"Absolutely fabulous, well-constructed, detail-oriented board review course, delivered by dedicated and committed lecturers."
Sushil Sompur, MD, Salt Lake City, UT
If your Psychiatry Part 1 Written Exam is coming up in May 2012 - no sweat. We have you completely covered with the Beat The Boards! Psychiatry Part 1 Exam Home Study Prep Course. Every year hundreds of psychiatrists such as yourself credit this course with their Written Board Exam success. It's not surprising given that this course comes with our bold (and rightly famous) Triple Trust Guarantee.
Board-experienced faculty will lead you through 54 intensive hours of high-yield lectures. To ensure pinpoint exam relevancy, we use a lecture approach called "Question-Based Learning." Every lecture is constructed out of a series of board-style multiple choice questions, each coupled to a mini-lecture on that question's topic. This format engages you in the material, increasing your retention in critical areas and helping you crush your upcoming board exam.
As part of your course package, you receive access to 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.
View all lectures as streaming video on the web from your computer as often as you like. Because you view the speaker and lecture slides side-by-side, it’s just like being at the live course.

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.

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 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. Based on lessons learned from our earlier courses, we have extensively revamped our lectures to make the learning of neurology as easy as possible.
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 Part I Examination. In fact, the lecture content is calibrated so that the amount of lecture time at the course 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

| 3.5 Hours | Neuroanatomy & Localization | Jack Krasuski, MD |
| 1 Hour | Intro to Psychiatric Diagnosis, Assessment, & Treatment | Jack Krasuski, MD |
| 2 Hours | Personality Disorders | Antonio Hardan, MD |
| 2 Hours | Childhood Onset Disorders | Antonio Hardan, MD |
| 0.5 Hour | Fun with Brain Workshop | Jack Krasuski, MD |
| 1 Hour | Sexual & Gender Identity Disorders | Antonio Hardan, MD |
| 1 Hour | Eating Disorders | Antonio Hardan, MD |
| 2 Hours | Anxiety Disorders | Mark Pollack, MD |
| 3 Hours | Mood Disorders | Mark Pollack, MD |
| 1 Hour | Somatoform & Factitious Disorders | Jack Krasuski, MD |
| 1 Hour | Lifelong Development | Jack Krasuski, MD |
| 1 Hour | Head Trauma, Coma, & Brain Death | Rimas Lukas, MD |
| 1 Hour | Malignancies | Rimas Lukas, MD |
| 0.5 Hour | Headache | Rimas Lukas, MD |
| 3 Hours | Psychotic Disorders | Robert Marvin, MD |
| 3.5 Hours | Substance Abuse Disorders | Ximena Sanchez-Samper, MD |
| 0.5 Hour | Adjustment Disorders | Jack Krasuski, MD |
| 1 Hour | Neuromuscular Junction & Muscular Disorders | Praveen Dayalu, MD |
| 1 Hour | Multiple Sclerosis & Demyelinating Diseases | Praveen Dayalu, MD |
| 1 Hour | Peripheral Nerve Disorders | Praveen Dayalu, MD |
| 0.5 Hour | Spinal Cord Function & Disorders | Praveen Dayalu, MD |
| 0.5 Hour | Cerebellar Function & Disequilibrium Syndromes | Praveen Dayalu, MD |
| 1 Hour | Infectious Disorders | Praveen Dayalu, MD |
| 2 Hours | Parkinson's Disease & Other Basal Ganglion Disorders | Praveen Dayalu, MD |
| 1 Hour | Cortical Syndromes | Jack Krasuski, MD |
| 1 Hour | Sleep Disorders | Jack Krasuski, MD |
| 2 Hours | Stroke Disorders | Maria Baldwin, MD |
| 2 Hours | Seizure Disorders | Maria Baldwin, MD |
| 3 Hours | Dementia | Jack Krasuski, MD |
| 1 Hour | Delirium | Jack Krasuski, MD |
| 1 Hour | Forensics & Ethics | Jack Krasuski, MD |
| 1 hour | Dissociative Disorders | Jack Krasuski, MD |
| 1 hour | Impulse Control Disorders | Jack Krasuski, MD |
| 2 hours | Medical Research Methods & Statistics | Jack Krasuski, MD |
| 1 hour | Epidemiology & Public Policy | Jack Krasuski, MD |
| 1 hour | Behavioral Sciences & Neuropsychology | 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. Hardan has been recognized as one of America's Top Psychiatrists and honored with the Outstanding Teacher Award at Stanford University. He has written numerous journal articles and given many lectures on the subject of psychopharmacology treatment for children with autism and developmental disabilities. He recently participated in the International Meeting of Autism Research, the Stanford Autism Conference, and at the 1st Annual World Congress of NeuroTalk in Singapore.
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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 text Neuroimmune Biology Vol. 6: Cytokines and the Brain, 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. 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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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 Carlat CME Institute and American Physician Institute for Advanced Professional Studies, LLC. Carlat CME Institute is accredited by the ACCME to sponsor continuing medical education for physicians.
Designation Statement:
Carlat CME Institute designates the live and enduring material formats for this educational activity for a maximum of 54 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.