OMSB Pediatrics (OEPEDS) study plan

Map every General Pediatrics topic to a one-page checklist and rank each item by personal confidence on a 1-5 scale

Build a 40-item spaced-repetition deck covering growth and development milestones from birth to 5 years, including red flags for regression

Solve 30 mixed General Pediatrics vignettes under timed conditions and log every incorrect answer with the underlying knowledge gap

Draft a one-page immunization schedule summary that distinguishes routine, catch-up, and contraindicated vaccines

Compare and contrast the presentation and first-line management of common pediatric rashes, including distinguishing features that mandate urgent referral

Explain the approach to failure to thrive by constructing a differential organized by caloric intake, absorption, and increased metabolic demand

Practice 25 fluid and electrolyte calculations covering maintenance requirements, deficit replacement, and isotonic dehydration

Summarize adolescent medicine screening priorities, including confidentiality, mental health, and risky behavior assessment

Classify neonatal jaundice by timing and mechanism, and state the thresholds that trigger phototherapy versus exchange transfusion

Interpret 15 neonatal blood gases and glucose values, stating the correction for each abnormality

Outline the resuscitation sequence for a depressed newborn, including ventilation, chest compression, and medication indications

Differentiate respiratory distress syndrome, transient tachypnea of the newborn, and meconium aspiration by onset, exam, and radiograph findings

Rank the leading causes of neonatal sepsis by age at onset and state the empiric antibiotic choice for each

Apply a structured approach to the acutely deteriorating infant, prioritizing airway, breathing, circulation, and glucose

Demonstrate the pediatric advanced life support algorithm by writing out the dose calculations for a 10 kg child

Identify and manage the five most common pediatric emergencies, including status epilepticus, anaphylaxis, and severe asthma

Distinguish innocent from pathologic murmurs using seven bedside criteria and identify which findings require echocardiography

Interpret 15 pediatric electrocardiograms for rate, rhythm, axis, intervals, and chamber enlargement

Classify childhood asthma severity and step therapy, and explain the rationale for controller versus reliever medication

Compare cystic fibrosis, primary ciliary dyskinesia, and bronchiolitis by presentation, diagnostic test, and management

Construct a differential for chronic diarrhea in children organized by osmotic, secretory, inflammatory, and motility mechanisms

Outline the evaluation and management of prolonged neonatal cholestasis, including when to refer for liver biopsy

Localize neurologic lesions by interpreting 15 vignettes describing motor, sensory, and cranial nerve findings

Differentiate febrile seizure, epilepsy syndrome, and acute symptomatic seizure by age, duration, and recurrence risk

Differentiate the presentation and initial workup of type 1 diabetes, diabetic ketoacidosis, and growth hormone deficiency

Interpret growth charts for 10 cases and classify short stature as proportionate, disproportionate, or familial

Select empiric therapy for common pediatric infections based on age, site, and likely organism

Explain the approach to fever without a source in the infant under 3 months, including which tests are indicated at each age

Complete two full-length timed mock examinations under exam-day conditions and record the score for each domain

Re-review every item missed across all eight weeks and rewrite each as a one-line teaching point

Recite the high-yield facts for the weakest three domains without notes, then verify against source material

Simulate exam logistics, including timing per question and a strategy for flagging and returning to uncertain items