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ABPN® Exam: What’s in Scope and Out of Scope on the Psychiatry Board Exams?

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As part of our ongoing quality assurance, I’ve been reviewing and addressing comments left by learners regarding specific multiple-choice questions that make up our ABPN® exam psychiatry 2300+ question QBank. (Our QBank allows each learner to comment on any and all QBank questions.) One of the most common comments I’m encountering is one that questions whether the topic of the QBank question is in the scope of the exam, meaning whether it is a learning point that is tested on… Click to Read More

Neurology Topics on the ABPN Psychiatry Board Exam

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Prepping for an ABPN Psychiatry Board Exam? Get a comprehensive Psychiatry Board Review Course from Beat the Boards! to get your board prep on track. There are two questions I get asked related to neurology disorders on the ABPN psychiatry board exam: Are the neurocognitive disorders included in the neurological disorders category? What should I study when studying the neurological disorders on my psychiatry exam? Neurocognitive Vs. Neurological Disorders On ABPN Psychiatry Exam First clarification: the neurocognitive disorders topic on… Click to Read More

What to Study if You’re Repeating an ABPN Board Exam

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Repeating an ABPN board exam? If you’re studying for an ABPN board exam that you previously took and did not pass, the question you confront is how you should prepare this time around. Here’s the first important thing to do: Review your last board exam’s “Performance Profile,” that is, the list of exam scoring categories. Review your scores on the big categories (listed below). Any category which you failed or which you passed but not by much, should become your… Click to Read More

Bridging the Gap: The Benefits of Telepsychiatry in Addressing the Psychiatrist Shortage

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The demand for psychiatric services in the United States has been steadily increasing over the years, especially during and since the COVID-19 pandemic. However, an alarming shortage of psychiatrists is only growing larger, creating a significant barrier to accessible, timely mental healthcare. There are many benefits of telepsychiatry that can help bridge this gap. Currently, over 150 million people in the U.S. live in areas that do not have enough mental health providers. Furthermore, over half of the counties nationwide… Click to Read More

Levels of Board Exam Questions

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One way I’ve found categorizing board exam questions helpful is to view them in a hierarchy of three levels, each one building on the previous one and requiring greater use of one’s clinical judgment. My three levels are: Know It →  Recognize It →  Decide It. Now let me explain and I promise this will be practically helpful and, I believe, comforting even. Know It This lowest level of question relies almost exclusively on recalling some specific piece of information… Click to Read More

Why Are the Psychiatry Vignette Board Exam Questions So Difficult?

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Extended vignette questions now comprise half of the Psychiatry Certification Exam and one-quarter of the Psychiatry MOC Exam. This vignette type of multiple-choice question is easy in that the topics are not designed to trick you or to cover obscure points. And at the same time, they are very hard because they require you to make render a judgment among options that are shades of gray. Listen to Dr. Jack present a detailed and uplifting presentation on how to handle… Click to Read More

Pacing Yourself on Your Psychiatry Board Exam

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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… Click to Read More

Treatment Interventions on Board Exams

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It’s not a secret that board exams test your knowledge of the details of the myriad treatment interventions on board exams used in treating patients. In addition to knowing the circumstances of when to choose a particular intervention over another (discussed in other posts), you are expected to know the details of each specific treatment intervention. Thus, the question that arises for the exam taker is “just how much detail about treatment interventions do I need to know?” Each field… Click to Read More

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