Strategies to Deploy During the Board Exam Archives

A Perfectionism That Will Kill Your Exam Performance

August 12, 2022 by Jack Krasuski Leave a Comment Categories: All Posts, How to Prepare For Your Board Exam, Strategies to Deploy During the Board Exam Tags: exam performance challenges, medical board preparation, perfectionism

This week we completed our 5-Day Psychiatry Board Prep Course in Chicagoland. (It was great to see and speak with so many colleagues there.) At the course I received several questions from our attendees about what turns out to be a single problem described in different ways. The problem is a manifestation of one type of perfectionism. It arises as a feeling of a strong need to get complete and/or definitive information about a case described in an exam case… READ MORE

Register for Free Course: How Not to Fail Your Psychiatry Board Exam

May 5, 2020 by Jack Krasuski Leave a Comment Categories: All Posts, Coping Strategies After Failing a Board Exam, How to Prepare For Your Board Exam, Strategies to Deploy During the Board Exam

I have some very good news for you. Recently, I completed a 4+ hour course called the How Not to Fail your Psychiatry Board Exam that tells you how to succeed on your psychiatry boards, whether you took an exam and failed or are taking a new exam for the first time. We already have over 500 registrants who are taking advantage of this free How Not to Fail course. Who is this course open to? Everyone. If you have… READ MORE

Screen Functions on ABPN^® Board Exams

September 21, 2018 by Jack Krasuski Leave a Comment Categories: All Posts, Strategies to Deploy During the Board Exam Tags: abpn, Dr Jack Krasuski, jack krasuski, video vignettes abpn board exams, video vignettes board exam

Today I respond to two questions regarding the what information is available on the exam screen on ABPN® board exams. Lab Values on ABPN® board Exams I received a question from a psychiatry board exam candidate this week about whether normal lab values are available as a drop down list accessible from the exam screen. We received a response from ABPN® as follows: “We do not provide a drop down list of normal lab values, but when the committee feels… READ MORE

Pacing Yourself on Your Psychiatry Board Exam

July 23, 2018 by Jack Krasuski 3 Comments Categories: All Posts, Strategies to Deploy During the Board Exam Tags: beat the boards, jack krasuski, psychiatry board exam, psychiatry board exam prep, psychiatry board exam tips, psychiatry board prep, psychiatry board tips

I’ve received several emails from doctors who’ve recently taken their psychiatry board exam. Here are some quotes that I present to you anonymously and then provide my responses. “I recently took the Psychiatry Board exam and I honestly don’t know what to think. I was struggling with time. The vignettes were super long….one of the video was about five minutes long. I did take about four breaks but honestly didn’t have time to eat lunch. I finished about five minutes… READ MORE