oral boards -- interview attire?

[twright]

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Anyone who has taken the oral boards (ABPN Part II) -- can you describe interview attire? For men, would shirt & tie be okay, or was everyone wearing a full suit? Thanks!

I understand we are supposed to dress 'professionally', but on our unit that means nice shirt & nice slacks, no tie. But I don't expect that would be considered appropriate for the exam.

 

[whopper]

Wear a suit and tie. I'd recommend a darker suit, white shirt and a bright tie.

These in studies have been demonstrated to make expert witnesses look more credible.

A buddy of mine told me during his oral boards, he wore a superhero t-shirt and shorts while every other person wore a suit, not knowing he was not following the norm until he showed up to the exam.

 

[twright]

Wear a suit and tie. I'd recommend a darker suit, white shirt and a bright tie.

These in studies have been demonstrated to make expert witnesses look more credible.

A buddy of mine told me during his oral boards, he wore a superhero t-shirt and shorts while every other person wore a suit, not knowing he was not following the norm until he showed up to the exam.

Helpful as always, whopper. Thanks for the tip.

 

[psychattending]

A full suit for sure.

 

[PikminOC]

Good luck on the test!

 

[atsai3]

FYI, I just took the boards (and passed! I was in the last cohort that used the old two-step format) and it looked to me like the distribution of dress among men was about 60% full suit, 40% shirt/tie & khakis. So if you wear a full suit you can't go wrong, but if you're trying to pack lightly you would be fine with just shirt & tie.

I wasn't really paying much attention to women's dress, but my casual impression was that there were some women wearing suits, some women wearing nice pants-based outfits.

 

[whopper]

I'm wondering what they're going to do with the folks that aren't board-certified, practicing, graduated years ago and then all of a sudden want to get board certified because I'm sure they're not going to continue the oral boards forever.

 

[atsai3]

I'm wondering what they're going to do with the folks that aren't board-certified, practicing, graduated years ago and then all of a sudden want to get board certified because I'm sure they're not going to continue the oral boards forever.

Good question. Your question made me curious about this so I looked it up:

For residents who began training as a PGY-1 before July 1, 2007 or as a PGY-2 before July 1, 2008:
To become Board certified in Psychiatry, candidates must pass both the Part I (computer-administered) and Part II (oral) examinations. Candidates who do NOT pass the Psychiatry Part I examination in 2013* or before or who do NOT complete the certification process by December 31, 2016, will be required to submit documentation of satisfactory performance in the evaluation of clinical skills completed by the current Program Director of an ACGME-accredited program as part of the ABPN credentialing process. In addition, such candidates will be required to pass the new Psychiatry Certification Examination.
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For me, while I was there I was thinking more about the question "what if I fail?" and "what are they going to do with me in 2 years?"...

 

[benjee]

Good question. Your question made me curious about this so I looked it up:

For residents who began training as a PGY-1 before July 1, 2007 or as a PGY-2 before July 1, 2008:
To become Board certified in Psychiatry, candidates must pass both the Part I (computer-administered) and Part II (oral) examinations. Candidates who do NOT pass the Psychiatry Part I examination in 2013* or before or who do NOT complete the certification process by December 31, 2016, will be required to submit documentation of satisfactory performance in the evaluation of clinical skills completed by the current Program Director of an ACGME-accredited program as part of the ABPN credentialing process. In addition, such candidates will be required to pass the new Psychiatry Certification Examination.
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For me, while I was there I was thinking more about the question "what if I fail?" and "what are they going to do with me in 2 years?"...

Don't worry, they will make your life miserable.🙂 The requirement seems a painful process. I wouln't know where to get such documentation on performance .