Pediatric Board Preparation

Training our residents to become excellent clinicians is one of the main goals of our program. However, we also prioritize didactic teaching and equipping trainees with the knowledge to pass their American Board of Pediatrics (ABP) General Pediatrics Certifying Exam. The learning resources provided to all residents are:

Academic Half-Day Conference
Faculty and fellows provide didactic lectures tailored towards content found on the certifying exam. Academic half-days occur every Wednesday afternoon and are generally seen as protected academic time where residents are not expected to preform clinical duties so they can focus on their own education.

Annual Pediatric In-Training Examinations (ITE)
The ITE is a three-hour, 150 multiple-choice question exam offered by the ABP. The exam is held annually near the start of the academic year. Resident ITE scores will be used by faculty mentors to help assess performance throughout residency to ensure all residents receive additional support as needed.

American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) PREP® and Pediatrics in Review®
Our program will pay for each resident’s AAP membership, giving access to at least three years of PREP questions. PREP questions resemble ABP certifying exam questions, and all residents are required to complete a certain amount of test questions each. Additionally, AAP membership grants access to the journal Pediatrics in Review, a monthly journal that reviews key general pediatrics topics.

AMBOSS Question Bank
AMBOSS is an online platform paid for by the program that provides another source of practice test questions to help prepare residents for their certifying exam.