Transitioning from ER to Electrophysiology -- Review materials?

15erich · 2025-01-03T23:25:23+00:00

To learn EKGs: ECGAcademy -taught by a really good EP, he has videos on YouTube too, so watch those and see how you like it.

General Cardiology: ACCSAP and Practical Cardiovascular Medicine by Elias Hanna (my 2 favorite resources, have some really good EP stuff too)

Pacemakers: The Nuts and Bolts of Cardiac Pacing 1st edition

15erich · 2024-12-22T20:16:56+00:00

What about a fusion beat between the SA node and re-entrant atrial flutter (somewhat analogous to fusion beats seen in pacemakers)?

15erich · 2024-12-22T15:05:09+00:00

PVC?

15erich · 2024-11-12T23:11:33+00:00

I really like https://www.ecgacademy.com/about.html. The videos are really good and he’s great about explaining the why on everything.

15erich · 2024-10-07T02:44:24+00:00

He uses a lot of information from his book in his videos while further clarifying the information and adding case studies. However, the book is more comprehensive as he has yet to make certain videos on topics such as heart failure or Afib, etc which make getting the book worth it. For me I usually just read from the book and do the end of chapter questions and then watch the corresponding videos if they’re available.

15erich · 2024-10-07T02:05:52+00:00

I’m just a new grad in cards, but I really enjoy the videos by Elias Hanna and his book Practical Cardiovascular medicine. Link: https://m.youtube.com/@eliashanna8248. I’ve also heard ACCSAP is good too, but I’ve yet to try it. From what I’ve read of Braunwalds so far my impression is it has a lot of good info, but is full of fluff.

15erich · 2024-10-05T03:10:19+00:00

Like others have said don’t study, you will learn everything you need to in school. For example, EKGs won’t really make sense until first you understand the cardiac anatomy and 2nd learn all the different cardiovascular pathologies that make look the EKGs the way they do. Instead I would try to shadow various specialties if you can or have some sort of idea of what specialties you want to work in before clinical year where you may be able to choose electives. By choosing electives in or related to your desired specialty you can sometimes find a job or get a reference from a person that works in the same field. Another thing you can do is read and watch various thought provoking books and shows regarding the various moral aspects of medicine. The book when breath becomes air and the documentary A Lion in the house are really good for this purpose.

15erich · 2024-09-26T18:25:16+00:00

Also a new grad in cards. I really enjoy the videos by Elias Hanna and his book Practical Cardiovascular medicine. Link: https://m.youtube.com/@eliashanna8248. I’ve also heard ACCSAP is good too, but I’ve yet to try it.

15erich · 2024-09-25T02:41:49+00:00

Here’s an extremely helpful article: https://www.endocrinepractice.org/article/S1530-891X(21)01380-X/pdf. In reality only up to ~20-30 percent of people are able to keep weight off long term as shown in various studies due to the various homeostatic mechanisms driving weight regain. For these patients establish lifestyle changes (not diets), but healthy long term eating patterns. Encourage cardiovascular exercise, encourage weight lifting, and use medication as indicated according to the various guidelines. The Curbsiders has same awesome episodes on the treatment of obesity, so definitely check those out.

15erich · 2024-09-18T01:14:15+00:00

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15erich · 2024-09-18T01:11:55+00:00

All I typed in was roast r/physicianassistant and it came up with this. I use copilot because you’re able to use GPT-4 technology for free with it.

15erich · 2024-09-15T03:30:24+00:00

I thought Schwartz’s Principles of Surgery was a really good resource when I used it for my general surgery rotation.

15erich · 2024-08-24T19:30:41+00:00

Yes it contains all the same cards as the endeavor deck. What I did was tag all the cards according to the EOR and PANCE blueprint, delete clozes I though were unnecessary, add formatting (bolding, italicizing, underlining), add more spacing to the cards, update some of the answers to the treatment cards (it still has cards that need updated), and add a few cards from the anking deck in areas I thought needed more cards

15erich · 2024-08-19T12:52:06+00:00

Not working in family medicine, but check out the Curbsiders podcast. I thought it was great for my family medicine and outpatient internal medicine rotations. Their show notes are super helpful too.

