beat the boards for psych boards

[dorian24]

For those who have taken the boards already, is beat the boards qbank worth it and representative of the actual exam? Thanks!

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[happypsychmd]

Hi, I did Beat the Boards for my general psychiatry exam in 2021, and I thought the questions on BTB were actually harder than the real exam. However, I think it did prepare me well for mastering all the content, and I do really well with active learning multiple choice question practice rather than reading/re-reading/or passively watching videos. I would recommend BTB. I did the entire question bank and watched almost all the videos. Most of my residency colleagues did the same.

 

[deleted1100659]

Hi, I did Beat the Boards for my general psychiatry exam in 2021, and I thought the questions on BTB were actually harder than the real exam. However, I think it did prepare me well for mastering all the content, and I do really well with active learning multiple choice question practice rather than reading/re-reading/or passively watching videos. I would recommend BTB. I did the entire question bank and watched almost all the videos. Most of my residency colleagues did the same.

Interesting, I actually thought the opposite. BTB questions often seemed straightforward to me and simple. Some of the exam questions were odd at times.

I found the lectures pretty useful for the most part. Certain lectures were definitely better than others. I did the original neuro section, thought it was garbage. Then they revamped it, and thought it was a HUGE improve. But K&S will really prepare someone for neuro. Dr Jack was a good lecturer I thought. Wasnt too fond of the addiction lectures, thought her notes were all over the place and had lots of random crap

 

[brainmedicine]

For those who have taken the boards already, is beat the boards qbank worth it and representative of the actual exam? Thanks!

No. Questions on BTB are not ABPN style.

 

[Dr. ADT]

No. Questions on BTB are not ABPN style.

I second that

 

[deleted456421]

I purchased BTB at a discount but quickly realized it would take way too much time to complete. Eventually followed the sage advice of this forum and used Kaplan & Sadock only and performed well above the median.

 

[moto_za]

For people who already took it, what percent were you scoring on BTB? Any minimum score on BTBs to be safe to pass the real deal?

 

[BiscoDisco]

bump on this.

Wondering if doing BTB question bank and studying the answer explanations would be enough.