Arab Board EM Final Written study plan
Arab Board EM Final Written · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 7 hours per week
Resuscitation and Cardiovascular Emergencies
Map the resuscitation and cardiovascular syllabus into a one-page checklist of sub-topics and mark your baseline confidence for each
Work through ACLS-style rhythm recognition and reversible-cause algorithms until you can recite and apply them without notes
Drill acute coronary syndrome, arrhythmia, and cardiogenic shock management decisions in timed single-best-answer sets
Build a personal error log categorising every missed cardiovascular question by failure mode (knowledge gap, misread stem, or reasoning slip)
Your checkpoint
Completed cardiovascular sub-topic checklist plus an error log with at least 40 logged questions categorised by failure mode
Resuscitation and Cardiovascular Emergencies & Trauma and Orthopaedic Emergencies
Re-test the cardiovascular sub-topics you rated lowest in week 1 and confirm improvement or flag for review
Practise the primary and secondary survey sequence on trauma scenarios, verbalising each decision aloud
Work through shock classification and fluid/blood product decision-making in trauma and non-trauma contexts
Drill orthopaedic injury patterns, compartment syndrome, and neurovascular assessment in timed question sets
Your checkpoint
Two timed 30-question blocks (one cardiovascular, one trauma) with a written review of every incorrect answer
Trauma and Orthopaedic Emergencies
Complete the trauma and orthopaedic sub-topic checklist and identify the three weakest areas
Practise head, spinal, chest, and abdominal trauma decision pathways until sequencing is automatic
Drill paediatric and geriatric trauma adaptations as a distinct question set
Summarise damage-control principles and massive transfusion triggers from memory, then verify against a trusted reference
Your checkpoint
A one-page trauma decision aide-memoire written from memory and corrected against a reference
Respiratory and Thoracic Emergencies & Neurological and Psychiatric Emergencies
Drill respiratory emergencies: asthma, COPD, PE, pneumothorax, and respiratory failure escalation decisions
Drill neurological emergencies: stroke thrombolysis windows, seizure management, and altered consciousness workup
Practise distinguishing psychiatric presentations from organic causes in timed scenarios
Consolidate airway escalation criteria across respiratory and neurological cases
Your checkpoint
A 40-question mixed respiratory and neurology timed test with a written reflection on recurring error patterns
Gastrointestinal, Hepatic and Renal Emergencies & Toxicology, Environmental and Metabolic Emergencies
Drill gastrointestinal, hepatic, and renal emergencies including GI bleeding, acute liver failure, and renal colic versus AKI
Work through toxidrome recognition and antidote matching until recall is fluent
Practise environmental emergencies: heat illness, hypothermia, drowning, and envenomation
Drill metabolic emergencies including DKA, HHS, and electrolyte derangements with ECG correlates
Your checkpoint
A completed toxidrome-to-antidote and electrolyte-to-ECG quick-reference sheet produced from memory
Paediatric Emergencies & Obstetric and Gynaecological Emergencies
Drill paediatric emergencies: respiratory distress, sepsis, dehydration, and dosing safety
Drill obstetric and gynaecological emergencies: ectopic, pre-eclampsia, postpartum haemorrhage, and sepsis in pregnancy
Practise resuscitating the crashing paediatric and pregnant patient in timed scenarios
Identify paediatric and obstetric pitfalls that differ from adult management and list them explicitly
Your checkpoint
A written list of at least 20 paediatric and obstetric management pitfalls with the correct approach for each
Infectious Disease and Sepsis & Emergency Ultrasound, Procedures and Airway Management
Drill sepsis recognition, antibiotic timing, and source control decisions in timed question sets
Review emergency ultrasound indications and interpretation for common bedside studies
Practise airway management and procedural decision-making including RSI drug selection and failed airway plans
Consolidate infection control and sepsis bundle elements into a recall sheet
Your checkpoint
A 40-question mixed sepsis, ultrasound, and airway test with all incorrect answers rewritten as learning points
Emergency Department Administration, Quality, Patient Safety and Disaster Medicine & Research Methods, Evidence-Based Medicine and Professionalism/Ethics
Drill administration, quality, patient safety, and disaster medicine topics including triage and surge principles
Drill research methods, evidence appraisal, and professionalism/ethics scenarios
Complete two full-length mixed mock examinations under timed conditions
Review the entire error log from weeks 1 to 8 and re-test only the items previously missed
Your checkpoint
Two completed timed mock examinations with scores recorded and a final consolidated error log showing resolution of at least 80 percent of previously missed items
Milestones
Week 2: Cardiovascular and trauma checklists complete and at least 80 timed questions attempted with logged review
Week 4: Heaviest domains (1, 5) re-tested; score on a 40-question mixed block at or above 60 percent
Week 6: All 12 domains have been touched at least once; paediatric and obstetric pitfall list complete
Week 8: Two full mock examinations completed with scores at or above 65 percent and error log reviewed end to end