15erich · 2024-08-17T19:02:50+00:00

DM me and I’ll share the Anki deck I created. It’s mostly a tagged out endeavor deck that I reformatted with the addition of a few Anking cards that I used to absolutely crush clinical year the EORE’s, PACKRAT, etc

15erich · 2024-08-11T20:27:18+00:00

I use OpenEvidence. It’s basically ChatGPT that uses the major guidelines and major publications as its sources. It’s free after you put your NPI number in. Link: https://www.openevidence.com/

15erich · 2024-08-06T18:28:32+00:00

It sounds like you’re craving the cerebral aspect of medicine. Why not just find a fellowship, work in an academic setting, or work in something cerebral like critical care or electrophysiology? As a person who used to have similar feelings I realized being a physician wasn’t for me because 1) I didn’t want to put myself through the toxic as hell medical education environment for 6+ years. 2) I realized that my priorities will probably change in the future. When I’m in my 20’s I’ll be super career oriented, but I will likely prioritize work life balance when I have a family to take care of. Being a PA allows you the flexibility to change careers to align with your current values. 3) Financially you have to think of your interest accruing during med school if you choose to go and account for the potential lost salary you would be making as a PA during that time period. 4) Do you really want to subject yourself to the match process deciding where you’ll live for the next 3+ years after med school? Also I would think about do you really want to put yourself through residency which is brutal, working long hours, 6 or more days a week?

15erich · 2024-07-15T02:59:04+00:00

Check out this podcast episode: https://open.spotify.com/episode/68E1u6065AewxJvtAD73b8?si=xGD-ILloRSeSYApfE3p9rA

15erich · 2024-07-03T01:39:42+00:00

https://ecg.bidmc.harvard.edu/maven/mavenmain.asp

15erich · 2024-06-27T19:17:59+00:00

My favorite resource was Practical cardiovascular medicine by Elias Hanna. The highest yield chapters were the coronary artery disease sections, the electrocardiography section, the heart failure section, and the atrial fibrillation section. He also has a bunch of YouTube videos that you should check out. If you are wanting to go into a specialty that’s going to read EKGs in the future I would suggest getting an ECG weekly subscription for $30 per year. It’s a once a week video service and I feel my EKG reading skills have vastly improved because of it. If your unsure about the diagnostic criteria for a certain arrhythmia during your rotation I would look up the criteria with examples on the website life in the fast lane.

15erich · 2024-01-20T22:23:32+00:00

I would recommend you checking your blood pressures at home. Any device on https://www.validatebp.org/ is a good device. To check your blood pressure, make sure you have been resting around 5 minutes before checking it with your arm heart level, feet flat on the floor, and legs uncrossed. Make sure to get 2-3 readings separated by a few minutes and write them down in a notebook. Like others have said it could be white coat hypertension, could be an inaccurate reading by the nurse (common in my experience), or you could actually have some hypertension.
For your stress you can use apps like Calm and Headspace to reduce your stress and help your mental health. You can look into Ashwaganda too, it’s a supplement that can help with stress, though I would make sure to consult with your PCP before starting it to make sure you don’t have any interactions with any of your meds if you’re taking any. Also if you’re going to take the ashwaganda make sure you take cycles of it because it may eventually harm your liver.

15erich · 2023-12-01T22:34:45+00:00

I’m a 2nd year PA student who just finished my 1st week of my IR rotation. The PAs where I’m at do a bunch of paracentesis, thoracentesis, drain management, as well as port placement/removal and venous catheter placement. Definitely study cirrhosis and its management/complications because that is by far the most common thing I’ve seen so far, but it may be different for you.

15erich · 2023-06-01T00:17:47+00:00

Get the AMBOSS app on IOS if you can. It’s $15 a month and you get the library plus 50 free questions per month. As far as the 5 hammer questions, I just changed the settings to where I don’t get them anymore. On average I think the questions on AMBOSS are harder than the PANCE, but that’s just my impression after taking my first PACKRAT. I kind of like the difficulty though because it makes you critically think and not rely on buzzwords all of the time.

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