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Emergency Medicine shelf exam bank
Two exam formats, one pool. Forms are sampled to the published content outline, run as one timed block with the real exam tools (timer, flag, strike-out, lab values), and explanations stay locked until you finish. After each form you get a score report by system and physician task, with lessons for your weak areas.
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Fixed mock forms
Three fixed forms per format, built to the same blueprint with no question shared between them. Elite. Status and scores show on the Exams hub.
Practice by topic (tutor mode)
Questions you have not seen in an earlier full form are preferred, so a new form never repeats an old one unless the pool runs out; when it does, the form tells you how many items repeat. Misses go to your Missed Questions deck for daily review.
NBME Emergency Medicine subject exam blueprint
Official outline: www.nbme.org/subject-exams/advanced-clinical/emergency-medicine. Weights are paraphrased public ranges. The excerpt listed 14 systems; a derived "general, multisystem and environmental" area (5-15%) covers the rest. Task ranges were not captured; report-only.. Re-check the live outline before test day.
Blueprint and pool depth
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| Area | Official range | On a 110-item form | BW pool items | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blood, lymphoreticular and immune | 2-10% | 7 | 9 | ok |
| Behavioral health | 1-5% | 3 | 8 | deep |
| Nervous system and special senses | 5-10% | 9 | 50 | deep |
| Skin and subcutaneous tissue | 1-5% | 3 | 9 | deep |
| Musculoskeletal | 5-10% | 9 | 17 | ok |
| Cardiovascular | 10-15% | 14 | 46 | deep |
| Respiratory | 10-15% | 15 | 30 | deep |
| Gastrointestinal | 10-15% | 15 | 32 | deep |
| Renal, urinary and male reproductive | 2-10% | 7 | 18 | deep |
| Pregnancy and female reproductive | 2-10% | 7 | 25 | deep |
| Endocrine | 5-10% | 9 | 12 | ok |
| General, multisystem, toxicologic and environmental (derived) | 5-15% | 12 | 53 | deep |
| Task | Official range | On a 110-item form |
|---|---|---|
| Applying foundational science | 5-20% | 14 |
| Diagnosis | 35-55% | 51 |
| Pharmacotherapy, intervention and management | 30-50% | 45 |
No category is below its minimum.
COMAT Emergency Medicine blueprint
Official outline: www.nbome.org/assessments/comat/clinical-subjects · www.nbome.org/assessments/comat/clinical-subject-exams/emergency-medicine. Weights are paraphrased public ranges. Presentation categories are matched by tags first, then by system; physician tasks have 7 official groups, merged to 4 here (procedural, delivery issues and prevention merge into management/prevention).. Re-check the live outline before test day.
Blueprint and pool depth
Swipe the tables sideways to see every column.
| Area | Official range | On a 120-item form | BW pool items | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abdominal pain | 6-11% | 10 | 17 | ok |
| Chest pain | 6-11% | 10 | 26 | deep |
| Environmental and travel disorders | 2-5% | 4 | 26 | deep |
| Gastrointestinal bleeding | 3-6% | 6 | 2 | gap |
| Genitourinary | 4-7% | 7 | 12 | ok |
| Head, eyes, ears, nose and throat | 4-7% | 7 | 8 | ok |
| Mental status change and weakness | 6-11% | 10 | 45 | deep |
| Musculoskeletal | 6-11% | 11 | 5 | gap |
| Obstetrics and gynecology | 4-7% | 7 | 13 | ok |
| Poisoning, overdose and withdrawal | 4-7% | 7 | 37 | deep |
| Psychiatric and behavioral | 2-5% | 4 | 1 | gap |
| Rashes and skin disease | 2-5% | 4 | 5 | ok |
| Resuscitation and shock | 5-8% | 8 | 39 | deep |
| Shortness of breath | 6-11% | 11 | 10 | thin |
| Special populations | 4-7% | 7 | 11 | ok |
| Traumatic injuries | 4-7% | 7 | 30 | deep |
| Task | Official range | On a 120-item form |
|---|---|---|
| History, physical, differential and diagnostic technologies | 35-53% | 54 |
| Management, procedures and delivery issues | 29-53% | 50 |
| Scientific mechanisms of disease | 5-15% | 12 |
| Health promotion and prevention | 2-4% | 4 |
Pool gaps: Gastrointestinal bleeding; Musculoskeletal; Psychiatric and behavioral. Forms still run at full length; the report lists which categories were short.
About these forms
Independent educational practice. Not an official NBME or NBOME exam, not affiliated with either, and not a score predictor. Questions are original. Bone Wizardry items are not equated to real forms, so the score report shows a percent-correct band and a rough percentile range marked as an estimate. The free sampler uses reviewed-only items.