Hippo EM and Med-Challenger

Residents are provided with a one-year subscription to both the Med-Challenger EM Program and the Hippo EM  Program. These are online self-study programs and 2019 LLSA Articles with >300 hours of clinical content and practice examination questions that residents can use as adjunct learning resources and to help prepare for the EM Certification Examination.

The objectives of the program are to provide comprehensive clinical and academic exposure to ensure a broad knowledge base and proficiency in management of acute and critical illness within the Emergency Department setting. We respect that residents are adult learners and we strive to be flexible in order to meet individual needs. Our teachers, including family physicians, Emergency Physicians and Specialists have largely been teaching our PGY-3 residents for many years and understand the unique needs of our EM residents. Our rotations take place in both tertiary care and community centres. We have a strong liaison with all departments hosting our rotations which ensures that the needs of our residents are met.

We have many surrounding communities whose emergency departments and Family Medicine offices are staffed by former residents from our program. Many of these physicians take part in our program as preceptors and as teachers in the academic sessions. We also have a strong liaison with the Department of Emergency Medicine and have the advantage of being associated with an excellent 5-year FRCP program which offers further flexibility in terms of academic opportunities for our residents.

Reference: https://familymedicine.queensu.ca/education/enhanced/emergency_medicine/hippo-em_and_med-challenger

ABEM Recertification Exam Content

The exam contains approximately 205 single-best-answer, standard multiple choice questions. Each question is in paragraph form with an answer set containing one correct answer and three or four incorrect answers.

The ABEM concert exam 2018 is divided into two sections or books, each is separately timed; the first lasts 2 hours and 5 minutes, and the second 2 hours and 10 minutes, with a 20-minute break between each section. The entire exam appointment takes approximately 5.25 hours to complete.

Each book of the examination consists of both pictorial and non-pictorial multiple choice questions. Pictorial questions refer to stimulus images such as photos of X-rays, ECGs, rhythm strips, pictures, etc. These images will be presented in a separate tab along with the relevant test question on the computer screen. You will not need to interpret ultrasound images for pictorial questions on the ABEM Recertification Exam. CT scans may be used as stimuli but for views of the head only.

ABEM selects questions for the exam based on how closely they align with the EM Model, as seen in the EM blueprint . While questions can originate from any content area within the model, some areas are routinely selected.


Reference:  https://www.abem.org/public/stay-certified/concert-exam/concert-exam-content