Taking the May 2020 ABR Core Exam? Key Board Review Dates
Last updated 3/18/20
UPDATE (6/8/20): The 2020 ABR Core Exams have been postponed to 2021 due to concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Original board review dates may have been rescheduled. Read more here.
The great live review courses give resident physicians the opportunity for (1) protected study time and stress relief away from service and home, (2) questions answered directly from live instructors, and (3) invaluable professional friendships with new resident physicians from across the country.
The ABR Core Exam in Chicago and Tucson has been postponed due to COVID-19 as of 3/18/20. The ABR has not provided an exact date, except to say that the makeup exam will be after September 1.
Notably, there is already an option for taking the Core Exam administered November 5–6, 2020, which is available to all residents eligible for the Core Exam. This administration and other dates are posted at the ABR site here.
Be sure you account for this delayed time frame when planning out your study calendar, including the review courses you’re planning to attend. Avoid study fatigue by taking the extra time to relax before resuming study in full. And stay calm — this isn’t the first time the Core Exam was administered in the fall. Back in 2013, all residents took the Core Exam in October.
2019–2020 Core Physics Online
7/1/2019 (access starts) — 6/2/2020 (access extended for residents taking the 2020 Core Exam in response to COVID-19)
Monthly assignments start 10/1/19
Online
Included: 24 hours of foundational whiteboard lecture archives, 200 ultra-rich MCQs, Q&A Forum (100+ questions from the past 5+years from residents on Core Physics).
Details: For institutional subscribers only.
Registration: Request invoice here
Brochure: Click here
Tips: Register your program before July 1st each year to get the best rates.
2019–2020 Core Physics Live — East & West Coast
Core Physics Live — East
March 10–13, 2020
AFI Silver Theatre
Silver Spring, MD
Core Physics Live — Additional Sessions in 2020
To Be Announced, in coordination with new 2020 Core Exam dates
Included: Four intense days of PowerPoint lectures with 200+ audience-polled MCQs different from the online questions to keep you active and engaged. Fills in the gaps from the online course, with unrelenting focus on physics for exam day.
Details: Both individual and institutional subscribers. Copy of Radiology Simplified included, and access to Q&A forum with 100+ questions from residents and answers on Core Physics from radiology residents over the past 5 years.
Registration: Request invoice here for institutional subscription. Individual subscribers can register here starting in late June 2019.
Duke Review
April 27–May 2, 2020
Included: 5 full days of clinical board review with some radiology physics.
Details: Course brochure here
Registration: here
UCSD Review
April 12–April 18, 2020
* Moved to webinar format in response to COVID-19 restrictions
Included: 5 full days of clinical board review with some radiology physics.
Details: Course brochure from 2019 here
Registration: here
UCSF Review
March 23–March 27, 2020
Holiday Inn Golden Gateway
Included: 5 full days of clinical board review with some radiology physics.
Details: Course description page here
Registration: here
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