Someone asked me the other day, “What topics should I study if I were to sit the Emergency Fellowship exam in two weeks?” My response was “Don’t worry about it, you won’t pass!” The Fellowship exam needs some careful thought and time to digest. There is a difference between being a good emergency physician and passing and exam. Yes there is!
Thinking about it however, I put together 50 topics, given that if you put about 10 hours per day of work into it you could cover them. This is not exhaustive, nor is it what’s on the exam. This is in fact the list that I had when I sat my exam and I have modified it only a little since then.
For what it’s worth, here it is:
CARDIOLOGY
1 Chest pain
2 Arrhythmias
3 Syncope
4 PE
5 Aortic dissection
6 AMI
RESUSCITATION
7 Airway management
8 Cerebral Resus
9 Shock
RESPIRATORY
10 Pneumonia
11 Asthma/COAD
12 Pneumothorax
NEUROLOGY
13 Headache
14 Stroke
15 Seizure
16 Depressed level of consciousness
17 Vertigo/dizziness
GASTROENTEROLOGY
18 Gastroenteritis
19 Bowel obstruction
20 H & M
21 Pancreatitis
UROLOGY
22 Testicular torsion
23 UTI
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
24 PUO
25 Septic arthritis
TRAUMA
26 Cervical spine injuries
27 Head injuries
28 Trauma Resuscitation
ENDOCRINE
29 DKA and HONK
30 Interpretation of EUC
HAEMATOLOGY
31 Anaemia
32 Neutropaenia
33 Interpretation of FBC
OCCULAR/ENT
34 Occular emergencies
35 Epistaxis
36 Foreign Body
O&G
37 Emergency delivery
38 Ectopic
39 PV bleed
ENVIRONMENTAL
40 Heat illness
41 Submersion injury
42 Electrical injury
TOXINOLOGY/TOXICOLOGY
43 Snakebite/Spiderbite
44 Paracetamol
45 Beta Blocker overdose
46 TCAD
PAEDIATRICS
47 Crying infant
48 Febrile child
49 Abdominal pain
50 Rash
Good luck with the exams.
