Nearly every board exam candidate feels unnerved by their exam. Many physicians feel despondent, remembering how many questions they were either ‘clueless’ or ‘really unsure’ about. This experience of deep uncertainty continues for the entire period of waiting, often 4 to 6 weeks, until results arrive.
The reason for this despondency is that a large – usually the largest – percentage of questions on the exam are those that the candidate is less than 100% certain of having gotten right.… Click to Read More
Improving Care for an Aging Population: How a Geriatric Medicine Board Review Helps Physicians Apply Core Principles in Practice
The US population is aging rapidly, which presents an additional challenge for primary care physicians as they struggle to keep up with ever-growing healthcare needs. A major demographic shift is underway, with one in five Americans projected to be over the age of 65 by 2030.
This scenario has become a pressing reality for general internists and family physicians as they deal with an influx of older patients in healthcare settings. However, the current ratio of board-certified geriatric medicine physicians… Click to Read More
Advice When Waiting for Your Medical Board Exam Results
We’ve had tens of thousands of physicians take our board prep courses and this is what I learned about the weeks waiting for medical board exam results: there is a weak relationship between how you think you did on the exam and whether you passed. Hundreds of times, exam-takers have emailed me feeling terrible about how “horribly” they did, only to find out that they passed.
It’s normal to leave an exam feeling uncertain or discouraged. This occurs because:
Often… Click to Read More
VIDEO: 5 Tips to Minimize Procrastinating on Your Board Exam Studies
Welcome. It’s Dr. Jack and I have 5 tips for you on how to minimize procrastinating on your board exam studies.
Tip 1: De-Emotionalize the Job You Have to Do
My first tip is based on a thought experiment. I’d like you to take a minute to imagine that you have a clone of yourself, and your clone is identical to you. They have the same bright smile and winning personality that you do. There is only a single… Click to Read More




