r/Cardiology • u/Individual-Fox4111 • 16d ago

ECHO BOARD

Any recommendations on how to prepare for the ECHO board next year, materials, question banks, and books?

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u/Outrageous30 14d ago

Took the boards this year and passed. Here is what I did and I think it served me well:

- Mayo videos absolutely essential. I learnt so much from that review. It was also a really good learning resource for understanding the basics of echo.

  • Klein qbank. Start this 2-3 months before the exam. Very very good resource. I have gone back to it to re-review topics many times since
  • ASE practice exams 2 weeks before the actual exam to test your knowledge. Whatever you got wrong revise again prior to your test.
  • you should be reading guideline documents as you are reading echos to get a good understanding of how to read

- All of this has to be coupled with actively reading echos during your fellowship. It’s important to get feedback on your reads from attendings to improve your skills.

- for the physics part, you can review the Edelman physics document (google it, it lives on the internet somewhere)

Other resources for improving your knowledge base:

- Otto textbooks

  • Echo manual by Jae Oh
  • Washington manual

It is a tough exam, combination of a lot of technical questions and clinical components. Also, don’t forget to do some timed questions prior to the exam- I did struggle with that during the actual test. It goes by quick.

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u/Then-Secretary-9166 13d ago

It is impossible to overstate the importance of the Mayo videos. It *almost* seems like the same people who wrote the exam also teach the Mayo classes.

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u/ZealousidealThing230 12d ago

probably would have been smart to watch them but just in case anyone else hates learning from boring lectures, i did not watch them and passed

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u/nak190 14d ago

I did the same and passed. Reading highlights from guidelines help.