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The Rosh Review blog provides study and exam prep tips, podcasts, and more for physicians, NPs, PAs, residents, and students. Below you’ll find a list of the blog posts that highlight MD/DO. Take a look and learn something new.
How to Study for the ABIM Certification Exam in 2026
The American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Certification Exam is offered once per year over a two-week period of time. The assessment evaluates the ability of test takers to diagnose and manage both common and rare conditions under the broad umbrella of internal medicine. As you begin to prepare for the exam, it’s important to read more…
Everything to Know About ABOG Qualifying Exam Prep in 2026
When I first started studying for the ABOG written exam, I felt overwhelmed and nervous. So much of residency is about surviving, learning essential skills, and getting through each week or month while acquiring so much knowledge in the hospital, OR, and clinic. However, this firsthand clinical experience typically isn’t enough to pass or do read more…
How to Create a Study Plan for the 2026 ABPN Psychiatry Board Exams
So you can see the light at the end of the tunnel and you’re ready to become a general or child & adolescent psychiatrist. All you have to do now is take steps toward the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN) initial certification. Although that may sound like a challenging process, thousands of psychiatrists read more…
How to Select the Best SPEX Exam Review in 2026
Every day, customers ask us the same question in several variations: What is the best Special Purpose Exam (SPEX exam) board review? Why is your Qbank the top SPEX exam board review? How does Blueprint/Rosh Review’s SPEX Exam Qbank compare to Exam Master and BoardVitals? We understand the importance of the question. Now that the read more…
How to Select the Best Psychiatry Board Review Qbank in 2026
Every day, customers ask us the same question in several variations: What is the best psychiatry board review? Why is your Qbank the top psychiatry board review? How do Blueprint/Rosh Review’s psychiatry Qbanks compare vs TrueLearn, BoardVitals…? We understand the importance of the question. Between long clinical hours, calls and personal life, efficiency is critical read more…
How to Select the Best Pediatric Board Review in 2026
Every day, customers ask us the same question in several variations: What is the best pediatric board review? Why is your Qbank the top pediatric board review? How do Blueprint/Rosh Review’s pediatric Qbanks compare vs PREP, Hippo Education, Pediatrics Board Review (PBR), MedStudy, BoardVitals…? We understand the importance of the question—after all, purchasing a Qbank read more…
Top 10 Questions About Family Medicine Qbanks & the ABFM Exam
Researching the best ABFM board review methods and exam details can be overwhelming. Rather than doing the time-intensive search yourself, you’ll find the answers to common questions here. This post will help clarify what types of board review options exist, which one(s) are right for you, and what you need to know to prepare for read more…
Top 12 Questions About Internal Medicine Qbanks & Exams
Researching the best internal medicine board review methods and exam details can be overwhelming. Rather than doing the time-intensive searching yourself, you’ll find the answers to common questions here. This post will help clarify what types of board review options exist, which one(s) are right for you, and what you need to know to prepare read more…
Top 8 Questions About Pediatric Qbanks & the ABP Certifying Exam
Researching the best pediatric exam study tips and board review methods can be overwhelming. Rather than doing the time-intensive search yourself, you’ll find the answers to common questions here. This post will help clarify what types of study options exist, which one(s) are right for you, and what you need to know to prepare for read more…
Top 10 Questions About Psychiatry Qbanks, the PRITE, & the ABPN Board Exam
Researching the best board review methods and exam details for the ABPN board exam can be overwhelming. Rather than doing the time-intensive searching yourself, you’ll find the answers to common practice questions here. This post will help clarify what types of American board review options exist, which one(s) are right for you, and what you read more…
Top 16 Questions About Emergency Medicine Qbanks & Exams
Researching the best emergency medicine board review methods and exam details can be overwhelming. Rather than doing the time-intensive search yourself, you’ll find the answers to common questions here. This post will help clarify what types of board review options exist, which one(s) are right for you, and what you need to know to prepare read more…
Top 9 Questions About the Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Boards & Qbanks
Researching the best board review methods and exam details for the ABPN child and adolescent psychiatry boards can be overwhelming. Rather than doing the time-intensive search yourself, you’ll find the answers to common questions here. This post will help clarify what types of board review options exist, which one(s) are right for you, and what read more…
What’s the Average Internal Medicine Salary in 2025?
What is the average salary of an internal medicine physician in the United States? According to Medscape, the average full-time internal medicine salary is $294,000. Doximity, however, reports a higher figure—$326,116—while Marit lists the average at $307,000 per year. These are all reputable sources that gather data directly from physicians, yet their estimates differ significantly. read more…
Mastering MOCA-Peds: Your Guide to Board Recertification
Is your Maintenance of Certification (MOC) part 3 requirement for the American Board of Pediatrics (ABP) coming up? Are you dreading the thought of studying and sitting for a proctored exam? If so, you’re in luck! Now there’s another option, known as the Maintenance of Certification Assessment for Pediatrics (MOCA-Peds). In this post, we’ll cover read more…
The Important Role of Empathy in Medicine
As a physician, I’ve had my fair share of moments that remind me why I do what I do. In these moments, I can’t help but remember everything I was taught regarding empathy in medicine. “Put yourself in your patient’s position,” I hear the mentors telling me from my medical school classes a decade ago. read more…
3 Ways to Make Extra Money During Residency
Medical school is long and expensive, with little (if any) time to earn money. Residency may not offer much more free time, but it’s still exciting to earn a paycheck instead of paying tuition. Your resident salary, typically adjusted for local cost of living, should cover housing, food, and limited entertainment. If you happen to read more…
Give Back to Your Patients (for Free!) with Quiz for a Cause
Knowledge is power. Give back to your patients and enhance your quality of care by learning about some of the world’s most pressing issues. Check out the Rosh Review Quiz for a Cause assessments, free in your Boost Box! What is Quiz for a Cause? Quiz for a Cause is an ongoing series of free read more…
How to Manage Giving Medical Advice to Friends as a Physician
“In general, people only ask for advice that they may not follow it; or, if they should follow it, that they may have somebody to blame for having given it.” Alexandre Dumas, The Three Musketeers I remember in one of my first doctoring classes in medical school, the preceptor advised that as time goes by, and your close friends and family endure more medical maladies, you read more…
How to Spend Your CME Allowance Before the End of the Year
If you’re a physician or PA-C with an annual allowance to spend on continuing medical education (CME), you should start thinking about how you want to use any balance you have remaining as the end of the year approaches. An important component of working in healthcare is to make sure you are keeping up with read more…
Spooky Nights on Call: Halloween Tales & Tricks for Resident Physicians
Halloween, for many, is a time of spooky fun, wild costumes, and candy overload. But for resident physicians on call, the night is far from a playful scare. Instead, it’s a dizzying gauntlet of bizarre injuries, illnesses, and the occasional patient still dressed as a spaghetti monster with bloody marinara sauce dripping off a fork read more…