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Pediatrics
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 Pediatrics 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 Pediatrics. Take a look and learn something new.
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…
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…
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.
Board Review Course Pass Rates Are Bogus. Here’s Why.
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.
The First Med-Peds Qbank to Help You Pass Your Internal Medicine and Pediatrics Board Exams
To prepare for your boards as a Med-Peds resident, you may feel like you have to recreate the wheel to craft your study plan. As if one board exam isn’t enough, you face the challenge of finding two great study resources to ace your exams. But the more time you spend searching for multiple board read more…
How To Earn and Obtain Your Rosh Review CME or CE Certificate
Rosh Review offers 100 credits of continuing medical education education (CME) and continuing education (CE). If you are a subscriber who signed up for an account linked to CME or CE and you want to know how to obtain your credit and certificate or both…this is how you do it:
How to Study for the Shelf Exams & Step 2…And Impress Residencies
Studying for the shelf exams and Step 2 can be an intimidating endeavor! Your goal this year is to get ready for residency and match with your dream program, but what do programs care most about? Rotation grades (for which the shelf plays a major role), your Step 1 performance (which is now pass/fail as read more…
Our Experiences as Women, Physicians, & Parents Coping with COVID-19
At the start of the coronavirus pandemic, the group text chain where I connect with my girlfriends from residency on a near-daily basis erupted with a flurry of unanswerable questions. We shared updates and data from each of our healthcare systems and compared strategies of how various hospitals and private practices planned to combat the read more…
Sarah Schleper: Five-Time Olympian On Mental Preparation, Elite Performance, Youth Skiing, and Living Life to the Fullest
“I’m doing this for the passion of the sport and to inspire others.” “I know I’m not going to win, but I want to prove that people my age and girls in general can push the limit. It’s about longevity.” –Sarah Schleper Before there was Lindsey Vonn, before there was Mikaela Shiffrin…there was Sarah Schleper. read more…
Dr. Isaiah “Ike” McKinnon–A Black Police Chief and the History of Police Brutality
“When I saw that officer with his knee on George Floyd’s neck, it bothered me because 50 years ago that could’ve been me. It could’ve been me 20 years ago, and it could’ve been me today.” Today we’re having a conversation with someone who can shed incredible insight, history, and experience with a topic that read more…
“Injustice Anywhere is a Threat to Justice Everywhere”
Rosh Review is not just a company that cares about you passing your board exams or improving your medical knowledge. We care about doing the right thing for the right reasons. And we believe in speaking up when we see something wrong. George Floyd’s murder was not an isolated act of violence. It was yet read more…
Jared Dillian – Financial Trader, Analyst, Author, Radio Show Host
“I try to be cynical, but it’s hard to keep up.” For this episode of Conversations, we venture into the world of finance and speak with Jared Dillian. Jared is truly a fascinating guy with incredible insights into the world. I first came across his insights after reading an expose about him in the NY read more…
Jennifer Granger – A Life of Giving Through Philanthropy
“Everybody has empathy but not everyone has the courage to show it. If everyone shows it, we can make our community, our country, and our world a better place.” For this episode of Conversations, I pushed myself a bit to leave my comfort zone. Today’s episode is with Jennifer Granger, who I recently met back read more…
Test-Taking Strategies, Overcoming Failure, and Building Confidence
“Why would I be wound up? I’m either ready, or I’m not. Worrying about it right now ain’t gonna change a damn thing.” – Floyd Mayweather Jr. just before a fight, as recalled by Paul Levesque This is a really great episode for anyone who wants to learn more about studying for high-stakes exams and test taking read more…
Andrew Rees – The Traveling Personal Trainer on Staying Healthy, Staying Fit, and Living Life to the Fullest
“At age 50 I am half way, I imagine the best is yet to come. I have a plan of how to keep achieving. The person I was is not forgotten but the person I aspire to be is something else completely.” Every so often, we meet someone who forever alters the course of our read more…