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VIDEO: What To Do If You Fail Your Board Exam

April 11, 2019 by Jack Krasuski Leave a Comment Categories: All Posts, Coping Strategies After Failing a Board Exam Tags: beat the boards, board exam failure, board test prep, coping with failing my boards, coping with failure, hoe to cope with failing a board exam, i failed my board exam, jack krasuski, what to do when i fail

I’m here to talk about a difficult topic with you today. What do you do if you fail your board exam? I know that this is likely a difficult time for you, but I do not want you to be so hard on yourself. Take some time to come to terms with this and then create an action plan for how you are going to do better next time. There is a silver lining when it comes to failing your board exam because we are more than passing or failing an exam.

Fear of Board Exam Failure

November 2, 2018 by Jack Krasuski 2 Comments Categories: All Posts, Coping Strategies After Failing a Board Exam Tags: beat the boards, board blog, Dr Jack Krasuski, exam failure, fear of exam failure, how to overcome the fear of exam failure, jack krasuski

Fear can make us behave in counterproductive ways, including how we respond to an upcoming medical board exam, such as a neurology or psychiatry board exam. We have set ways of responding to fear – fight, flight or freeze. Classically, fear is defined as an emotion triggered by imminent danger, as we would experience if we saw an aggressive person running toward us or if we heard breaking glass in our house as we were lying in bed. Anxiety is… READ MORE