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