Procrastination snowballs; that is, procrastination leads to ever more procrastination. The stress of delay leads to more delay, which leads to more stress and so on. Procrastination grows until the pressure to do the required task grows so high that, finally, action is taken. Of course, once action is taken, the work is often done under conditions of emotional duress, a reduced ability to focus, and too little time to get the job done well.
Since procrastination has led to… Click to Read More
How to Study for Your ABPN Board Exam: Prioritize “the Big and the Bad” for Smarter Board Prep
No matter how much time you have remaining to prepare for your ABPN board exam, you must still prioritize certain exam topics over others. This is true because even if you go through ALL the material once or even twice during your board exam prep, there will always remain topics that you’ll perform worse on during your practice tests.
How do you know which topics you’re weaker on as you’re progressing through your studies? If you took the exam previously… Click to Read More
EXACT Board Exam Prep Accelerator Delivers Custom Board Success — Here’s How
EXACT is a proprietary algorithm that customizes a study program for each learner. The learner completes a board-reflective practice test and EXACT converts the results into a personalized board prep review schedule and study plan so learners pass on their first try
At American Physician Institute (API), a leading medical education and certification solutions provider, we offer EXACT — a FREE game-changing board prep program for medical professionals.
API’s proprietary EXACT algorithm powers the program, which provides individuals with personalized… Click to Read More
How Stress Can Ruin Your Board Scores
Stress can you ruin your board scores. It sounds like a cliché but actually it is true! Stress leads to fight, flight, or freeze scenarios. When our autonomic nervous systems are out of balance, we can go into overdrive or we can freeze up completely depending upon whether the adrenergic nervous system or the parasympathetic nervous system is over-activated. Neither one of these is helpful for a good outcome in your test scores.
Acute stress and chronic stress can both… Click to Read More




