Boards Information

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Boards:

• Organizations for qualification / certification
  • ​ABFAS
    • ABFAS - Board Qualifying Exam (taken during the spring of your PGY-3 year)
      • (1) Forefoot (FF) and (2) Reconstructive Rearfoot/Ankle Surgery (RRA) 
        • The exam is broken up into a FF and RRA exam, each with two parts, (a) Multiple Choice and (b) Computer Based Patient Simulation (CBPS)
          • ​If you decide to sit for everything, this will mean taking 4 exams total in one seating, 2-hours each (8-hour time, total).
        • If you do not pass a section, you must re-take that section (only) during the next exam period. 
        • Upon passing all four, you are now designated to be "Board Qualified/Eligible."
          
    • ABFAS - Board Certification Exam
      
      • You will have ~7-years to:
        • ​(1) Sit for the CBPS exam for FF and/or RRA (approximately 12 cases for each section)
        • (2) Obtain a case load to present to the board which will be reviewed. (CBPS) 
        • NOTE - You do not have to do each of the two sections (CBPS and Case Review) in the same calendar year
        • NOTE - If you do not complete the Board Certification segment within the 7-year timeline, you will need to re-take the Board Qualifying exam, to "qualify" to take the Board Certification exam.
      • PASS  everything = BOARD CERTIFIED by ABFAS.
  • ABPM

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Resources:           

• Courses
  • ​Goldfarb Foundation Board Review Course (Philadelphia, PA)
  • Midwest Podiatry Conference Surgical Board Review (Chicago, IL)
  • Podiatry Institute - Seminars throughout the country; not board specific.
  • Stryker Review Course (Chicago, IL - Spring of PGY-3): speak to your local Stryker rep to get you signed-up.
  • eMed-Events - List of CME resource events throughout the USA.

         

• Boards Related - On-Line 
  • ABFAS - Downloadable exams provided by the boards.
  • Boards by Numbers - Multiple choice board review exams ($$$)
  • Board Master - CBPS exams (forefoot and rearfoot) ($$$)
  • Board Vitals - Multiple exams for with PODIATRY and other specialties such as medicine, orthopedic, and sports medicine ($$$)
  • Board Wizards - CBPS exams and multiple choice question ($$$)
  • AAOS - Store of the AAOS containing self-assessment exams, videos, and more ($$$). An example of the 2012 Foot/Ankle Self-Assessment with Answer Book can be found here.
    
  • OrthoBullets - contains Q-bank and Cases for review.
  • MISC
    • CME List (repeats the above)

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•  Textbooks: (Note - no official DPM study textbook exists from my knowledge; below are some that may be of help)
  • Core Knowledge in Orthopaedics: Foot and Ankle, 2nd ED
    
  • Orthopaedic Knowledge Update: Foot and Ankle 5 ​
    
  • Surgery Podiatry AMPLE Part 2 Rapid Board and Certification Review, 2018 ED
    
  • Boards Books (Part 1-2)
    
    • Podiatric Medicine and Surgery Pt 2 National Board Review, 2nd ED (Donal Kushner)
      

• Resident Education Content
  • APMA Residency Education Resource Center - APMA REdRC - (membership required)     
  • Present Podiatry (membership required)

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