ENP Study Plan: 10-Week Schedule
Week-by-Week Preparation Guide for the AANPCB ENP Exam
Week 1–2: Medical Screening & Triage
- •Review triage principles (ESI framework)
- •Study medical screening examination techniques
- •Review focused history and physical in emergency settings
- •Study undifferentiated patient presentations
- •Daily study: 2 hours
Week 3–4: Differential Diagnosis & Decision Making
- •Study chest pain differential diagnosis
- •Review abdominal pain workup
- •Study neurological emergencies
- •Review respiratory distress evaluation
- •Study shock and hemodynamic instability
- •Daily study: 2 hours
Week 5–6: Patient Management
- •Study resuscitation protocols (ACLS, PALS, NRP)
- •Review emergency pharmacology
- •Study procedural skills (chest tubes, intubation, LP)
- •Review wound management and fracture care
- •Daily study: 2–2.5 hours
Week 7–8: Special Populations & Procedures
- •Study pediatric emergencies
- •Review geriatric emergency presentations
- •Study OB/GYN emergencies
- •Review psychiatric emergencies
- •Study toxicology and environmental emergencies
- •Daily study: 2 hours
Week 9–10: Review & Practice
- •Review all five exam domains
- •Focus on weak areas identified in practice questions
- •Review transitions of care and disposition decisions
- •Study professional practices and medicolegal issues
- •Daily study: 2.5 hours
Tips
- •Patient Management (36%) is the largest domain — allocate study time accordingly
- •Practice clinical scenario questions, not just factual recall
- •Review procedural knowledge (indications, contraindications, techniques)
- •Study disaster management and mass casualty principles
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