It is hard to believe that Obesity Medicine Review is now 6 years old.  What started as 185 questions I wrote for myself while studying for the ABOM exam has grown into 150 free study blogs, a book series, and a Q-bank consisting of over 825 questions. Our goal has always been to help physicians become more confident in their knowledge and understanding of obesity medicine. This is not only key to efficient studying and performing to your best ability on the exam, but more importantly, to have a positive impact on patients affected by the most common chronic disease.

Obesity Medicine Review now has a brand-new membership-based website. Driven by your feedback, we have been working to design and develop a completely custom home for Obesity Medicine Review. This new site will offer a plethora of new features, resources, and customization, allowing you to be in charge of how you learn and allowing us to continue to grow to better support your exam preparation. Below is a breakdown of those new features.

 

Audio-Based Learning

Learning Paths: These are 2–4-hour audio courses focused on high-yield topics, starting with two of the more challenging areas of the boards: neurohormones and nutritional deficiencies. Each course includes a walkthrough of the topic with associated new questions, along with audio flashcards to reinforce high-yield associations. More learning paths will be added in the coming months.

Audio Blogs (Coming Soon!): We will continue to write and post new blogs. However, these will also be available in audio format, read to you by the author, allowing you to study on the go.

Chalk Talks (Coming soon!): These are 10-minute talks covering high-yield, complex topics. Similar to a quick pre-rounds lecture, each talk breaks down an important topic into an easy, step-by-step discussion, including topics such as the Mifflin-St. Jeor equation, central appetite pathways, and more.

 

Community

Forums: Connect with other candidates to discuss study strategies, work through challenging questions, review the weekly Question/Challenge of the Week, or just talk about how you plan to celebrate once the exam is over!

Network: Opt in to be included in the member directory (paid members only) and connect with others in your specialty.

 

 Q Bank

A custom-built Q Bank, based on direct user feedback, all within the same website. This will feature the same questions from the original Q Bank but with a better user experience.

  • Linked resources: Relevant blogs, learning paths, and other resources are linked directly to questions, allowing you to strengthen areas you need to dive deeper into.
  • Analysis: For data lovers, more detailed performance information helps identify your weaker areas and gives you the option to test specifically over them. Graphs, goal setting, and ready-made tests help target the areas you need to strengthen.
  • Retest: Didn’t do well on a test? Review or retest the same questions, displayed in a different order with the answer choices scrambled to create a fresh testing experience.
  • More tools: Take notes, flag questions for later review, and easily send feedback.

 

Helpful Tools

  • Favorites: Allows you to save blogs, audio modules, or any other resource to your profile to easily return to it later.
  • Search Feature: You can now search the entire website for any topic. Want to know more about ghrelin? Just type it into the search bar, and it will pull all resources related to ghrelin.
  • Account: In addition to saving your favorites, your account will show your receipts readily available for reimbursement.

 

With all these exciting changes, a few things will stay the same, such as the free weekly study blogs and the question books series will continue to be updated yearly and available for purchase through our website. We hope that you enjoy the new look, features, tools, and resources. However, there may be some growing pains, as with anything new. Spend some time exploring the new website and let us know what you think!  As always, we value your feedback and, as we grow, want to continue to hear from you.

Happy Studying!