate radiculopathy from plexopathy from neuropathy. Know basic opthalmology. Know all the of the major diseases AND lesions you learned for Step 1+ all the new diseases you see on the NBME practices, even if they aren’t the correct answer (again, don’t worry about many of the new diseases in Blueprints). Redo relevant sketchymedical chapters (both bugs and drugs). Be able to localize lesions.

First Aid for Psychiatry- Ubiquitous resource for psychiatry. All shelf answers are allegedly contained within.

Lange Q and A- More practice questions for those want additional questions above and beyond UWORLD. At times out of scope or too specific.

Emma Holliday Psychiatry Video- Legendary lecture a few years old from a 4th year at UTSA. Outdated, talks about axis and other DSM IV vocab but still excellent to solidify concepts and refresh before the shelf. Her powerpoints can be found here.

APGO UWise questions- Highly recommended by some (Laura). Also has corresponding student youtube videos that do a good job of explaining the diseases.

Otherwise, UWorld and practice NBMEs are mainstays.

Casefiles- This is my favorite Casefiles for third year. I would especially recommend reading this the day before the group meetings.

Oral exam- Choose your cases and write up their oral presentations early, know risk factors for the condition, medical management, and complications. It also may be wise to familiarize yourself with the normal lab values corresponding to your cases (normal creatinine, electrolytes, etc).

General advice for rotation:

Those who have not taken surgery or family medicine may want to supplement with resources on general women’s health screening (DEXA, mammogram, cholesterol screen etc.) and breast pathology diagnosis and treatment. For surgeries familiarize yourself with the parts of the fallopian tube and layers of the abdominal wall. For labor and delivery learn how to recognize fetal heart tracings (VEAL CHOP) and expected heart rate. In clinic, practice measuring fundal height and checking fetal heart tones on all patients. In clinic visits can ask about any fetal movement ( > 16 weeks), contractions, loss of fluid, or vaginal bleeding.

Get the diagnosis- Website with positive, negative likelihood ratios and sensitivities, specificities of physical exam findings for many diseases with citations! Can be used in notes to look great

Step Up to Medicine- A broad and detailed resource, but worthwhile for specific topics during medicine that need reviewing. Cardiology, Pulmonology, and Renal chapters particularly useful for correlating with patient presentations on the wards.

De Virglio- This is, quite possibly, my most favorite book of all clerkships. The depth is perfect for surgery and many of the more complex or esoteric points were excellent pimp fodder. Theres also an Anki Deck

Pestana’s + Emma Holliday- Pestana’s is the gold standard for readability for surgery. I, however, only glanced through it the day before the shelf. I did keep up with the Anki Deck (divided into subdecks) everyday. Emma Holliday is Emma Holliday; great for a refresher before the shelf.

Clerkship specific Canvas test- This 100 question test is a good primer for the shelf. Otherwise I did not do the daily questions.

BRS- Probably the broadest resource for the shelf and not an easy read but guaranteed will cover almost everything you could need for the shelf. Read for completion not to memorize content.

Pretest- Useful for practice questions helping identify question patterns and nuances between similar topics (SCFE from LCPD, croup versus epiglottis) but there is a bit of extraneous or way too specific information in the endocrine chapters and beyond.

UWORLD- Very helpful for major topics and recognizing patterns for the shelf.

NBMEs- There are 4 for pediatrics and are the most like the shelf as any other resource.

Emma Holiday- A good resource as always, she does a good overview from newborn to the rare genetic diseases standardized exams love to test on.

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