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AOBEM Emergency Medicine study plan

AOBEM Emergency Medicine · Give each week a clear focus.

8 weeks · About 7 hours per week

Week 1

Emergency Medicine

  • Map the Emergency Medicine domain into 6 organ-system blocks and rank each by personal baseline confidence

  • Write a one-page differential-and-disposition framework for chest pain, dyspnea, and abdominal pain

  • Drill 40 high-yield emergency medicine recall items and log every miss with a one-line reason

  • Build a spaced-repetition deck tagged by organ system for the entire Emergency Medicine domain

Your checkpoint

A dated 6-block Emergency Medicine study calendar with a tagged flashcard deck of at least 120 cards

Week 2

Emergency Medicine

  • Apply airway, breathing, and circulation stabilization sequences to 20 written scenario stems

  • Compare vasopressor and fluid strategies for undifferentiated shock and justify each choice in writing

  • Interpret 15 written ECG and point-of-care ultrasound descriptions to a single leading diagnosis

  • Rehearse a structured handoff for 5 written resuscitation cases

Your checkpoint

A 20-case resuscitation worksheet with a written justification for each management decision

Week 3

Medical Toxicology

  • Classify the major toxidromes and match each to at least three offending agents

  • Construct an antidote table covering 15 poisonings with indication, dose rationale, and endpoint

  • Work through 25 written overdose vignettes and state the disposition for each

  • Explain the indications, contraindications, and complications of dialysis and urinary alkalinization in poisoning

Your checkpoint

A completed 15-row antidote table plus a scored 25-vignette toxicology set with documented reasoning

Week 4

Emergency Medical Services

  • Diagram the EMS chain of survival and identify the decision point at each link

  • Draft written protocols for scene safety, triage, and destination selection for 3 call types

  • Differentiate mass-casualty triage systems and apply one to a written 12-patient scenario

  • Summarize prehospital airway and hemorrhage-control options with their field limitations

Your checkpoint

Three one-page prehospital protocols plus a written triage sort of a 12-patient scenario

Week 5

Emergency Medical Services & Medical Toxicology

  • Integrate prehospital presentation with toxicologic exposure in 15 written field scenarios

  • Justify transport and destination decisions when a poisoned patient is involved

  • Practice radio-report communication for 5 written cases and critique each report against a checklist

  • Reconcile EMS scope-of-practice limits with the interventions a poisoned patient may need

Your checkpoint

A 15-scenario integrated EMS-toxicology log with a completed radio-report for each case

Week 6

OMT Designation

  • Demonstrate written step-by-step technique for 8 somatic dysfunction regions using standard terminology

  • Match each of the 4 diaphragm and pelvic regions to its associated autonomic and lymphatic effects

  • Select appropriate osteopathic manipulative treatment for 10 written clinical presentations and state contraindications

  • Sequence an osteopathic structural examination and document findings in a standard note format

Your checkpoint

An 8-region technique-and-contraindication reference sheet plus 10 documented treatment plans

Week 7

Emergency Medicine & OMT Designation

  • Apply osteopathic manipulative treatment reasoning to 10 emergency presentations such as low back pain, headache, and musculoskeletal injury

  • Screen each planned manipulation for red-flag contraindications before proceeding

  • Revisit every logged miss from weeks 1 through 6 and rewrite the corrected reasoning

  • Complete 60 mixed-domain recall items under timed conditions

Your checkpoint

A corrected-miss log with rewritten rationales plus a timed 60-item mixed set with a recorded score

Week 8

Emergency Medicine & Emergency Medical Services & Medical Toxicology & OMT Designation

  • Simulate two full-length timed practice exams and record domain-level accuracy

  • Rank remaining weak areas and close the top three with targeted review

  • Condense all four domains into a single 10-page high-yield summary sheet

  • Rehearse rapid-fire recall of antidotes, triage categories, and manipulative contraindications

Your checkpoint

Two scored practice exams with a domain-accuracy chart and a completed 10-page summary sheet

Milestones

Week 2: Score at least 75% on a 30-item Emergency Medicine recall set and show a written framework for all 6 organ-system blocks

Week 4: Complete the antidote table and triage scenario with at least 80% accuracy on a 25-item toxicology set

Week 6: Demonstrate all 8 somatic dysfunction regions from memory and pass a self-graded technique checklist at 90%

Week 8: Average at least 75% across two full-length timed practice exams with no domain below 65%