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EM Clerkship

NBME Shelf Review (Part 1) – General Concepts

EM Clerkship

Zack Olson, MD ; Mike Estephan, MD ; Maddie Watts, MD

Education, Science, Life Sciences, Courses, Health & Fitness, Medicine

5 β€’ 795 Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 30 September 2018

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

General Approach to a Test Question Read the last sentence of the question Read the answer choices THEN read the vignette Common Scenarios with Quick Answers Hypotensive patients Give a fluid bolus Altered mental status Check a blood glucose Hypoglycemia Orange juice if can swallow safely D50 if patient cannot swallow and mildly altered IM […]

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0:00.0

Hello, med students. This episode has been sponsored by Freed AI. Do you dread the thought of

0:07.1

endless charting once you become a doctor? Do you think that doctors should be spending more

0:11.9

time with our patients and less time mindlessly writing notes? Freed AI is the product for you. It is a

0:20.4

secure, hippocompliant scribe that anybody can use.

0:24.7

Focus your energy on what matters, providing good patient care.

0:29.5

Use coupon code EM50 to save 50% the first month you try it,

0:34.1

and you can cancel at any time if you decide it's not right for you. You can learn more

0:38.9

at www.gitfreed.a.i. Hello, med students. My name is Zach Olson, and thank you for downloading

0:49.7

this week's episode of the EM Clerkship Podcast. I have some extra special content coming your way over the

0:58.7

next few weeks. I always have said that one of my goals with this podcast is to help you cross your

1:03.8

slow clinical approaches, that kind of thing, stuff for your shift. But I've never put out much

1:09.3

content specifically to help you crush your shelf.

1:12.7

That's going to change starting this week.

1:16.4

It's an honor to introduce you to a student named Mike Estefan.

1:20.6

Mike is a medical student out of the University of Rochester going into emergency medicine.

1:24.7

And he emailed me a few months ago just to introduce himself,

1:28.3

give an episode idea, and told me he was interested in medical education. I was like, yeah,

1:32.8

yeah, give me a call some time and we can talk about your med-ed ideas. But we ended up talking

1:37.9

and what he wanted to do was like an Emma holiday style emergency medicine shelf review lecture. So I was like, sure. Write it up.

1:46.9

Show me what you got. I've fielded ideas with a few students before. Usually they kind of get

1:51.3

busy and it never happens, not always. But Mike went for it. I don't hear from him for like a few

1:56.3

weeks. And then bam, he sends me this big outline. And the content was like pretty damn good.

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