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Pediatric Emergency Medicine
The Rosh Review blog provides study and exam prep tips, interviews, and deep dives for physicians, NPs, PAs, residents, and students. Below you’ll find a list of the blog posts that highlight our Pediatric Emergency Medicine content. Take a look and learn something new—we’re here every step of your career.
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 Pediatric Emergency Medicine. Take a look and learn something new.
9 Great Non-Clinical Physician Jobs
Whether you’re a fresh-faced healthcare professional exploring your options or a medical veteran eager for change, you’re one of the countless physicians who may be interested in a non-clinical job. From education to consulting, here are just a handful of the most rewarding non-clinical physician careers that might just be precisely what you’re looking for. read more…
How to Be a Standout Junior Resident: 6 Best Practices
The internet medical education space is full of great guides on how to excel at different points along the medical journey. You’ll find plenty of material on excelling as a medical student, being a fantastic intern, and smoothing the transition to fellowship and/or attending-hood. But like a middle child, the junior resident can be forgotten. read more…
Staying Healthy as a Physician: Fitness Tips for 2023
The average working day of a physician isn’t an easy one. Faced with long shifts and myriad clinical responsibilities, it’s all too easy to neglect your own body’s needs in the service of your profession. But that doesn’t have to be the case! With a new year (and a nice dose of motivation) now in read more…
How to Select the Best Pediatric Emergency Medicine Board Review in 2023
Every day, customers ask us the same question in several variations: What is the best pediatric emergency medicine board review? Why is your Qbank the top PEM board review? How does Rosh Review’s PEM Qbank compare vs Hippo Education and PREP®? We understand the importance of the question. Now that the focus has been on read more…
How to Manage Giving Medical Advice to Friends as a Nurse or Doctor
“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…
Managing Your Finances During Residency: A Physician’s Guide
After spending the last two decades in school, there’s nothing quite like that first paycheck in residency. Now that you make money, what are you going to do with it? You can treat yourself, focus on your loans and financial goals, or ideally, find a healthy medium. Being a financially responsible adult doesn’t happen overnight. read more…
Should You Run for Chief Resident?
I was the chief resident during my PGY-3 year of family medicine residency. Frankly, until the application deadline, I wasn’t sure I’d even run for chief. My program selected the chief based upon votes from your peers, but naturally, applicants had to be in good standing with the administration as well. Weighing the pros and read more…
Fellowship vs Attending: What’s the Difference?
Every year as residency comes to an end, many decide between doing a fellowship or starting practice as an attending. It’s an individualized decision that hinges on professional goals and personal circumstances. The roles fellows and attendings serve are different in structure and purpose. If you’re approaching a similar decision, here are a few key read more…
Changing Specialties During Residency? Here’s What to Consider First
Choosing a specialty in medical school isn’t easy. You’re required to make a career-long decision from a series of brief rotations each spanning a couple of weeks to months and then hope you made the right choice. Most of the time, this works out, and your career path becomes everything you wished for. But sometimes—maybe read more…
How to Get Into Fellowship After Residency
Fellowship is an exciting next step in your training after residency. Not everyone needs to do a fellowship (and many people don’t), but the advantage of further subspecialty training is the additional expertise that will set you apart from your colleagues. In this article, we’ll explain the different types of fellowships, how to apply to read more…
What Is Transitional Year Residency?
Starting residency is an exciting time! During this time, some specialties may require you to do a modified intern year before continuing to your “advanced” residency. This specifically applies to applicants going into anesthesiology, dermatology, ophthalmology, neurology, physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R), radiation oncology, radiology including interventional radiology (IR), and in some cases, urology and read more…
How to Use Your CME Money 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…
Medical Residency Burnout: How to Avoid It
According to the Maslach Burnout Inventory, there are three specific components in assessing burnout: emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and a lack of a sense of personal accomplishment. About 40% of medical students, residents, and attending physicians experience these symptoms of burnout. Considering the prevalence of burnout among medical professionals, how do you avoid burning out in read more…
How Much Does It Cost to Apply to Residency?
Applying to residency is an important and exciting milestone in your medical school journey. It represents the culmination of your educational experience as you start the transition from student to physician and begin the process of securing your dream residency program. You understandably may have questions about how to navigate this process, including how much read more…
What Happens If You Fail A Medical Board Exam?
The board/licensing exam is one of the most stressful hurdles you face in your medical career. The preparation is tedious and exam day is intense. After all the effort and time you’ve invested, receiving a failing score can be devastating. So, what happens if you fail a board exam? Here are a few next steps read more…
5 Questions to Ask the Chief Resident & Program Leadership During Residency
Starting residency can be daunting. It’s a transformative experience that will transition you from a medical student to a practicing physician. It will be busy, and at times tiring, but you’ll learn so much and should view this as your opportunity to learn how to be a stellar doctor. Your program leadership—the faculty you work read more…
Do You Get Vacation During Medical Residency?
Residency is a busy time filled with many clinical, professional, and educational responsibilities. Much of the time, it can be a 60-hour or even 80-hour work week without much downtime. With a busy schedule, you may wonder whether you have time to relax and what that might look like. Here’s how vacation during residency works read more…
How to Survive a 24-Hour Shift During Your Medical Residency
Call shifts are a hallmark of residency and an important hurdle to conquer prior to becoming an attending. If you’re approaching your first call shift soon, you’ve probably racked your brain wondering: how do I survive a 24-hour shift? Caring for hospitalized patients, making important medical decisions, and answering questions from nurses, patients, and families 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 come with much more free time, but still, it’s exciting to receive a paycheck for your work rather than pay tuition. Your resident salary, generally adjusted to your cost of living, should cover housing, food, and limited entertainment. read more…
Announcement: A Step into the Future of Medical Education
I recently returned from a medical education conference and spoke to many residents and attendings who were preparing to take their certification or board exam. One question I was repeatedly asked was: “What is your pass rate?” This seems like a reasonable question, right? But it drives me crazy. Not because someone is curious about statistics, but because some companies actually publish “pass rates.” Companies that publish pass rates are misleading you. It is that simple.