Year 3 - Pediatrics

UWorld

Creating a test

Under "Shelf Subjects," select "Pediatrics"

Under "Systems," select all to get a mixed bag of pediatric goodies.

UWorld Questions Per Day Calculator

Boards and Beyond

Medical Study Zone

Use as a supplement for weaker subjects since it tends to be more detailed overall.

Boards and Beyond

Online Med Ed

Medical Study Zone

Good as a high level overview, but since the videos are a bit older, may not be up to date.

Online Med Ed

Podcasts

Divine Intervention

Most recommended podcast to listen to while on the road or doing chores! Below are the links to the podcast categories, a spreadsheet that has the topics characterized, and crowd-sourced episode notes.

Podcast Topics
Episode List Spreadsheet
Episode Notes

Books/Texts

Miscellaneous

TIME OF CARE Medicine Notebook: Well Child Check Visit Notes

Great quick reference for how your exams can change with different ages. Includes common DDx and articles as well.

Well Child Check Visit Notes

Dr. High Yield

THE Forms (allot 75 minutes per form)

Medical Study Zone

Usually do one around halfway through your rotation, then do 2-3 more in the week leading up to your shelf exam.

Forms

Grading Tool for the NBMEs

Maybe you'll find this helpful?

Here is a grading tool I made on Excel that will help with keeping track of your answers and then semi-automically score it. Follow the steps below and make sure to click "Enable Edit" at the top of the excel sheet.

Download the Pediatrics grader

1) On the bottom of the sheet, ensure that you’re on the correct tab for the form you’re currently taking.

2) Input your answers as you go along, starting at Box A1, and moving down the column.

3) Once you’re done, on the bottom of the sheet click on the appropriate form’s Answer tab, highlighting and copying the correct answers.

4) Return back to the original form with your inputted answers then paste the correct answers starting at Box B1.

5) The excel sheet should then automatically grade that form and your % correct will be found on the bottom of the answers columns.

NOTE: this % correct may be slightly different from the "Equated Percent Correct" (EPC) score that the official NBME form gives you, as NBME compares your score with other students and how they did on each questions. Just be aware that your raw % score may be +/- 3% of the EPC.

Grading Table for the Forms

Tables to potentially correlate your scores to a percentile.

This table can give some insights on what your score means in terms of a percentile:

View a NBME grading table

NBME will give you a report with the "Equated Percent Correct" (EPC) score. With this score, go to the respective shelf and match it with the first column. Your percentile will consequently be on the second column.

For example, let's say for a family med form, your EPC was 60. Looking at table 7A, your percentile would be approximately 6th percentile.

However, schools seem to grade slighly differently. Here's more grading tables, as well a calculation on how they ended up grading what the NBME sends them:

View how clerkships can be graded

In this school's case, a EPC of 61 for family med would be equivalent to 5th percentile.

TLDR; I thought shelves would be standardized amongst schools, but even now there seems to be some discrepancies. Stay informed and determine what your school's cut-offs are for passing, but these tables can help you figure out if you're on the right path.