Board review is getting a much needed makeover!
Welcome to INVICTUS
A New Era in Emergency Medicine Board Review!
With over 25 years of board review expertise, the makers of EM:RAP proudly bring you INVICTUS—a new comprehensive learning platform designed to support today’s Emergency Medicine clinician.
Developed by leaders in emergency medicine education, INVICTUS delivers a rigorous, engaging, and efficient learning and study experience that surpasses traditional review courses. Our world-class team of educators is here to walk you through every step of board prep!
Case-Based, Topic-Focused Videos
Visually rich, expertly crafted video content covering what you need to know for the exam, including clinical content and exam tips.
Supplementary Audio Podcasts
High-yield compact audio content for convenient, on-the-go learning that will reinforce key concepts with spaced repetition and review the nuanced, confusing topics as well. Tune in and enhance your board review journey!
ABEM-Style Question Banks
Our board-style question banks are available to challenge and test your knowledge. These questions are designed to test your weak spots and provide guidance on your study needs.
Study Guides and Written Summaries
Concise review sheets with pathways to study based on your exam date plus concise summaries of key points from the videos—perfect for a quick refresher and to solidify new concepts.
Live-streamed Events
These engaging live-streamed study sessions offer the unique opportunity to interact with top educators and fellow learners with real-time discussions, ask questions, and gain insights from the professionals themselves.
Meet our Faculty
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Dr. Matthew DeLaneyDr. Matthew DeLaney is a Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Matthew has worked in a wide variety of academic and community emergency departments and has a particular skill in making medical education that can help folks not only crush the boards but also be excellent at the bedside. Matthew lives in a house full of women, including his two daughters and his wife Erin, who is a family medicine physician and is without any doubt the best doctor in the DeLaney house. |
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Dr. Christina ShenviDr. Christina Shenvi is an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at UNC-Chapel Hill, an academic leader, and a keynote speaker with a passion for teaching, learning science, and innovative pedagogy. She is fellowship-trained in Geriatric Emergency Medicine and has received multiple national awards for teaching, including the ACEP Outstanding Speaker Award. She co-directs the ACEP/CORD Teaching Fellowship and teaches time management and career success through her platform, Time For Your Life. |
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Dr. Ilene ClaudiusDr. llene Claudius trained at UCLA for medical school and a combined residency in Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine. She is currently a Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the David Geffen school of Medicine at UCLA, and director of Process and Quality Improvement for the Emergency Department at Harbor-UCLA. |
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Dr. Corey SlovisFACP, FACEP, FAAEMDr. Corey Slovis is the founding Chairman of Vanderbilt's Department of Emergency Medicine and served in that role from July 1992 until July 2020. He is currently the Medical Director for the Nashville Fire Department and Nashville's International Airport. He has completed residencies in Internal Medicine and Emergency Medicine at Emory University and Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia. He is board certified in Emergency Medicine, Internal Medicine, and Emergency Medical Services. Dr. Slovis has won multiple educator awards and has published more than 100 peer reviewed publications, numerous book chapters, and has co-authored three books. Dr. Slovis is a runner and practices yoga both aggressively and poorly. He is married to Dr. Bonnie Slovis, Professor Emeritus of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. |
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Dr. Cameron CrosbyDr. Cameron Crosby is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), where he serves as Assistant Medical Director of the University Emergency Department. He has worked in both community and academic emergency medicine, and In addition to his clinical and leadership responsibilities, he is deeply involved in resident education and was honored with his department’s “Lecturer of the Year” award. Dr. Crosby’s academic and research interests center on infectious diseases and global health education. He has received advanced training in tropical medicine and is active in both domestic and international medical education initiatives. With a passion for equipping healthcare providers in both high- and low-resource settings, Dr. Crosby brings a broad perspective to emergency medicine education and board preparation. |
