Shoutout to @Raryn for this compilation so maybe I’ll stop anxiously starting my day at the ABIM website.
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mylohyoid28
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Lololol. It's become part of my morning routine. Wake up. Pee. Brush teeth. Make coffee. Check ABIM website 😂
I probably will find out in here when scores are up. I don't think about it even in my off days.
Lucky you. I have decided to start studying. Having nightmares about it.
Who are you and how did you retain this much mental health throughout medical school and residency
We have seven years to pass that things.
I was horrified about not passing step1/2 and CS because of the severe ramifications... This test is different.
I'm not @Splenda88, but this has been my approach to every exam I've taken since I started undergrad.
I put in the work ahead of time, did the best I could, and the results are what they are. No amount of anxiety on my part will change the outcome.
It used to drive all my pre-med roommates nuts in college when (back in the "late 1900s" as kids are apparently calling the 90s now) they would all race to line up to see the posted science exam scores on the professor's door and wonder why I wasn't going with them.
I have hope it will be this week :/
Would they update the portal where u check a physician status before they release the scores? I keep checking my name on the portal and its still saying no data. I am too scared to go login and check and see if results are out.
I’ve checked the physician portal and verify physician status page and nothing yet. Idk what would be released first 🙁
No... After October 13th IMO
Doubt they will release results on a weekend so must be a regular maintenance. I have been checking my status on check your physician certification status and its still saying no information. It’s probably won’t be until
14-15th in my opinion cause covid has slowed everything down.
No such luck, but I wasn't expecting results to show up on a Sunday morning, anyway (not that I didn't check because that's just my anxiety level at baseline now)
Do they usually put up a message or something on the site on the week they’re going to be released? I’ve read that somewhere on this thread but not sure if it’s every year.
They really should extend eligibility during the pandemic for those that lost it. People who lost eligibility should take this to the media see if they can get some traction--legitimate doctors losing their jobs in midst of a pandemic because of a board certification that should have never been made mandatory for employment. Not a good look for ABIM.
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Physicians collectively should say they will not take it. I am dreaming here since I know it will never happen.
Look at CS! Everyone knows it was a bogus exam and yet people were ok to spend the $1000 and traveling expenses to take it.
CS, step3 and board certification should go.
CS is no longer an exam people take.
Step 3 should remain imo.
I agree, the ABIM exam should go.
Seriously- my wife took a certification exam for her job and as soon as she hit the submit button she got her score. Right there in the testing center. "We need to review the questions to see which ones will count for score" you couldn't do that before putting them on the test?
Right? I remember I took the GRE back in the day and got more score back the moment I hit submit. I know it’s different but if the GRE can do it in seconds, USMLE/COMLEX could do it in under a month and ABIM could do it less in under… TBD.
Their motto should be “professionalism for thee but not for me”. ABIM charges you a late registration fee on top of their ludicrous cost yet they can just take their time with the results and not release any info about it.
Im not even sure what the high cost pays for since they sure like to take their sweet time.
Was hoping the facebook/instagram/whatsapp outage increased productivity of ABIM for that day and we would have the results earlier....
anyone check on physician portal, to show exam is not scored yet?
Daily.
Based on prior years they hopefully will be released this week, if not likely early next week.
Got the email about scores being available but the site is flooded and won't load. Gonna start frantically refreshing the page haha
same here.. do you still get an email if you failed?
Congrats! Looks like the website crashed. I can't login.
I think you get an email about results regardless? The email just says results are available, that's all.
I still can't login but I was able to use the "Verify a Physician status" tool to see that I am 'Certified' and therefore must have passed 🤣
Same! Was able to search my name. Certified as well so at least my HR has decreased
I did the same. So it does mean we passed?? Lol just want to be sure before celebrating. Thanks!
Site crashed but thanks for the tip on checking physician credentials. Says “current certification status Internal Medicine: Certified” and “Internal Medicine: 2021” under initial certification so I’m hoping this means I passed and can check the score report much later.
Website crashed so can’t see anything. Im surprised only 10k people were able to take the website down.
Ahhhhh even the certification status Internal Medicine is crashing for me. FFFFFFF
Passed!!!!! So glad I don’t have to worry about this for another 10 years lol
mylohyoid28
Full Member
Passed. So relieved. It took me 40 minutes of refreshing to get my credentials on the verify page- you all will get there. Congrats to everyone who passed. This f*cking test man...
I am really grateful for this forum! Helped me get through a lot of anxiety the past however many weeks. Thank you guys!
I am really grateful for this forum! Helped me get through a lot of anxiety the past however many weeks. Thank you guys!
Passed! I can see on the portal that I am certified. I can’t get to my score but I don’t even care. I also no longer care about how I did on AOBIM.
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If u can’t find ur name on check physician as certified does that mean u failed?
Finally got through, I passed! So happy to be done with this forever. Below the mean but idc, im done with this test.
For future readers, make sure you include UWorld in your study plan. I credit them with helping me pass.
For future readers, make sure you include UWorld in your study plan. I credit them with helping me pass.
