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You are my hero and don’t disagree. Things in the US are far different. Many of us seem to be lost on a rat wheel chasing our tails.
I read a great book called “life begins at 40” by pitkin. Self help book written in the US in the 1930’s. It talks of valuing small business, less work in the Industrial Age, more vacation and how we will live longer and happier lives based on lessons of the Great Depression.
We haven’t learned much it seems.
Mick
> On Jan 22, 2018, at 12:00 AM, PED-EM-L automatic digest system <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2018 21:46:20 +0000
> From: "Lowe, Calvin" <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: PEM board resources
>
> For those looking for another option, we are currently planning the next PEMQBook Board Review Course, which is based on the PEMQBooks, edited by Wang, Flood, Godambe, et al.
>
> We target the course for those taking the certification test, although recerts are welcome and have participated in the past. We hold it approximately 2 months before the test, likely to be in January or February of 2019.
>
> As part of the course, we ask that you prepare in advance by going over the material to optimize your review and to identify needs, and then we try to focus on those needs in the course. We also offer a pass or don't pay feature, which means if you don't pass your boards in 2019, we will refund your course fees.
>
> Look for more information to be released in June of this year.
>
> Calvin Lowe, MD
> Course Director
> PEMQBook Board Review Course 2015 and 2017
>
> ________________________________________
> From: Pediatric Emergency Medicine Discussion List [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Leah Finkel [[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2018 11:01 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: PEM board resources (EXTERNAL EMAIL)
>
> Thank you all for the responses!! Figured I would compile the info for whoever was interested since many were emailed to me privately.
>
> AAP prep Qbank
> AAP prep em review course
> PEM Rosh Review questions
> Wang
> Hippo EM
> PEM question challenger
> Online fleisher and ludwig
>
> Happy studying to all of you!
>
> Leah
>
>> On Jan 21, 2018, at 10:38 AM, Santucci, Karen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>> I have found the AAP PREP:EM course very helpful.
>> Lots of great lectures, board review sessions with question/answer format plus break out sessions to help cater to your needs, also a good amount of toxicology, resuscitation, and trauma... and trauma CME which is so great for the ACS accreditation. I think PREP:EM is really nice for the boards as well as for recertification.
>> The next course is this summer in Philadelphia which is nice timing to get folks motivated for studying too.
>> Best,
>> Karen
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>> On Jan 21, 2018, at 10:31 AM, Aaron Wiener <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>>> Hippo em has a peds em board review series I found helpful.
>>>
>>> A
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
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>>>> On Jan 21, 2018, at 2:56 AM, Alfie <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Please forward me these resources as well!
>>>>
>>>> Alfredo Vargas
>>>>
>>>>> On Jan 20, 2018, at 23:27, Leah Finkel <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>
>>>>> Wondering what best resources you recommend for studying for the PEM board initial certification? I am familiar with the AAP questions and the Wang question book. Any other must have resources including conferences or AV materials that you recommend?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you SO much in advance!
>>>>>
>>>>> Leah Finkel
>>>>> For more information, send mail to [log in to unmask] with the message: info PED-EM-L
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> Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2018 23:43:26 +0000
> From: Doc Holiday <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Work life balance
>
> It's funny, but I completely don't associate a work life balance with a number of hours worked.
>
>
> In the UK, EM senior clinicians generally do not move jobs as often as I have come to understand is the habit in North America. For example, in my ED there are both military and civilian senior "attending" physicians and the civilians are all (100%) in their first permanent post since completing training. They range from 2-15 years there. This means that, in the UK, one considers job adverts (post-training) as something most people do once, so they are aimed at people just finishing training. With this in mind, the number of hours would not be among the items listed to attract people. It will be something left for the documentation one is sent on application. The advert will likely describe the place one will work in, the people in the team and the opportunities on offer beyond the clinical ones we all take for granted. At the beginning of one's career in one's chosen profession, if one is counting down the hours, then one should probably be questioning that career choice itself!