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Dr. Andrew KalnowDOAndrew "Drew" Kalnow is an Assistant Program Director and Director of Simulation for the emergency medicine residency program at OhioHealth Doctors Hospital in Columbus, OH. In addition, he serves as an EMS medical director for several Central Ohio Fire/EMS agencies and is faculty for the OhioHealth EMS Fellowship. He is a regular medical podcast contributor and co-host of EM Over Easy, an emergency medicine podcast focused on “More than Medicine”. Drew attended Kenyon College for his undergraduate degree, received his medical degree from the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine and completed his emergency medicine residency training at Doctors Hospital-OhioHealth. Beyond simulation and resident education, Drew is passionate about learning theory, rapid delivery of cold water and warm blankets to patients, promoting the emergency medicine community and spreading the gospel of video laryngoscopy. |
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Dr. Andy LittleDOAndy Little is the Program Director, for the Emergency Medicine residency at AdventHealth Orlando. He has research interests in vascular access, education deliveries models and podcasting in medicine. He also serves as a cohost and co founder for the podcast EM Over Easy. |
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Dr. Jennifer Beck-EsmayDr. Jennifer Beck-Esmay is an associate professor of emergency medicine and assistant residency director at Mt. Sinai Morningside and Mt. Sinai West in New York City. Dr. Beck-Esmay received a degree in drama from the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University, completed medical school at the University of Minnesota and returned to NYC to complete residency at NYU-Bellevue. She is passionate about emergency medicine education and gender equity in medicine and is proud to have contributed content to numerous resources including FemInEM, R.E.B.E.L. EM, EMDocs, EM:RAP, Emergency Medicine Abstracts, ERCast, UC:RAP, CoreEM and Critical Care Now. She has spoken nationally and internationally at SMACC, FIX, EEM, ACOEP, ACEP, SEMPA, CORD and Rebellion in EM. Most importantly, she is a proud mama for 4-year-old human, Lilith, and 6-year-old feline, Khonshu. |
Matthew
DeLaney
Christina
Shenvi
llene
Claudius
Corey
Slovis
Cameron
Crosby
Drew
Kalnow
Andy
Little
Jennifer
Beck-Esmay
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Dr. Jan ShoenbergerMD, FACEPDr. Jan is co-host and co-editor of EM:RAP. Dr. Shoenberger is the Chief of Department of EM at Los Angeles General Medical Center, and Professor of Clinical EM at Keck School of Medicine of USC. Double-boarded in EM and Hospice & Palliative Medicine, Jan brings a deep passion for patient care to all aspects of her career. |
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Vanessa CardyVanessa Cardy has spent her career working in ERs and hospitals in rural and remote areas of Quebec, Canada. She is passionate about advocating for the care that generalists can provide and wishes to empower the next generation of physicians to discover the clinical courage required for work in low-resource and isolated regions. Since 2018 she has been a monthly contributor to EMRAP with her segments on rural medicine and she was a contributor to the EMRAP audio board review program, Crunchtime. She is also a faculty lecturer with McGill University’s Department of Family Medicine. |
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Britt GuestDOBritt is a UCLA EM residency and EM:RAP AIME Fellowship graduate with a talent for fostering connections between people. She’s dedicated to crafting interactive virtual conferences, making global education both enjoyable and accessible. |
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Dr. Gita PensaMD, FAAEMGita Pensa is an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Brown University. Her expertise lies in clinical medicine, risk management, and legal performance for clinicians. She practiced community emergency medicine for 13 years before joining Brown's faculty in 2015. Dr. Pensa was the editor of the Academic Emergency Medicine journal’s monthly research podcast through 2024 and remains a managing editor at Emergency Medicine Reviews and Perspectives (EM:RAP) as co-host of UC Max. She was named the EMRA (Emergency Medicine Residents' Association) National Faculty Mentor of the Year in 2018, and in 2019 she was awarded a Special Service Recognition Award from Rhode Island ACEP for “courageous public advocacy of Rhode Island Emergency Medicine Colleagues.” In 2020, she received the Dean's Award for Excellence in Teaching from the Alpert School of Medicine at Brown University. |
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Dr. Sean NordtMD, PharmDPharmacist, toxicologist, emergency physician, and Editor-in-Chief of CorePendium—Sean does it all. With more degrees and boards than we know what to do with, Sean brings unparalleled experience and a unique perspective to clinical problems you face at the bedside. |
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Dr. Jessica MasonMDFellowship trained in medical education, Jess brings a background in the arts, ventriloquism — and even magic to her work. Jess is on a mission to make the best procedural skill education in the world, accessible to all. |
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Cody HillMD FRCPCA long-term stint as Residency Program Director at USC, several decades in EM, and untold hours of speaking on the CME circuit has made Stuart one of EM’s truly elite educators. Stuart is the “Captain Cortex” of the EM:RAP family and Editor-in-Chief of CorePendium |
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Cody HillMDA rising star in EM education, Dr. Hill is a New Orleans native with a huge Tik Tok following and a EM;RAP Daily dose contributor. |
