Study Materials
Useful Tools
NAVLE resources fall into two categories, Notes and Practice questions.
In general, you can find an ocean of information out there. The challenge is separating the pearls from the swine.
Four worth your time
- The NAVLE site itself, maintained by the National Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners (NBVME) : is THE place to start.
Check out the 60 practice NAVLE questions provided- this is your BEST way to get a sense of the question format and depth.
English computerized version
French computerized version
Text version
Also links to the Thompson Prometric website, to help you locate a testing facility near you
- The SAVMA Education and Licensure committee
NAVLE survey is useful.
This SAVMA committee gives results to the SAVMA Post NAVLE survey from several years ago, summarizing input from over 500 recent graduates who had taken the NAVLE.
Although these data are a few years old, they do contain useful feedback. Here is a summary:
1. What to study: “Merck manual was very useful”
Mosby books not as helpful
2. Complaints about “too many” questions on Pigs, Poultry, Exotics
3. Issues with images Most respondents rated NAVLE images “Fair or Poor”
To see the survey report, you need to log in using your JAVMA/AVMA password and id, which can be found on your JAVMA magazine address label. (Click here for details)
- Gumshoevet.net
Gumshoe Vet maintains a large file of NAVLE Review materials, (which used to be posted LSU vet med ) GO HERE NOW, PEOPLE
Includes the massive SAVMA Education and Licensure Board’s NAVLE Review file (100+ megs), full of notes and practice questions in WORD
Also includes some impressive-looking Swine case reviews as well as Auburn University’s NAVLE Review Notes by species
If you go directly to the Auburn University NAVLE Review Site, you can also download two even more massive (250 meg, 70 meg) powerpoint reviews, not available on the LSU site
The Gumshoe Vet and Auburn sites are an embarrassment of riches, notes-wise. There’s so much here it’s sensory overload.
The Zuku Review™ is in the process of reviewing these notes and questions to help point you to the best parts - So stay tuned.
Meanwhile, “Caveat Emptor” people, on the the content. You will still need to go over it yourself to see what seems useful, (and what is dreck).
The Good: Referenced, downloadable to a PDA, highly condensed, Free
Some anonymous saintly student made this available to everyone
The Bad: Basically a laundry list. (but a referenced one)
The Ugly: 37 pages of 6-font single space text = serious eyestrain
This is cramming pure and simple, not my style at all. But some students have said it helps, so use it if it helps you.
One way to use it might be to scan the A-Z cram guide a couple of days before you take the NAVLE, looking for pearls.
Other resources
- VIN: If you aren’t using VIN, you should . Loaded with useful tools and FREE to students. Use it, people.
Worth its weight in gold for access to Plumb’s pharmacology online and Associate (a DDX-making tool), not to mention the book reviews.
VIN also maintains a NAVLE resources page:
- Companion Animal Parasite Council (CAPC) – Has a 100 questions on parasitolgy. Mostly “Name that bug” and drug-centric, but not bad.
CAPC National Board review Study Guide
- The SAVMA education committee provides a link to a list of NAVLE review topics provided by Dr. John Boyce
of the National Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners (NBVME) the group that gives the NAVLE.
Basically a very, very long list of every thing under the sun. Not hugely useful, in my opinion, but it comes from the source at NVBME.
- JAVMA Zoonotic updates
AVMA Public health page
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