Study tips and techniques

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…

Imagine you’re a new MS3 just starting out on clinical rotations. You’d like to eventually pursue a career in surgery, but your first clerkship happens to be in psychiatry. You go through the motions of the rotation, taking detailed histories and obtaining collateral from your patients. Generally, you perform well and receive solid evaluations from read more…

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…

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…

You’ve decided to apply to PA school—congratulations! You’re about to embark on an exciting (and busy) couple of years on your way to becoming a PA-C. As PA school application numbers have grown, administrators have started to use the Physician Assistant College Admission Test (PA-CAT) by Exam Master to help determine applicant knowledge and assist read more…

It’s common for students to feel overwhelmed or even panicked when put under the spotlight for a high-stakes, timed, multiple-choice test. Many questions can be tautological or filled with distractors, irrelevant information, and a slew of lab tests and diagnostics that obscure the case and the correct answer. However, having a systematic approach can demystify read more…

The best way to learn medical content is to have real patient encounters that expose you to a real person with an emotional connection to the case, workup, and outcomes. This is why the clinical year of medical school exists, so you can begin to encounter patients and hopefully continue this learning throughout residency. However, medical read more…

Even though it might feel like you just took your CREOG exam, before you know it you’ll have to start thinking about studying again. In the months after I took my first CREOG during the COVID-19 pandemic, I had a lot of free time to reflect on best studying practices (thanks to stay-at-home orders and read more…

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…

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…

A common sentiment you’ll hear during didactic and clinical years is that learning in PA school is like trying to drink water from a fire hydrant. The volume of information you receive from 8–9 hours of lecture per day can feel overwhelming, and excelling at assessments takes countless study strategies and perseverance. Not every study read more…

As an emergency medicine physician who sat for two ABEM Certification Exams, I am excited to see that ABEM has made the ConCert Exam online and open book amid coronavirus (COVID-19). Nonetheless, being able to access resources while taking the exam may not be any easier or lead to a higher score than taking the exam read more…

Crushing the OB/GYN shelf exam is equally about HOW you study as it is WHAT you study. The latter is far easier to communicate, but I hope to convey an overall ethos regarding the best approach to studying medicine. First, a note on how. Have you ever heard the expression “the best diet is the read more…

Obstetrics and Gynecology is an exciting, dynamic, and captivating field–especially when you’re hitting the wards for the first time. However, positioning yourself to score a top mark on the OB/GYN shelf exam is challenging because much of the content is specific and unique to this clerkship alone. When I was going through third year, I read more…

Your board exam is coming up. You are probably contemplating mountains of study material and trying not to have a meltdown. Your instinct might be to rely on coffee, cramming, and prayer, and you would not be alone. Do not trust that instinct. Multiple cognitive psychology studies2,3,6,7,10,14 show that cramming is not ideal for long-term read more…

This story begins with a casual discussion at the 2017 PAEA Education Forum in Denver, CO, between a faculty member of a large PA program in the Pacific Northwest who runs her program’s didactic curriculum and myself, Rosh Review’s founder and CEO. Didactic Year Director: “What if there was a Didactic Qbank for our students read more…

I recently found out that I passed my PANCE exam on the first attempt! Studying for the PANCE exam doesn’t begin one month or even six months in advance. It begins the day you start PA school. Everything you learn in didactic classes and during clinical year is all preparation for the PANCE exam. When read more…

With the ABFM Certification Exam around the corner, here are a few useful tips that may come in handy. The hardest part of this exam is being able to answer the questions based on the “standard” rather than what you do in “your shop.”  Don’t overthink it. Remember, there are no tricks. The woman with read more…

With the ABP General Pediatrics Certification Exam around the corner, we want to first thank you for choosing Rosh Review for your Qbank. It is a privilege to play even a small role in your career. If you are looking for a one last study tool, you can now find the Mock General Pediatrics Certification Exam in read more…