ABIM Pulmonary Disease Prep Course (Pulm/CC)

What you will learn

• By the end of this course, learners will be able to:
• Explain the ABIM Pulmonary Disease exam scope and inferred competency domains, with emphasis on high-yield adult pulmonary topics and board-style clinical reasoning.
• Master the high-yield concepts, definitions, physiologic patterns, diagnostic criteria, and management rules across pulmonary physiology/diagnostic testing, obstructive lung disease, restrictive/interstitial lung disease, pulmonary infections, pulmonary vascular disease, pleural disease, neoplasms/p
• Apply concepts in realistic ABIM-style single-best-answer scenarios, including diagnosis, differential diagnosis, test selection, interpretation of pulmonary function tests/arterial blood gases/imaging/pleural fluid or oxygenation data, severity or risk stratification, and best next-step management.
• Solve common pulmonary calculation and interpretation tasks accurately when applicable, including ABG interpretation, acid-base reasoning relevant to pulmonary disease, oxygenation and ventilation assessment, A-a gradient logic, and pulmonary function interpretation; show steps and avoid shortcuts t
• Distinguish common distractors, misconceptions, mimics, and boundary cases frequently tested in pulmonary board review, including asthma vs COPD vs upper-airway mimics, aspiration pneumonitis vs aspiration pneumonia, UIP vs other ILD patterns, transudative vs exudative pleural processes, PE vs other
• Use a consistent board-style problem-solving framework: identify the task -> extract key facts -> select the governing physiologic pattern, rule, or guideline-level principle -> execute diagnostic or management reasoning -> verify against the stem and eliminate competing distractors.
• Build retrieval-ready memory using concise tables, checklists, interpretation frameworks, differential diagnosis grids, and spaced review summaries tailored to adult pulmonary board preparation.