I'm not sure about the posting of questions: what would you do if we gave you the wrong answers? But since you've brought the topic up, I've been toying with the idea of taking the American Board exams for the first time. I don't need it to practice here, as I've done my Canadian certification - it's just a way of focusing my CME to some good use. My question: what differences are there between the Board exams and the PREP self assessments? I've been doing those without too much pain. Any other ideas for review material, other than reading Nelson's over and over? Jon -----Original Message----- From: [mailto:]On Behalf Of Dogwood Ridge Sent: February 3, 2002 2:36 PM To: Subject: re-recertifying exam for the American Board of Pediatrics Have you noticed that I've been posting more lately? Know why? I started my computer guided recertification exam again and I am procrastinating. It seems like yesterday that I did it, but the powers that be say another seven years have gone by and it's my turn to do it again. And you know what else, the questions seem harder this year. No, that's not true- it's just that the more experience I have the more I seem to practice the "art of pediatrics" as opposed to strictly the "science" of pediatrics and I can now think of more exeptions to the answers. Sure, Alports is still the answer if someone tells you the child has cataracts, hematuria, sensorineural hearing loss and a family history of hematuria. But, some of the behavioral questions are not so straight forward anymore. Since it is an open book test am I allowed to post a question here? Has anybody else started theirs? Regards- Kim Burlingham, MD rural peds, Winnsboro, TX