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Based on my score report I'm not cut out to be a child psychiatrist. And I don't have any ethics.
Passing was 71 percent overall, that's psych and neuro combined, they don't divide it into subtests.
Thanks I guess I thought they would have rounded up- wishful thinking. It KILLS me to have come so close in a field I really don't like too much ie why i want to do a 2nd residency in FP. Ireally like doing a tad of therapy but I have no clue what happened. I LOVED psych as a med student and some of residency. I like a little therapy with a few patients and work few hours just because I don't care for it enough that I could possibly stand to do it any more. But matching into a second residency even FP isn't easy- I tried. Anyway that's all off topic. I failed and need to retake it if for no reason than I failed and can't leave it like this if I had never tried I could have gone forever and not taken it, but personally I gotta retake it and hope to pass, I will probably taking it repeatedly and have to redo the orals too because I don't see me ever passing, I didn't study enough but I have severe test anxiety and ugh the questions I got wrong I would have gotten wrong no matter how much I studied. Thank you very much.Also average of 68 and 73 is 70.5. Given that there were more than one hundred questions on the exam, a 70.5 would have been below the cutoff.
Based on my score report I'm not cut out to be a child psychiatrist. And I don't have any ethics.
Congrats! Now fight against MOC.
I was looking at the format for clinical vignettes and video questions. If the question requires us to pick the 3 correct answers and I pick either 2 or 1 correct. Will I get partial score for the question or I need to get all of them correct.
What are the best resources to read for clinical vignettes and video question ?
I know, its too early to start preparation for next year board but I want to get all my resources ready.
Has everyone received their actual certificate in mail yet ? I have not gotten it yet , actually forgot about it until today and just left a VM with APBN.
I just moved and I worry my certificate is going to get lost. Congratulations for everyone who passed. It was a tough test. I ended up getting pretty tired during the test. Its was a lot of questions. I am glad they kept it focused on general psych. I studied way too much pharmacology, but I was pretty happy when I would see those questions.
Hello All,
For those who have written the American board exam (adult general psych) - is it worthwhile to review the APA treatment guidelines for each of the major disorders?
I'm certified in Canada and a big focus of our test was on Canadian Treatment Guidelines and I'm thinking there may be subtle differences.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
Any idea why it seems like the pass rate has been going down the last few years?
https://www.abpn.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/2016_ABPN_Annual_Report.pdf
Hey all, wanted to ask your opinion on practice Speigel scores. I took the first test and scored a 73%. Took the second one recently and my score went down to 62%. I'm feeling pretty demoralized and with boards being 2 months away, I'm wondering if I should just postpone to next year. Any thoughts? If I do continue with taking it this year, I'm planning to also add K&S question book to my study plan. Hoping to get all this done with starting a new job!
When I took the board exam I didn't see any neuro questions that Speigel covered in their book. Test makers must be savvy and I'm sure they are careful not to have related questions that are found in a very popular book like Speigel. Just saying. Most fail due to neuro.
When you say "written" you mean taken the exam? and are you planning to take the ABPN certification exam??
If so, I know they're giving out discounts at Psychiatry Boards Prep that don't require a group if that's your limiting factor. I still have the email of the person who gave it to me if you're interested. PM me.
Good luck!
-OWP
It is hard, I've heard from other residents who took it. Believe it or not I just pulled the trigger on a 5 month access to practice questions which I hope will help
For anyone interested, I got a super super discount that I spent a while asking for but they gave it to me.
my code was= C40XFST
I got it at Psychiatryboardsprep
They said its just for 5 month plans. Not sure if it still works or what but worth a try. hope it helps someone else out there.
Is Psychiatry Boards Prep good?
Hello all! I will write my boards this year. K&S stand alone my average score so far is 75% but vignettes is sad average 55%. Any input on how to improve on Vignettes? Need to push those scores
I've been told that at some point before you get your result, some folks have found that the ABPN website deems them eligible to register for a subspeciality exam--which would require a passed general exam. That bug may have gotten fixed though.Is there a trick to find out if you passed, like USMLE
I've been told that at some point before you get your result, some folks have found that the ABPN website deems them eligible to register for a subspeciality exam--which would require a passed general exam. That bug may have gotten fixed though.
Good luck.
I stand corrected.Doesn't work. I failed the exam last year and before results came in it was allowing me to register for a specialty exam.
No worries. Let's hope it works out this year.I stand corrected.
Condolences.
How about today?I wonder if Child board results will be out next week? *getting nervous*
How did you find out? Congrats!Found out I passed!! Man, I was so nervous while checking, heart was beating out of my chest! Glad I don’t have to take any board exams for another 10 years
How did you find out? Congrats!