"The course was invaluable as a comprehensive review and consolidation of knowledge for the fields of psychiatry and neurology. The lectures and course director obviously care about education and that the course takers go on to pass their boards as well as have successful careers."
Nikhil Majumdar, MD, Ann Arbor, MI
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If your Psychiatry Part Certification Boards are coming up in September 2012 - no sweat. We have you completely covered with the Beat The Boards! Psychiatry Certification Exam Prep Course, taking place July 25-29, 2012 in Chicago. Every year hundreds of psychiatrists such as yourself credit our courses with their Board Exam success. It’s not surprising given that this course comes with our bold (and rightly famous) Triple Trust Guarantee.
The board-experienced faculty leads you through 53 intensive hours focusing specifically and exclusively on helping you pass the Psychiatry Certification Exam and on nothing else - hence its name – "Beat The Boards!" We cover each topic in proportion to its representation on the exam, so you don't waste time and clog your mind with unnecessary information.
As part of your course package, you receive access to over 1000 Psychiatry and Neurology exam-style multiple-choice questions with explanations! Not only do these practice exams help you identify areas for further review, but you also gain competency in taking exams in the computer-administered format. Every question contains a detailed explanation, so each quiz is a valuable learning exercise.
Earn up to 54 AMA/PRA Category 1 CME hours by attending. Ask if your residency, group, or employer will cover the costs of this CME activity.
When you attend the course, you achieve total immersion - you focus on your studies and leave your day-to-day distractions behind.
After you return home, view all lectures as streaming video on the web from your computer as often as you like, in any order that you like.

Convert any spare moment into exam prep. View all the lectures on your iPhone®, iPod Touch®, iPad®, or Android™ device,* so you can review for your exam anytime and anywhere.

Although the Psychiatry Certification Exam has decreased the neurology section to 25% of the exam, you still need to pass this section to pass the exam. Our neurology faculty will lead you in a comprehensive, easy-to-understand review that focuses ONLY on the aspects of neurology covered in the exam. The lectures are interspersed with board-style multiple-choice questions and video vignettes to illustrate teaching points and to deepen your retention. The courses are loaded with visual illustrations and mnemonic devices to speed your learning of this challenging area.
We call our approach the "Neurology Made Simple" Method. We've scoured books and interviewed academic neurologists to compile the best teaching practices to speed your learning. Because of the clarity of our focus on fundamentals, you'll be amazed at your progress.
Just as in The Neurology Review, our psychiatry course faculty presents ONLY the information needed for your Psychiatry Certification Examination. In fact, the lecture content is calibrated so that the amount of lecture time is proportional to the number of questions on the board exam, and each lecture includes multiple-choice, board-style questions.
I hope you decide to join us! You won't regret it.
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Jack Krasuski MD
Executive Director

