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  • Choose Your Level of Podiatric Medicine Standing (Pre-Med / Student / Resident / Fellow / Attending)
  • Transition: Resident to New Doctor (Starting Your Career)
  • Educational Resources
  • Information for Patients
  • Podiatric Physician Career Services
  • Lectures

Boards Information


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

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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