Am J Psychiatry 1980; 137:837-840
Copyright © 1980 by American Psychiatric Association
Board certification anxiety
FG Maleson, PJ Fink and HL Field
The authors discuss how stress influences the candidate's capacity to
effectively prepare for and fully demonstrate his or her abilities in the
oral examination in psychiatry given by the American Board of Psychiatry
and Neurology. They highlight subtle misconceptions about examiner
priorities, attitudes, and evaluation methods and note common errors that
reflect both anxiety and these misconceptions. They offer some advice and
information to aid the candidate in coping with these examination
difficulties.