>
>
> A few years ago, in the days when the Sterling was strong and the UK looked rosy, I ended up advising quite a few North American EPs about working in the UK. The number of clinical hours did come up. I got tired of people thinking I was being dishonest when I claimed I had no idea how many clinical hours a year a contract in my own ED was supposed to include. I eventually calculated it... In principle... Generally, a 100% (full time) Consultant contract in the NHS is 40 hours a week, of which 30 are expected to be clinical. Depending on where you work, 30-something % of clinical time will be outside what is called "sociable hours" (i.e. later than 7pm, until 7am, on weekdays, or any weekend hour outside Saturday morning) and these hours are counted as premium hours, with each 3 counting as 4, so one ends up with 28 or so actual clinical hours per week. One expects to work around 40 weeks a year, once leave and study/professional time is excluded, so that's 28X40=1120 for the year. Add to that 10 hours each week, on average, of non-clinical work, or 400 hours a year.
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> The whole notion of having to "balance" life and work as if they are mutually exclusive does not sit right with me. Work is just one of the nice bits of life we have. (For those of us who have the luck, mental stamina, parental support, stable society or whatever else it takes to get one the opportunity of being a doctor).
>
>
> It was sometime in the 20th century when I last looked at a job advert, so maybe things have changed, but see what you can find by on-line search and see whether number of hours is mentioned. Adverts might state "10 sessions" or "10 professional activities" - that means 100% or full time.
>
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> Before you ask, the salary range for such a contract is US$105K-$135K annually. Many EDs offer a 110% contract (this typically means an additional 4 clinical hours each week for 1280 clinical hours a year with a salary augmented by 10%).
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> From: Pediatric Emergency Medicine Discussion List <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Mick Work <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: 21 January 2018 12:17
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: PED-EM-L Digest - 19 Jan 2018 to 20 Jan 2018 (#2018-17)
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> I am curious as I saw this in a recent pem job advertisement.
>
> “Exceptional work life balance with defined clinical hours - 1,544 hours/year”
>
> I don’t fall into this category but: for those who feel they have achieved exceptional work life balance what number of clinical hours do you work?
>
> Mick Connors
>
>
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>> On Jan 21, 2018, at 12:00 AM, PED-EM-L automatic digest system <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> Exceptional work life balance with defined clinical hours - 1,544 hours/year
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> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2018 22:59:44 +0000
> From: Scott Plantz <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Free PEM Board Questions and Articles
>
> Dear Pediatric Emergency Physicians:
> For those of you preparing for boards, please be aware that 5,400 academic physicians have been gradually building a free database of multiple choice questions linked to 18,000 planned Pubmed indexed review articles that are updated annually. The system is designed so that all the materials are current and if there is an error, it is updated quickly.
>
> We currently have over 10,000 pediatric emergency medicine questions with teaching points available for your use at no charge. By year end, most of the articles will also be done. We are also adding free lectures.
> The system is designed so that you can do practice quizzes, identify knowledge deficits, and then do more questions in areas that require additional learning. Unlimited CME will be available for $24.95 starting in February.
>
> www.statpearls.com
> We hope you find the database useful.
> For those of you that enjoy writing review articles and questions, please consider helping as an author or editor.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Scott H. Plantz, MDAssociate ProfessorUn. of Louisville727.692.7715
> "Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent." Calvin Coolidge
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>
> Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2018 16:45:32 -0600
> From: "T. Kent Denmark" <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: PEM board resources
>
> It’s a great course. Took it this past year for recert.
> 5 stars.
>
> Kent
>
> T. Kent Denmark MD FAAP FACEP
> Chair and Director, Pediatric Emergency Center
> US Acute Care Solutions
> St. Francis Health System
> Tulsa, OK 74136
>
> (918) 501-3939 office
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Jan 21, 2018, at 3:46 PM, Lowe, Calvin <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>> For those looking for another option, we are currently planning the next PEMQBook Board Review Course, which is based on the PEMQBooks, edited by Wang, Flood, Godambe, et al.
