Emergency Medicine

There are many excellent question banks and other resources to choose from. First, resources that will help with your patient presentations, the mastery of which is the easiest way to shine on your rotation.

A General Overview (start here, esp. if EM applicant)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_XqjGvVLXQ/

C/O 2020 Advice

Class of 2020 Advice Document

C/O 2019's Lectures

Presentation Lecture- Powerpoint that outlines student oral presentations on the EM clerkship.

Resource Lecture- Powerpoint that lists resources that are useful for the EM clerkship.

Presentations

3-Minute EM Presentation Paper- This isn't your internal medicine presentation. Presenting a patient in EM must be concise, adequately convey the "badness" of the complaint, AND include your assessment and plan (everytime!). This paper was one of the best resources (although see the next resource) for helping me understand the philosophy and "rules" behind presenting in EM: is there a ROS? Do I mention FH? SHx? Read and you'll know!

3-Minute EM Presentation Supplement- This is the supplement to the above paper. I put it on a new line because THIS is what I ultimately referenced time and time again while I honed my skills. The boring, old fashioned text of academia is replaced by vibrant word art and easily digestible nuggets of information.

EM Clerkship Patient Presentation- 8 points for every presentation, every time. See below for the full writeup on the EM Clerkship Podcast. This was too good to not give its own line. Read this pdf; it's really that simple! I would add an additional step: REMEMBER TO ALWAYS GIVE DISPO. (ie, I think this patient is going to home/ the floor/ the ICU).

Questions Banks

Rosh Review ($99 for clerkship, $199 for in-service)- Has a 600 question clerkship option and a 1200 in service (ie, 1st~ year resident) option. I chose the 600 question clerkship option in order to finish it before my shelf and thought it was a fantastic resource. I emailed customer support about the question repeats in the 600 vs 1200 question banks and they said that "there is some crossover between the two questions banks but for the most part they are separate questions".

HippoED ($249 for Qbank and videos, $205 with EMRA discount)- I bought this AFTER my shelf and first EM rotation to have something to do on my 2nd and 3rd rotations. Like Rosh Review, there are many different packages but the EM resident package is the lowest level option and is perfect to take your knowledge to the next level. Of note, you can get just the question bank, just the videos, or both. I opted for both. The question bank can be set up for spaced repetition for hard problems, and you can answer questions with "I'm sure!", "I'm not too sure", or "I'm just guessing" to maximize the efficiency of the intervals. The videos are recorded lectures or studio recordings of talks about every subject in EM. In particular, THE EKG BASICS VIDEOS WERE AMAZING (2h, 48min). Do you know how to read an EKG like an EM physician? Do you have a 6 item differential for ST elevation? ST depression? QRS widening? I, certainly, did not, but I did after these videos. I'm sure the other videos that literally encompasses everything head to toe are also great, I just haven't watched them yet. Buy the EM resident package through EMRA with your membership and save money [Just input medical school and your clerkship director for the information and you'll be approved]!

Pretest- A great question bank for EM. First author is Adam Rosh of Rosh review and I noticed about 5~ repeat questions. Otherwise, still a great resource. I was able to get through half of this + all of the clerkship Rosh Review before my shelf.

Other Resources

Podcasts

EM Clerkship Podcast- Zach Olsen is an EM resident that creates an excellent podcast at the 4th year medical student level. How do you treat priapism? Work up eye compliants? Switch from days to nights and back? All these are answered and more on the podcast. He also has excellent episode summaries for the one page high yield information.

EM Clerkship Podcast Resources- This deserves its own line. I mixed and matched his recommendations on this page to great effect.

EM Basic Podcast-

ALiEM-

Websites

Life in the Fast Lane- Famous EM website/ blog that features hundreds of EKGs and EM cases.

WikiEM- A wikipedia-esque site that has clinical features, differentials, evaluation, management, and dispositions for every disease I ever searched for. I highly recommend use of this resource to double check yourself when you begin to create your own plans.

Books

EMRA Basics of Emergency Medicine- Pocket book full of differential diagnoses for given chief complaints. I would quickly read the relevant chief complaint section while I was doing my 30 second chart review before I saw new patients and it helped hone down my H&Ps.

EMRA Antibiotic Guide- Famous Abx guide