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Monthly Archives: August 2017
Rapid Review: Ulcerative Colitis
Reviewed February 2024 Ulcerative Colitis Sample question: A 23-year-old man presents to the clinic with persistent bloody and mucoid diarrhea, severe abdominal cramps, weight loss, and fatigue for the past 2 months. His vital signs are within normal limits. Examination is significant for tenderness in the left lower quadrant and hypogastrium. Stool culture, examination for read more…
Podcast Ep 30: Status Epilepticus, Isoniazid Toxicity, Hyponatrem
Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me. -Carol Burnett Welcome back to Episode 30! First, we must congratulate Sean for winning the trauma ring tone challenge by being the first to respond after the episode release. An honorable mention goes out to Nich and Dhinakar. Stay tuned for future read more…
Everything You Need to Know About Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) Board Certification
There are two certification options. American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) is a board examination. Upon passing, the credentials awarded are FNP-C (C-denotes certified) 2,3 Questions: 150 questions (135 are scored; 15 are pretest and not scored) 2 Exam Breakdown Assessment (~36%) Diagnosis (~24%) Plan (~23%) Evaluation (~17%) Exam Breakdown by Patient Age: Prenatal (~3%) read more…
Rapid Review: Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
Reviewed February 2024 Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (RMSF) Sample question: A 19-year-old woman presents with 4 days of high fever, headache, and myalgias. She also developed a blanching erythematous rash with macules on her wrists and ankles that spread to her trunk. She reports no history of distant travel but was camping at a local read more…
Rapid Review: Anticholinergic Toxidrome
Reviewed February 2024 Anticholinergic Toxidrome Sample question: A 28-year-old man presents with his friends to the ED with altered mental status. The patient has no known medical or allergic history. His friends state that he was well until 1 hour ago. They have been camping, “living off the land,” and eating an assortment of berries read more…
Rapid Review: Events in 1st Trimester of Pregnancy
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Rapid Review: de Quervain Tenosynovitis
Reviewed January 2024 de Quervain Tenosynovitis Sample question: A 20-year-old man who is employed in construction presents with pain to his thumb and wrist for 4 months. He states that the pain worsens while he is working. Examination reveals pain along the radial surface of the wrist with forced ulnar abduction. What management is indicated?
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Here’s How Rosh Review QBank Analytics Benefit Residency Program Directors
Prior work in cognitive and educational psychology have demonstrated the effectiveness of practice testing as a study technique for physician board examination. Rosh Review is an online educational platform centered around a question bank of board-style multiple choice questions that is used by many resident physicians, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners as part of their preparation for board certification.
Rapid Review: Kawasaki Disease
Reviewed February 2024 Kawasaki Disease Sample question: A 4-year-old boy presents to the emergency department with his parents because of a rash and fever for 7 days. His temperature is 102.9°F (39.4°C) and heart rate is 120 bpm. Physical examination demonstrates bilateral conjunctival injection, an erythematous tongue, and anterior cervical lymphadenopathy. The patient has a read more…
Rapid Review: Wernicke Encephalopathy
Reviewed March 2024 Wernicke Encephalopathy Sample question: A 53-year-old woman with chronic alcohol use disorder presents with confusion and blurred vision. Her vital signs are within normal limits. Physical examination reveals a wide-based gait, inability to abduct her right eye fully, nystagmus, and difficulty with memory. Her alcohol level is 0.0 mg/dL. Which of the read more…
Rosh Review as a Predictive Instrument for the ABEM ConCert™ Exam
In 2013 we studied Rosh Review as a predictive Instrument for ABEM ConCert™ Exam. Our results demonstrated that our model was 98.8% accurate in predicting that a user would pass their board exam. The mean difference between Rosh Review’s predicted score and the user’s actual score was 2.5 points (95% CI 1.4-3.6).
Rapid Review: Achalasia
Reviewed February 2024 Achalasia Sample question: A 60-year-old man comes to the clinic with reports of difficulty swallowing, heartburn, chest pain, and mild weight loss. He has difficulty swallowing solids and liquids and often regurgitates undigested food. He has no significant past medical history and takes no medications. He reports no travel-related infection. Esophageal manometry read more…
Podcast Ep 29: Personality Disorders, Neonatal Resuscitation & More
Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out. -Robert J. Collier Welcome back to Episode 29! This week we are starting out with a bit of psychiatry before swinging over to the Pediatric ER for a quick neonatal resuscitation. We may even stop by the trauma bay to see what read more…
Rapid Review: Tetralogy of Fallot
Reviewed January 2024 Tetralogy of Fallot Sample question: A 1-year-old girl presents to the emergency room after her mother noticed that she became blue while crying. The patient subsequently squatted on the ground and the mother noticed a resolution in the cyanosis. On physical exam, the patient is now calm and vital signs are normal. A loud read more…
Unlocking the Data Behind Rosh Review to Improve Educational Outcomes: Pt. 2
Many of our savvy customers realize intuitively that there is a treasure trove of performance data accumulating in the background with each new question answered by each of our users (40,933,037 total questions answered, as of today).
PANCE and PANRE Power Pack for High-Yield Review
Today we released the PANCE/PANRE Power Pack which contains 250 of the highest yielding questions to help prepare you for your PANCE or PANRE exam. The PANCE Power Pack was created to allow you to rapidly review the most common topics found on the PANCE and PANRE exams. The PANCE and PANRE Power Pack can be used throughout your preparation and the days before you take your PANCE or PANRE exam. You can locate the Power Pack on your Dashboard under Boost Exams.