Much to the contrary, as a general pediatrician, the bulk of my time is spent on well child exams and urgent visits for otherwise healthy children. But the ABP loves a zebra, so you should too, or at least while you are studying for boards. The questions are divided over 4 exam sections, each 1 hour and 45 minutes long. If you do the math you end up with about 75 seconds per question. Yes, you read that right, 75 seconds!!
There is not a lot of time to mull over the question. You can always flag the question for review and come back to it if you end up with time at the end of the section.
In between the sections you also get 2 — 15 minute breaks and 1 — 60 minute lunch break. All the breaks are optional, but what person can make it through 7 hours of testing without at least 1 bathroom break?!? Definitely not me. I made a point to leave the testing room during each break period, stretching my legs, using the bathroom, and grabbing some water. By that halfway point, I was in the zone and wanted to get back and finish the test, the end was in sight! Click on the above image to zoom in.
Warning, this is a lengthy, detailed document. I used it during my board review course and would quickly consult the content specs to see what sorts of things the ABP expected us to know about a certain topic. While the software and user interface is the exact same for both exams, the time per block, the number of blocks and the number of breaks is quite different.
You should assume that each block will have 84 questions per block. Each block is minutes long, which means you will have 1 minute 15 seconds per question. This assumes there are roughly 84 questions per block based on my direct communication with the ABP.
Please verify this at the beginning of each section. Make sure you do this! It will allow you to try out the software and read the various introduction sections. Note that it only has 5 questions and no answers. The ABP gives you 90 minutes of break time broken up as described below. So, please go through the tutorial and familiarize yourself with the testing software layout, the keyboard functionality, the image button, the lab sheet, the honor code, etc.
By doing this, you can SKIP the first 3 sections of instructions on the actual day of the test you'll shorten your day by 15 minutes. If you do as I suggest, here's what your exam day should look like:.
Thanks again Ashish! That was huge! I like the tips about extra 15 min breaks and turning your clock to noon to help pace. Very Smart! Very thoughtful of you too! Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Thanks for the helpful pointers, Ashish. Otherwise, good stuff!
God bless you. Awe… too sweet. I just scanned the tutorial and it seems way too painful to get to the end of the exam to look at the last 5 questions. You have to be able to let go of questions that are taking too long!
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