>>
>> We target the course for those taking the certification test, although recerts are welcome and have participated in the past. We hold it approximately 2 months before the test, likely to be in January or February of 2019.
>>
>> As part of the course, we ask that you prepare in advance by going over the material to optimize your review and to identify needs, and then we try to focus on those needs in the course. We also offer a pass or don't pay feature, which means if you don't pass your boards in 2019, we will refund your course fees.
>>
>> Look for more information to be released in June of this year.
>>
>> Calvin Lowe, MD
>> Course Director
>> PEMQBook Board Review Course 2015 and 2017
>>
>> ________________________________________
>> From: Pediatric Emergency Medicine Discussion List [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Leah Finkel [[log in to unmask]]
>> Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2018 11:01 AM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: PEM board resources (EXTERNAL EMAIL)
>>
>> Thank you all for the responses!! Figured I would compile the info for whoever was interested since many were emailed to me privately.
>>
>> AAP prep Qbank
>> AAP prep em review course
>> PEM Rosh Review questions
>> Wang
>> Hippo EM
>> PEM question challenger
>> Online fleisher and ludwig
>>
>> Happy studying to all of you!
>>
>> Leah
>>
>>> On Jan 21, 2018, at 10:38 AM, Santucci, Karen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>
>>> I have found the AAP PREP:EM course very helpful.
>>> Lots of great lectures, board review sessions with question/answer format plus break out sessions to help cater to your needs, also a good amount of toxicology, resuscitation, and trauma... and trauma CME which is so great for the ACS accreditation. I think PREP:EM is really nice for the boards as well as for recertification.
>>> The next course is this summer in Philadelphia which is nice timing to get folks motivated for studying too.
>>> Best,
>>> Karen
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>>> On Jan 21, 2018, at 10:31 AM, Aaron Wiener <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hippo em has a peds em board review series I found helpful.
>>>>
>>>> A
>>>>
>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>
>>>>> On Jan 21, 2018, at 2:56 AM, Alfie <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Please forward me these resources as well!
>>>>>
>>>>> Alfredo Vargas
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Jan 20, 2018, at 23:27, Leah Finkel <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Wondering what best resources you recommend for studying for the PEM board initial certification? I am familiar with the AAP questions and the Wang question book. Any other must have resources including conferences or AV materials that you recommend?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thank you SO much in advance!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Leah Finkel
>>>>>> For more information, send mail to [log in to unmask] with the message: info PED-EM-L
>>>>>> The URL for the PED-EM-L Web Page is:
>>>>>> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__listserv.brown.edu_ped-2Dem-2Dl.html&d=DwIFAg&c=cjytLXgP8ixuoHflwc-poQ&r=_aW7U_UochMeh1CKCg8DKCBzqg3ImbKXN-qqV_CjOOQ&m=03hkUJKXVYsLLMGPzhQOuAvDlSqaVOTP56fMkTEmKLM&s=Tb3-hN5aiov0cXm3_zo5-unY_zmGcIiI6APoQqedhGQ&e=
>>>>>
>>>>> For more information, send mail to [log in to unmask] with the message: info PED-EM-L
>>>>> The URL for the PED-EM-L Web Page is:
>>>>> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__listserv.brown.edu_ped-2Dem-2Dl.html&d=DwIFAg&c=cjytLXgP8ixuoHflwc-poQ&r=_aW7U_UochMeh1CKCg8DKCBzqg3ImbKXN-qqV_CjOOQ&m=03hkUJKXVYsLLMGPzhQOuAvDlSqaVOTP56fMkTEmKLM&s=Tb3-hN5aiov0cXm3_zo5-unY_zmGcIiI6APoQqedhGQ&e=
>>>>
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>>>
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