Library Resources & Services for Residents & Fellows: Board Review Materials in the Library Catalog

Board Review Materials in the Library Catalog

Find more board review content in the library's collection [within the last 5 years]: Board Review content search

Tips for searching:

Type board (review or exam) in the search field. Then select ALL BOOKS from the search field's drop-down menu
Filter by publication date and click on Refine
You can also conduct a subject term search with Examination Questions
Add a specialty to the search query, such as Gynecology or Emergency Medicine

Interactive Question Banks

Board Vitals
Board Vitals is board exam review tool for students, residents & fellows, nurses and nursing students, physician assistants and practicing physicians. Contains question banks and practice exams for specialty boards and maintenance of certification for many physician and advanced practice provider specialties.
NOTE: Access to the BoardVitals Nursing Specialties module ended on January 25th, 2025.

Other library-provided exam preparation resources are linked on the USMLE and Board Review Guide. Medical students have additional resources provided by the Department of Medical Education.
Draw It to Know It
Master the medical sciences through this active learning approach to anatomy, biochemistry, biology, neuroanatomy, neuroscience, and physiology. Offers tutorials and rapid-fire quiz questions for any basic science or pre-clinical medicine education. Includes High Yield Tutorials for USMLE Step 1, 2 and 3.
Registration instructions:
1. Visit Draw It to Know It
2. In the top right corner, click on “institutional registration"
3. Create your account on the registration page using your school email and selecting "Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai" as your institution.
4. Your username will be the email address you register. You will receive an email verification at that address that you must click to link your account to the Mount Sinai institutional subscription.
5. Use this username/password to obtain full access to the Draw It to Know It website via an off-site laptop or desktop computer.
Access Medicine
Access Medicine is a collection of full text, searchable textbooks covering internal medicine, cardiology, genetics, emergency medicine, ob/gyn, surgery, and more. Textbook titles include Harrison's Online, Fuster and Hurst's the Heart, and Metabolic and Molecular Basis of Inherited Disease. Images from the textbooks may be saved, printed or downloaded for personal and educational use. AccessMedicine's mobile app content includes: Diagnosaurus DDX tool, Quick Medical DX and RX, Fitpatrick's Color Atlas of Dermatology, and Pocket Guide to Diagnostic Tests and more!
Access Mobile App activation instructions:
1. On a desktop or mobile browser, navigate to AccessMedicine homepage while on the Mount Sinai network.
2. Select the ISMMS button in the upper right corner of the page and choose 'Sign in or Create a Free Access Profile from the drop down.
3. Either sign in or Create a free MyAccess Profile. Use your Mount Sinai institutional email address to ensure your account can be verified.
4. Once you create an account, download and install the app on your mobile device. *The app is not yet optimized for viewing on iPad or tablet*
5. After installing, you will be prompted to sign in with your Access profile credentials.
6. If you downloaded the app first, you will automatically be validated once you are on-site or connected via VPN.

NOTE:
You will need to re-authenticate to your Mount Sinai subscription every 90 days. To do this, you will visit the library website while on-site or using VPN. You will receive an in-app reminder when you need to reconnect to the subscription.