High-yield board exam topics they love to ask if you think they're painful (when in fact they're not)😏
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#MedTwitter
Drawing connections between topics has worked for me by significantly reducing the volume of the stuff I have to study.
Also, once I have a "connectome", learning the details come easily.
The connection gives context to each topic making it easy to study them individually.
#1
🍻 Esophageal varices:
• painless hematemesis (vs Mallory-Weiss tears)
🤰 Placenta revia:
• painless vaginal bleeding during 3rd tri (vs abruptio)
• also vasa previa (+fetal bradycardia)
👧 Meckel's diverticulum:
• painless bloody stool d/t acid-secreting gastric mucosa
#2
🔥 Full-thickness burn:
• painless (vs partial thickness)
🫀 Janeway:
• painless lesions in endocarditis (vs Osler nodes)
🍏 Pancreatic CA:
• painless jaundice d/t CBD obstruction by panc mass (vs liver CA)
🌀 Syphilis:
• painless genital ulcers (vs H. ducreyi, HSV)
Ok, let's review!
How are they connected again? 🤔
#studytwt
Great!
So which of the following does NOT belong? 🧐
#studytwtph
How about this? 👇
A 28/F has genital vesicles and ulcerations. She reports burning sensation in the affected area and mild flu-like symptoms.
PE: multiple TENDER vesicles on an erythematous base in the genital area.
What's the most likely causative agent of this case?
That's it! 🍻
*Yup, you just learned how 7 topics are connected to each other! 👏
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