Wednesday, October 03, 2007

Stupid things I must stuff in my head for the American Boards (even though a real life pediatrician would need to look them up).

1. The vaccine schedule and the catch up schedule.

2. The guidelines for return to play after concussions Grades 1, 2, 3, and whether it's your 1st, 2nd, or 3rd.

3. The different organisms that are common in different states of the US.

4. HIV antivirals!! Like I'm going to be starting antiviral therapy on a kid!

5. All the rabies-causing animals, (like woodchucks and ferrets).

6. The incubation times of Herpes, varicella, measels, mump, rubella, etc.

7. Everything about TB, Syphilis, etc.

8. The pattern of inheritance for every obscure congenital condition, and the probability of recurrence for a sibling.

9. Defects of in spingolipids, ceramide, glycospingolipids, sphingomyelin, glycosaminoglycan, peroxisomes, glycogen, fatty acids, urea cycles, carbohydrates.

10. Every vitamin deficiency, and no, it's not just A, C, D, E, and K.

11. Every teenage drug use, overdose.

12. Side effect of every anti-epileptic medication.

13. Side effects of performance enhancing drugs.

13. Every medication that may cause fetal defects and in what trimester.

14. Estimating gestational ages of babies based on ear, sole creases, body hair, and testicles.

15. The composition of human milk.

6 comments:

Ian Lau said...

is that step 3 you're writing? are you not content practising in our great nation? all the best!

d. said...

ooohh....no. 14 seems like it's useful....hehehe! Good luck, Mona! you'll do great!!!

Esther Lau said...

Oh my goodness!!!!
This is crazy!! But docs have crazy good memory. You'll do just fine! :)
So I can ask you questions about anti-epileptic meds! Yay!
And I think the last one is interesting....
Keep it up, Mona!

JWo said...

lol - I'm not a doctor, but I found your list fascinating. #4 is funny - as is 14.

Anna said...

By naming them on a list means that you're almost ready to write the exam :) Good luck!!!!!!

HyperglySINmic said...

agree with Anna!