Wednesday, July 25
| 7:30am - 7:40am | Welcome & Introduction to the Course | Jack Krasuski, MD |
| 7:40am – 10:50am | Neuroscience & Neuroanatomy Review | Jack Krasuski, MD |
| 11:00am - 12:00pm | Cortical Syndromes | Jack Krasuski, MD |
| 12:00pm - 1:00pm | LUNCH | |
| 1:00pm - 1:45pm | Certification Exam Test Taking Strategies | Jack Krasuski, MD |
| 1:55pm - 3:25pm | Neurodevelopment & Neuropharmacology Review | Jack Krasuski, MD |
| 3:35pm - 4:45pm | Stroke Disorders | Matthew McCoyd, MD |
| 4:55pm - 6:00pm | Seizure Disorders | Matthew McCoyd, MD |
Thursday, July 26
| 7:30am - 9:00am | Introduction to Psychiatric Diagnosis & Treatment | Jack Krasuski, MD |
| 9:10am - 10:10am | Behavioral Sciences & Neuropsychology | Jack Krasuski, MD |
| 10:20pm - 12:30pm | Adjustment Disorders & Lifelong Development | Jack Krasuski, MD |
| 12:30pm - 1:30pm | LUNCH | |
| 1:30pm - 4:40pm | Mood Disorders | Mark Pollack, MD |
| 4:50pm - 6:45pm | Anxiety Disorders | Mark Pollack, MD |
Friday, July 27
| 7:30am - 8:30am | Head Trauma, Coma, & Brain Death | Rimas Lukas, MD |
| 8:40am - 9:40am | Malignancies | Rimas Lukas, MD |
| 9:50am - 10:20am | Headache | Rimas Lukas, MD |
| 10:30am - 12:00pm | Psychotic Disorders | Robert Marvin, MD |
| 12:00pm - 1:00pm | LUNCH | |
| 1:00pm - 2:30pm | Psychotic Disorders cont’d | Robert Marvin, MD |
| 2:40pm - 5:20pm | Dementia | Jack Krasuski, MD |
| 5:30pm - 6:30pm | Delirium | Jack Krasuski, MD |
Saturday, July 28
| 7:30am - 10:50am | Substance Related Disorder | Ximena Sanchez-Samper, MD |
| 11:00am - 12:30pm | Peripheral Nerve Disorders, Neuromuscular Junction, & Muscular Disorders | Praveen Dayalu, MD |
| 12:30pm - 1:30pm | LUNCH | |
| 1:30pm - 2:30pm | Parkinson’s Disease & Other Basal Ganglion Disorders | Praveen Dayalu, MD |
| 2:40pm - 3:40pm | Infectious Disorders | Praveen Dayalu, MD |
| 3:50pm - 4:20pm | Spinal Cord Function & Disorders | Praveen Dayalu, MD |
| 4:30pm - 5:30pm | Multiple Sclerosis & Demyelinating Diseases | Praveen Dayalu, MD |
| 5:40pm - 6:15pm | Cerebellar Function & Disequilibrium Syndromes | Praveen Dayalu, MD |
Sunday, July 29
| 7:30am - 7:35am | Course Notes and CME Information | |
| 7:35am - 9:45am | Personality Disorders | Jack Krasuski, MD |
| 9:55am - 11:20am | Childhood Onset Disorders | Jack Krasuski, MD |
| 11:30am - 12:30pm | Eating Disorders | Jack Krasuski, MD |
| 12:30pm - 1:30pm | LUNCH | |
| 1:30pm - 2:30pm | Sexual & Gender Identity Disorders | Jack Krasuski, MD |
| 2:40pm - 3:40pm | Forensics & Ethics | Jack Krasuski, MD |
| 3:50pm - 5:00pm | Somatoform & Factitious Disorders | Jack Krasuski, MD |
Lectures Available Online
| 1 Hour | Dissociative Disorders | Jack Krasuski, MD |
| 1 Hour | Impulse Control Disorders | Jack Krasuski, MD |
| 1 Hour | Sleep Disorders | Jack Krasuski, MD |
| 1 Hour | Epidemiology & Public Policy | Jack Krasuski, MD |
| 2 Hours | Medical Research & Statistical Methods | Jack Krasuski, MD |
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Dr. Dayalu has authored three chapters for MedLink Neurology. He also serves on the Resident Education committee for the University of Michigan, Department of Neurology. He presents neurology lectures that are both easy to understand and high-yield.
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Dr. Krasuski spent three years as a Senior Staff Fellow at the National Institute on Aging, NIH, where he did research in the neuroimaging of dementing disorders. Currently, he spends most of his time lecturing to thousands of physicians yearly on psychiatric topics. He is known for his ability to clearly explain complex and little understood topics.
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Dr. Lukas has contributed to the texts The Brain and Host Defense. Neuroimmune Biology Vol. 9, 2010: Immunologic Privilege and the Brain, Elsevier, and Youmans Textbook of Neurological Surgery, 6th edition, section II: General Neurosurgery, chapter 46, AIDS, 2011, and Emerging Cancer Therapeutics (Vol. 2, Issue 1): Renal Cancer, chapter on Management of Central Nervous System Metastases as well as several scholarly journal articles on the treatment of central nervous system tumors. He is also a medical reviewer for EBSCO Publishing. He provides exceptionally organized, high-yield board review lectures.
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Dr. Marvin is engaged in research projects involving patients with psychotic disorders, specifically prodromal and first episode psychosis. He is currently the chair of the Education Committee for the UIC Department of Psychiatry. He provides thorough and concise coverage of broad and complicated board review topics.
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Dr. McCoyd completed a fellowship in clinical neurophysiology at University of Chicago before becoming a faculty member at Loyola, where he is also the assistant neurology residency program director. He is known as an exceptional speaker who presents outstanding, high-yield lectures.
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Dr. Pollack is the program leader for Traumatic Stress at CIMIT, and director of the Clinical and Research Programs in Traumatic Stress of the Home Base Program for Veterans and their Families at Massachusetts General Hospital. He has authored more than 300 articles, reviews, and chapters. He is editor-in-chief of the journal CNS Neuroscience and Therapeutics and is a co-editor of several books including Challenges in Clinical Practice: Pharmacologic and Psychosocial Strategies, Panic Disorder and Its Treatment, and Social Phobia: Research and Practice. He also serves on the board of directors of the Mood and Anxiety Disorders Institute of the Massachusetts General Hospital and is chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Anxiety Disorders Association of America.
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Dr. Sanchez-Samper regularly presents to groups such as the American Academy of Addictions Psychiatry and the American Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse (AMERSA). She also serves as a member at large of AMERSA for 2009-2011. She is a well organized, dynamic speaker who provides clear concepts and high-yield pearls of information.
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Dates:
July 24-29, 2012
Hotel:
DoubleTree Oak Brook
1909 Spring Road
Oak Brook, IL 60523
Group rate: $89 Single or Double
Use room block code "AP6" for the discounted rate.
To make your reservations please call the DoubleTree Oak Brook at 1-800-222-TREE. Make sure to mention room block cod "AP6" when registering to receive the group rate. Hotel Reservations must be made by Tuesday, July 10, 2012 to receive the Group Rate. Guest room availability is limited; rooms are available on a first-come first-served basis.
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Intended Audience: Psychiatrists
Learning Objectives: Upon completion of this program, participants should be able to:
Accreditation Statement:
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essentials and Standards of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint sponsorship of PeerPoint Medical Education Institute and American Physician Institute for Advanced Professional Studies, LLC. PeerPoint Medical Education Institute is accredited by the ACCME to sponsor continuing medical education for physicians.
Credit Designation:
PeerPoint Medical Education Institute designates the live and enduring material formats for this educational activity for a maximum of 53 AMA PRA Category 1 credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. This CME activity was planned and produced in accordance with the ACCME Essentials.