Neurocritical Care Q&A Board Review

Neurocritical Care Q&A Board Review is a comprehensive interactive self-assessment app for clinicians that are preparing for the Neurocritical Care examination. The first question-and-answer review app in this field, it will help professionals quickly and efficiently review specific topics in Neurocritical Care. The app covers the key topics pertinent to (and found on) neurocritical care boards, and is organized according to the exam core curriculum outline. Over 650 questions address both neuroscience critical care (general neurology, neurotrauma, neurovascular and neurosurgical problems) and general critical care topics (systems trauma, cardiovascular, infectious disease, pulmonary and renal issues, and hemodynamic monitoring). Detailed rationales are provided for each question. Where relevant, neuroimaging, EEG and monitoring waveforms, and other images are included in case questions to allow candidates to familiarize themselves with these tools that form a significant part of the exam.

Users can browse questions randomly or by topic, and create custom timed quizzes of varying lengths with a predetermined number of questions pulled from the topic list or as a random selection. Immediate feedback (correct/incorrect) is provided if desired, and detailed rationales explaining each answer choice can be accessed for every question. Difficult questions can be bookmarked for further review later, and these questions can also be pulled as separate quizzes to build strength in areas of weakness. The note-taking feature allows users to add notes to individual questions. The program tracks performance on all quizzes, and results can be saved and compared over time to monitor performance.

Features of Neurocritical Care Q&A Board Review include:

• The quiz mode allows you to select questions by subject area(s), select # of questions, filter unanswered, incorrectly answered questions, choose either timed or untimed mode, review questions before submitting quiz, and review answers and rationales after submitting quiz

• The browse mode allows you to browse questions by subject area for unscored review of content, filter unanswered, incorrectly answered questions, and view answers and rationales for each question

• Score Function allows you to view your results by quiz, by topic area, and review overall performance

• Covers all areas tested on the neurocritical care certifying exam

• Applicability to a wide range of physicians in multiple specialties reviewing for boards or looking to test skills and clinical acumen in this challenging area

• Material is aggregated from multiple specialties into a singular resource for exam study

• Questions were developed by over 30 contributors from a variety of medical specialties

Topics Covered:

1. Infarction, Ischemia and Hemorrhage
2. Subarachnoid Hemorrhage and Vascular Malformations
3. Neurotrauma
4. Seizures and Epilepsy
5. Neuromuscular Diseases
6. CNS Infections
7. Toxic-Metabolic Disorders
8. Inflammatory and Demyelinating Diseases
9. Neuroendocrine Disorders
10. Neuro-oncology
11. Encephalopathies
12. Clinical Syndromes
13. Perioperative Neurosurgical Care
14. Pharmacology and Practical Use of Medications in Neurocritical Care
15. Cardiovascular Physiology
16. Cardiovascular Diseases
17. Respiratory Physiology and Pulmonary Function Tests
18. Respiratory Diseases
19. Renal Diseases
20. Electrolyte and Endocrine Disorders
21. Infectious Diseases
22. Acute Hematological Disorders
23. Acute Gastrointestinal and Genitourinary Disorders
24. Immunology and Transplantation
25. General Trauma and Burns
26. Ethical and Legal Aspects of Critical Care Medicine
27. Principles of Research in Critical Care
28. Procedural Skills and Monitoring
29. Clinical Cases

Editor:

Asma Zakaria, MD
Assistant Professor
Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery
Fellowship Director, Neurocritical Care
Division of Neurocritical Care
University of Texas, Health Science Center at Houston