From Panic to Passing
My Internal Medicine Board Exam Anxiety Story The night before my ABIM exam, I couldn’t sleep. My heart was racing, my palms were sweating, and I kept running to the bathroom every fifteen minutes. Sound familiar? Three months earlier, I had been that resident who looked calm on the outside but was falling apart inside. […]
High Yield Internal Medicine Board Topics 2025
Here’s What You Need to Know: You have limited study time and hundreds of possible topics to review. The question isn’t whether you need to study everything – it’s which topics deserve the most attention. The ABIM exam isn’t equally distributed across all of internal medicine. Some topics show up frequently, others rarely. Understanding these […]
What to Expect on Internal Medicine Boards
Your Complete ABIM Exam Guide: Walking into the ABIM exam without knowing what to expect is like going into surgery without reviewing the anatomy. You might survive, but why add unnecessary stress to an already challenging day? The Internal Medicine Certification Exam has a specific format, structure, and rhythm that you can learn ahead of […]
How to Study for ABIM Exam While Working: A Realistic Guide That Actually Works
It’s about Strategy Let’s be honest – studying for the ABIM exam while working full-time feels impossible some days. You’re already putting in long hours at the hospital, and now you need to somehow find time to review thousands of pages of internal medicine content. The good news? Hundreds of working physicians pass the ABIM […]