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

August 30, 2024 by Jack Krasuski MD Leave a Comment Categories: All Posts Tags: ABPN board exam, ABPN exam, abpn exam guidelines, board exam prep, Dr Jack Krasuski, psychiatry board exam, psychiatry board exam prep, psychiatry board tips, Psychiatry boards

Man in headphones studies at ABPN® exam at laptop.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

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Diagnostically Focused Questions on Psychiatry Boards

June 20, 2019 by Jack Krasuski MD 1 Comment Categories: All Posts, Crack the Exam Question Code Tags: beat the boards, board exam tips, diagnostically focused questions, Dr Jack Krasuski, jack krasuski, psychiatry board exam prep, psychiatry board exam question, psychiatry board exam questions, psychiatry board prep, psychiatry board tips

VIDEO: Diagnostically Focused Questions on Psychiatry Board Exams - Beat the Boards! Below is a transcript of the video – it has been edited for clarity. Today I am going to discuss diagnostically focused questions on the psychiatry boards. You want to recognize the core diagnostic features. There can be a challenge with these diagnostically focused questions as the DSM-5 has a lot of disorders and each disorder has quite a few criteria. These challenges can make it hard to learn all of the criteria for all these disorders, especially for… Click to Read More

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How to Study for Board Exams More Effectively

March 25, 2019 by Jack Krasuski MD 1 Comment Categories: All Posts, How to Prepare For Your Board Exam Tags: beat the boards, board exam study tips, board exam tips, board test prep, how to study, jack krasuski, psychiatry board exam prep, psychiatry board tips, studying for board exams, studying for my boards

How to Study More Effectively - Beat The BoardsToday, I focus on how to study more effectively based on the Landscape of Knowledge. I categorize new information we learn into three tiers of understanding: data, information, and knowledge. A exam candidate can fool themselves into believing they understand the material through familiarity with it even when they haven’t converted it into knowledge through active learning. Here are specific examples that illustrate these points.

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Why Are the Psychiatry Vignette Board Exam Questions So Difficult?

August 14, 2018 by Jack Krasuski MD Leave a Comment Categories: All Posts, Crack the Exam Question Code Tags: Dr Jack Krasuski, psychiatry board exam, psychiatry board prep, psychiatry board tips, psychiatry board vignette, psychiatry exam extended vignette questions

why are psychiatry exam extended vignette questions difficult - beat the boardsExtended 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

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Pacing Yourself on Your Psychiatry Board Exam

July 23, 2018 by Jack Krasuski MD 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

Learn how to pace yourself on you psychiatry board exam.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

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Treatment Algorithms on Board Exams

July 23, 2018 by Jack Krasuski MD Leave a Comment Categories: All Posts, Crack the Exam Question Code Tags: beat the boards, board exam tips, jack krasuski, psychiatry board tips, treatment algorithms, treatment algorithms on board exam

Learn how treatment algorithms on board exams are key to exam success.Medical board exams primarily test clinical knowledge. As such, questions that assess your knowledge of treatment interventions are common. There are three aspects of treatment that can be tested: Details of specific treatment interventions Treatments in specific populations and by disease variants Treatment algorithms Treatment algorithms on board exams are the focus of this post. Treatment algorithms are a rank ordering of treatment interventions beginning with first-line treatments proceeding to second-, third-, and fourth-line treatments, and ending at last-line treatments… Click to Read More

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