Anyone working on or recently finished board recertification

[zolof]

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Was wondering if anyone here working on the board recertification. Tons of CME to complete online. Very little info about peoples experience and feedback with the new set up online. ?

 

[clausewitz2]

Was wondering if anyone here working on the board recertification. Tons of CME to complete online. Very little info about peoples experience and feedback with the new set up online. ?

The article pathway is great. I have spent maybe a grand total of 2.5 hours on them and am almost done. Annoying that you basically have to pay for at least some, but cheaper than a board exam.

 

[zolof]

THanks. Really? Thats what I was going to do the article pathway. The PIP part seems annoying they claim will take 3 months to complete. ? Do you have to repeat the exams if you dont pass like typical state CME? I saw they are not timed, but dont recall that part.

 

[calvnandhobbs68]

THanks. Really? Thats what I was going to do the article pathway. The PIP part seems annoying they claim will take 3 months to complete. ? Do you have to repeat the exams if you dont pass like typical state CME? I saw they are not timed, but dont recall that part.

They aren't timed at all.

I haven't done the PIP yet (and also think it's just stupid overall) but I'll just say its all self reported based on your own patient charts.

 

[Ironspy]

THanks. Really? Thats what I was going to do the article pathway. The PIP part seems annoying they claim will take 3 months to complete. ? Do you have to repeat the exams if you dont pass like typical state CME? I saw they are not timed, but dont recall that part.

You can’t retake the failed tests but most/all of the answers are available if you just search the pdf for the keywords in the question stem.

 

[milesed]

I took my second recert exam 2 years ago going with the old, regular system. I'm not planning on recertifying again. It just adds very little to nothing to my daily practice of medicine and I feel the whole system needs to be changed. I am paying 2400$ for 2 modules to take a test at Pearson View center, plus the other fees for CME, PIP, etc. That's insane to me, but may be better addressed in a thread of its own.

Most people I trained with do the articles together by zoom. They seem to like that system better.

 

[Attending1985]

I did the articles. It only took a few hours. I don’t think I had to pay for any.

 

[Bartelby]

I am doing the article pathway and I actually read the articles. It takes longer, but there are some really good ones. I’m glad that pathway exists (not just the recert exam option).

 

[bashir]

I just took the last week "off" work with a couple of colleagues to do the articles together. As much as I resent the whole recertification racket, I have to admit most of the articles were worth a read and it was kind of nice to have to make the time to read them. By the end I did finally run out of steam and took the last couple of quizzes cold. The quality of the questions is generally poor so I really had no compunction about taking them in a small group. I work at a university so they were all freely accessible to me. I would be upset if I had to pay for them.

 

[psych_0]

The article pathway is great. I have spent maybe a grand total of 2.5 hours on them and am almost done. Annoying that you basically have to pay for at least some, but cheaper than a board exam.

2.5 hours for all of them combined?!? Please do share your strategy.

 

[clausewitz2]

2.5 hours for all of them combined?!? Please do share your strategy.

Read fast + CTRL-F? There are a lot of first-order questions. Entirely done now and it clocked in at just under 3 hours including time to download a few of the trickier to find papers.

 

[vanfanal]

Read fast + CTRL-F? There are a lot of first-order questions. Entirely done now and it clocked in at just under 3 hours including time to download a few of the trickier to find papers.

I did the same. Though a couple of the interesting ones did slow me down bco I read them fully for genuine interest.