Like many of his colleagues, Brian Funaki, MD, remembers what it was like to earn ABR certification as a diagnostic radiologist in the 20th century. All roads led to Louisville’s Executive West Hotel. Now a Crowne Plaza property, the hotel was the site of in-person oral certifying exams that candidates had to pass to earn Initial…

Before he sat down to take the ABR Diagnostic Radiology Qualifying (Core) Exam in June, Ali Tejani, MD, did all the prep work. The UT Southwestern Medical Center resident put in years of study, supplemented by case-based lectures at his program, materials provided by the ABR, and other sources. He completed the ABR’s Exam Readiness…

Writing questions for ABR exams is serious work. But volunteers can still have fun in the process. Christine Eyler, MD, PhD, a radiation oncologist and member of a committee that develops questions for the Biology and Physics Qualifying Exam, said she and her colleagues find ways to keep the mood light even as they spend…