| Topic |
Week |
Dates |
Faculty |
Live / Archive |
Details |
Test Taking Skills
and Exam Preparation
Review of Test Questions |
1 |
|
Silverstein
Silverstein |
Archive
Live |
Organizing your schedule
Focusing on the important stuff
Reading the questions
Picking the answers and games boards play
Putting it to the test (questions) |
Heme Onc
Cardiology
Emergency Medicine |
2 |
|
Silverstein
Gerardi |
Archive
Live |
Anemias
Abnormal WBC’s, Solid Tumors, All about ALL
Congenital heart disease, arrhythmias, and valvular disease.
ABC’s of Codes, Abuse Imitators,Ingestions,Trauma |
Fluids Lytes
Renal
Urology
Allergy/ Immunology
Rheumatology |
3 |
|
Feld |
Live |
Dehydration, Sodium, Potassium,
Renal Disorders, proteinuria ,hematuria, and hypertension.
Hypospadias, undescended testicle, and swollen testicle
and enuresis.
Immunodeficiencies , JRA, Lyme Disease, Kawasaki, Sle,
and Dermatomyositis. Allergic Reactions Type 1- 4 , Milk
Allergies, and skin testing. |
| Endocrinology |
4 |
|
TBA |
Live |
Calcium Metabolism, diabetes Mellitus,
Hypo and Hyperthyroidism, Sexual development and growth
failure. |
Neurology
GI |
5 |
|
Silverstein |
Live |
Seizures, neurocutaneous
diseases, Ataxia, Headaches, and peripheral neuropathies.
Liver diseases, lower and upper GI bleeding, vomiting,
diarrhea, inflammatory bowel disease, nutritional deficiencies,
and malabsorption. |
Neonatology
Psych / Developmental Pediatrics |
6 |
|
Mimms
Msall |
Live |
IUGR, managing the premature infant and
associated complications. High risk delivery and maternal
drug use management. RDS and BPD.
Identifying normal developmental milestones, autism, Rhett’s
syndrome and other developmental disorders. ADHD myths
and facts and identifying and managing psychiatric disorders
which manifest in childhood. |
Infectious Disease
Genetics
Inborn Errors of Metabolism |
7 |
|
TBA
Silverstein |
Live
Archive |
Bacterial infections and
antibiotic coverage and side effects. Infections of specific
organ systems, including bones, lungs, STD’s Inheritance
patterns of common disorders and predicting the outcomes
of pregnancies.
Inborn errors of metabolism including, organic acids,
glycogen storage, and carbohydrate. Drugs with teratogenic
effects. |
Images/ Pictures
Dermatology |
8 |
|
TBA |
Live |
A systematic approach to the typical images
presented on the exam.
Identifying a variety of dermatological disorders and
their “ typical descriptions “ in the question
section and their typical presentation in the “
graphic section” . |
ENT
Pulmonary
Ortho
Ophthalmology |
9 |
|
Silverstein
Silverstein |
Live
Archive |
Upper airway stridor,
retropharyngeal and peritonsilar abscesses as well as
acute epiglottitis.
Asthma, acute respiratory disease,pneumothorax, Pleural
fluid evaluation, near drowning and the limitations of
pulse oximetry.
Legg Calve Perthes disease, identifying the causes of
bone pain and their typical presentations and descriptions.
Slipped capital femoral Epiphysis.
Amblyopia, distinguishing cataracts from glaucoma, managing
ocular trauma. Retinoblastoma and ocular presentation
of neuroblastoma. |
Question and Answer /Network opportunity
Post Course Quiz
Review Review of questions |
10 |
|
Silverstein
& Feld |
Live |
Putting it all together with a post course
exam and review of answers.
Identifying typical pitfalls and why and where candidates
can be fooled into picking the wrong choices.
Round up Q and A. |
