Another boards freak out post

[hopefulERdoc251]

Hey ya'll, wanted to hear everybody's experience with boards / looking for some reassurance.

Did Rosh Review - about 90% done, scoring ~78% with a 98% likelihood of passing but can't beat the imposter syndrome that the only reason I got a higher score was because there were so many repeat questions. Looking for some reassurance lol. I've heard of people doing far less and passing and people completing the q bank and failing -_-

Ty all

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[Porfirio]

Likely you passed. Worry less. Go work/play more.

 

[EctopicFetus]

Ill say it an even different way.. Lets say you fail.. So what.. the numbers I saw recently was like 12% of people failed their written boards.. I doubt anyone cares..

 

[southerndoc]

Ill say it an even different way.. Lets say you fail.. So what.. the numbers I saw recently was like 12% of people failed their written boards.. I doubt anyone cares..

Nobody cares unless you can't pass within the number of years required by your hospital credentialing committee (usually 5-7 years to pass). If you don't pass by then, then you're likely to have trouble staying on staff and finding a new job.

 

[EctopicFetus]

Nobody cares unless you can't pass within the number of years required by your hospital credentialing committee (usually 5-7 years to pass). If you don't pass by then, then you're likely to have trouble staying on staff and finding a new job.

Agreed. But fail 1 or 2x i doubt anyone even knows you failed. I know people who have failed the written and others who failed the oral boards.. Didn’t seem to slow any of their careers.

 

[The Knife & Gun Club]

If it makes you feel any better I took mine Monday as well and damned if it didn’t feel like I failed walking out of there. Did 30% of rosh and had a 79%. Been out of residency for a year and change now but didn’t take them the first year out of residency because I was tied up on Q2 call for like the 3 months leading up to the test.

Mathematically I know it’s unlikely that I’d fail but there were definitely quite a few questions on that test where I found myself completely at a loss for what disease process or piece of knowledge they were trying to asses. And then about half-ish where I was stuck picking between 2 answers that I was just kind of picking one and crossing my fingers and moving on.

At least of ones I looked up around half I didn’t get wrong

 

[southerndoc]

Agreed. But fail 1 or 2x i doubt anyone even knows you failed. I know people who have failed the written and others who failed the oral boards.. Didn’t seem to slow any of their careers.

I agree. Nobody is going to ask you "how did you do on your boards?" As long as you get it by the deadline only the people on the credentials committee, med exec committee, and the people you tell are going to know you failed.

 

[EctopicFetus]

I agree. Nobody is going to ask you "how did you do on your boards?" As long as you get it by the deadline only the people on the credentials committee, med exec committee, and the people you tell are going to know you failed.

I actually dont know but will they know? I assume they only see the date you got boarded and not even the dates you took the exam. When I submit mine it doesnt give a date that I took the boards. I guess someone who knows EM board certification would see the gap. I didnt realize this but eligibility is very different between specialties. Ortho for example takes a few years I believe before you can get boarded post residency.

Either way other than pride i dont think it’s a big deal and probably even smaller now given that 12% of first time test takers fail. When i took it i think it was like 4%. I would just say it is proof of the dilution of residency quality.

 

[southerndoc]

I actually dont know but will they know? I assume they only see the date you got boarded and not even the dates you took the exam. When I submit mine it doesnt give a date that I took the boards. I guess someone who knows EM board certification would see the gap. I didnt realize this but eligibility is very different between specialties. Ortho for example takes a few years I believe before you can get boarded post residency.

Either way other than pride i dont think it’s a big deal and probably even smaller now given that 12% of first time test takers fail. When i took it i think it was like 4%. I would just say it is proof of the dilution of residency quality.

Yes, this kind of thing gets discussed at credentials committees. The people who process your credentialing application know about this type of stuff. Your lawsuits get discussed. Your arrests get discussed. Credentials and med exec are the committees that know this. Nobody talks about it though. I for one don't want to be airing out my colleagues' dirty laundry. It needs to be discussed for credentialing purposes only.

 

[Apollyon]

Yes, this kind of thing gets discussed at credentials committees. The people who process your credentialing application know about this type of stuff. Your lawsuits get discussed. Your arrests get discussed. Credentials and med exec are the committees that know this. Nobody talks about it though. I for one don't want to be airing out my colleagues' dirty laundry. It needs to be discussed for credentialing purposes only.

Yeah, isn't the credential committee meeting closed and/or not discoverable?

 

[JacobMcCandles]

Even if you don’t pass this time around you’ll pass it. It’s just like where you went to residency, once you get out and working nobody really cares.

 

[EctopicFetus]

Yes, this kind of thing gets discussed at credentials committees. The people who process your credentialing application know about this type of stuff. Your lawsuits get discussed. Your arrests get discussed. Credentials and med exec are the committees that know this. Nobody talks about it though. I for one don't want to be airing out my colleagues' dirty laundry. It needs to be discussed for credentialing purposes only.

Interesting cause i sat on credentialing and ill be honest i dont fully remember but never did we discuss someone who didnt pass their boards. We did talk about people who didnt sit for their boards or get boarded in their specialty in a specific time period.

 

[Porfirio]

Interesting cause i sat on credentialing and ill be honest i dont fully remember but never did we discuss someone who didnt pass their boards. We did talk about people who didnt sit for their boards or get boarded in their specialty in a specific time period.

This.