Built a free 13-lecture EM board review series during residency — would love feedback before I expand it
Hey r/emergencymedicine,
I'm a PGY-3 finishing EM residency, and over the last few months I built out a 13-lecture board review series and put it on YouTube. Full disclosure: it's my channel, but I'm not running ads on it and the videos are unlisted-friendly for residency programs that want to integrate them. Posting because I'd genuinely like feedback from this community before I scale up.
**What it covers (the existing 13):**
- DKA / HHS
- Thyroid storm + myxedema coma
- Adrenal crisis, hypoglycemia, hypercalcemia
- ACS, STEMI, NSTEMI
- Shock and sepsis
- Airway management and RSI
- PE and DVT
- Dysrhythmias (high-yield ECG board traps)
- Asthma, COPD, anaphylaxis
- Stroke, seizure, status, CNS emergencies
- Trauma + massive transfusion
- Toxicology (alcohols, opioids, antidotes, salicylates)
- High-yield pediatric emergencies
**Format:**
Each lecture is ~20-25 min, structured around recall objectives, dosing anchors, board traps, and a few embedded board-style cases. Custom voice clone (so it sounds like me), pulled from Rosen's 10e and Foundations of EM Board Review.
**Where I'm headed:**
Starting a second series — "EM Board Mastery" — that does a deeper, more comprehensive run through Rosen's chapter by chapter (~70 lectures planned). Same format, but adds: a "How they'll test it" callout on every concept, and built-in active-recall pauses (8 sec of silence before answers) so it's not passive viewing.
**What I'd love your input on:**
What topics gave you the most trouble on your boards / in-service?
Anything missing from the existing 13 you'd want me to cover first?
Is the "active recall pause" idea actually useful, or annoying as a viewer?
If you find it useful, awesome. If not, blunt feedback welcome — I'd rather know now than after another 70 hours of work.
Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ShepardEMBoardReview
Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/@ShepardEMBoardReview/playlists
Thanks for reading.