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"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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Dear Colleague,

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.

Triple Trust Guarantee

This All-Inclusive Course is a Virtual Pass Machine! Here’s Why:

Laser Focused Lectures

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.

Online Practice Exams

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.

CME Included

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.

Three Ways to View Lectures Included:

#1 Live Attendance

When you attend the course, you achieve total immersion - you focus on your studies and leave your day-to-day distractions behind.

Live Attendance

#2 Online Lecture Access

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.

Online Lecture Access

#3 Mobile Lecture Access

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.

CME Included

The Winning Approach to Course Lectures

THE NEUROLOGY REVIEW:

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.

THE PSYCHIATRY REVIEW:

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.

So rather than preparing for your exam alone as best you can, why not make a modest investment in your career (that's fully guaranteed) and prepare with the Psychiatry Certification Exam Prep Course?

I hope you decide to join us! You won't regret it.

Jack Krasuski MD

Jack Krasuski MD
Executive Director

2012 Live Course
July 25-29, 2012

$1497 $1197 Early Bird
through July 13, 2012

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2011 Home Study

(Available Now)

$1097

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Course Agenda

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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Course Faculty

Praveen Dayalu, MD
Praveen Dayalu, MD

Titles/Affiliations/Positions:

  • Assistant Professor of Neurology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
  • Movement Disorders Fellowship Director, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI

Board Certifications:

  • Neurology, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

Education:

  • MD, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH
  • Residency in Neurology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
  • Fellowship in Movement Disorders, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

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.

Jack Krasuski, MD
Jack Krasuski, MD

Titles/Affiliations/Positions:

  • Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL
  • Executive Director, American Physician Institute for Advanced Professional Studies, Oak Brook, IL

Board Certifications:

  • Psychiatry, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

Education:

  • MD, University of Illinois Abraham Lincoln School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
  • Residency, Dept. of Psychiatry, University of Illinois Medical Center and Clinics at Chicago, Chicago, IL
  • Fellowship, Senior Staff Fellow at the National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MA

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.

Rimas Lukas, MD
Rimas Lukas, MD

Titles/Affiliations/Positions:

  • Assistant Professor of Neurology, University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL
  • Co-director, Neurology Medical Student Clerkship, University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL

Board Certifications:

  • Neurology, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

Education:

  • MD, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL
  • Chief Resident of Neurology, University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL
  • Neuro-oncology and Translational Neuroscience Fellowships, University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL

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.

Robert Marvin, MD
Robert Marvin, MD

Titles/Affiliations/Positions:

  • Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
  • Medical Director, Psychosis Program, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
  • Director, Psychiatry Residency Training, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL

Board Certifications:

  • Psychiatry, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

Education:

  • MD, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
  • Residency in Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL

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.

Matthew McCoyd, MD
Matthew McCoyd, MD

Titles/Affiliations/Positions:

  • Assistant Professor of Neurology, Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, IL
  • Assistant Neurology Residency Program Director, Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, IL

Board Certifications:

  • Neurology, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

Education:

  • MD, Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, IL
  • Chief Resident in Neurology, University of Chicago Hospitals, Chicago, IL
  • Fellowship in Clinical Neurophysiology, University of Chicago Hospitals, Chicago, IL

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.

Mark H. Pollack, MD
Mark H. Pollack, MD

Titles/Affiliations/Positions:

  • Director, Center for Anxiety and Traumatic Stress Disorders, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
  • Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Board Certifications:

  • Psychiatry, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

Education:

  • MD, New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ
  • Residency in Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
  • Fellowship in Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

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.

Ximena Sanchez-Samper, MD
Ximena Sanchez-Samper, MD

Titles/Affiliations/Positions:

  • Instructor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
  • Addictions Psychiatrist, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, MA

Board Certifications:

  • Psychiatry, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

Education:

  • MD, Javeriana University Medical School, Bogota, Colombia
  • Residency in Psychiatry, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

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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Course Hotel InformationDoubleTree Oak Brook

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.

  • Rate includes complimentary internet in guest rooms
  • Complimentary parking
  • Complimentary transportation to O'Hare and Midway Airports on the final day of the event
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CME Accreditation

Intended Audience: Psychiatrists

Learning Objectives: Upon completion of this program, participants should be able to:

  • Identify the epidemiologic, pathophysiologic, physiologic, and genetic aspects of the major neurologic and psychiatric disorders.
  • Recall the diagnostic criteria and clinical features of major disorders.
  • List the comorbidities and differential diagnoses.
  • Apply the appropriate diagnostic procedures based on clinical presentation and to interpret the results of the ordered procedures.
  • Develop comprehensive management and treatment plans for patients.
  • Identify the ethical and legal considerations that may arise when managing patients.
  • Identify the main types of epidemiologic and research controlled trials and review types of statistical analyses.

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.


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