American Board of Radiology Core Resources

The American Board of Radiology (ABR) Core experience blog I posted in July 2015 makes up about 25% of my blog traffic, so I decided to put together selected online resources that I found helpful.

Summary Blog American Board of Radiology Core Exam: My Perspective

Question Banks

• Question banks for ABR Core Exam: Blog summarizes the resources I'm aware of. 

• ABR Practice Exam Questions: These are very representative of the exam! Highly recommend.
• General Q Banks
• Webinars: Face The Core (Live; recorded are also available)
• Qevlar General 2100 questions (anytime). Highly recommend.
• RadPrimer 7000 questions (anytime). Highly recommend.
• Nuclear Medicine: 
• 100 Nuclear Medicine Cases Webinar (May). Helpful.
• Qevlar Nuclear Medicine 300 questions (anytime). Helpful
• Physics:
• ABR Medical Physics Sample Questions. 
• RadPhex. Very good questions if you can get a hold of the old copies.
• Huda book and online. I did the book and it was excellent. 

Literature:

• RadioGraphics Core Exam Index

Online Lectures

• Quality and Safety: Review from Stanford on YouTube
• RSNA/AAPM Physics Modules: These are good starting point.

Live In-Person Lectures (Board Reviews)

General:

• UCSF
• Duke
• UCSD
• ARRS Case Base Review at the Annual Meeting

Physics:

• Huda
• Core Physics Review (Live + Online)
• UC Davis Physics Review

Apps:

• Radiology Physics 300 App: iOS

Study Strategy. 

Check my summary blog for details. In general:

• I love flashcards. I cut up printing paper into 1/16 (keep folding it), hole punch one corner and keep them in 1 inch rings. I write and draw all facts, images, etc and review them everyday.
• I study subjects at random, rather than by subject to avoid over / under emphasizing the last 3 months leading up to the boards
• if you're a 3rd year resident, and I had to do it again, I would go through The Core book (there is a pdf version) and make flashcards of each chapter and review the flashcards regularly. The Core has 90-95% that you need to know for the exam, but presented in an easy-to-read fashion. The last three months, I would do the 10,000 MCQ, do the Huda physics, do Face The Core session, UCSF videos and study my flashcards.
• Take breaks! 
• Do something to help you focus. I started meditating and still do now. But, I presume you could also exercise, do yoga, etc.  

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