This 2-hour webinar focuses on how standardized tests are written and constructed, developing appropriate techniques for answering standardized questions more accurately, identifying common issues in testing that may be hurting your performance, and analyzing your testing performance to improve accuracy, pacing, and endurance.
This online webinar is presented by Martin and Jane Jolley, nationally recognized experts in standardized exam preparation, who have been helping residents and students review and prepare for Medical Licensure Examinations for over 40 years. More than 5,000 residents and students have taken their courses with a success rate well above 90%. The Jolleys have assisted residents and medical students in a variety of therapeutic areas, and they have worked and developed programming for the University of Illinois at Chicago and the University of California at San Francisco, Davis, and Los Angeles.
There is NO ACPE credit associated with this activity.
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Target Audience
This webinar is designed for pharmacists preparing to take the Board of Pharmacy Specialties Psychiatric Pharmacy Specialty examination as well as faculty members and students interested in learning more about standardized test development.
Faculty Information
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Martin L. Jolley, MPH
Jane Jolley, Masters in Learning Disabilities
Martin and Jane Jolley were Directors of the Institute for Professional Preparation from 1998 to 2008 at the University of Missouri - Kansas City. They have been helping students review and prepare for Medical Licensure Examinations for over 25 years. Additionally, they provide workshops for both students and faculty in test-taking techniques and standardized test question-writing.
More than 3000 Residents and Medical Students and have taken their courses with well over a 90% success rate. Their combined administrative experiences as well as educational training, have served them well as they continue to pursue delivery of the highest quality educational experience possible. Jane's background is in Reading Education, Standardized Testing and Learning Disabilities, and Martin's is in the Biological Sciences, Public Health, Curriculum Development and Reading Education.
Martin and Jane have worked with Residents in Pediatrics, Orthopedic Surgery, Family Practice, Internal Medicine and Radiology as well as Medical Students in Pediatric, Orthopedic Surgery, Anesthesiology, and Radiology clinical rotations. They have also worked with the University of Illinois - Chicago and the University of California - San Francisco, Davis and Los Angeles in the development and implementation of a test-taking workshop for summer MCAT students.
Their philosophy has always been that although they cannot make test-takers smarter, they can help them take standardized tests more smartly. They have an expectation that those taking In-training, Licensure, and Certification examinations can get a score commensurate with their abilities. Their methodical and systematic approach to test-taking ensures that with practice, it is possible to score well by training to be more thoughtful, systematic and timely in processing questions.
Learning Objectives
- Identify relevant testing procedures for the BPS Psychiatric Pharmacy Specialty examination.
- Describe how standardized questions are developed and written.
- Examine how standardized tests are constructed.
- Design a technique for answering standardized questions more accurately.
- Distinguish common issues in testing that may impact your performance.
- Analyze your test performance to improve your accuracy, pacing, and endurance.
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No one involved in developing this webinar is serving on the BPS Psychiatric Pharmacy Council, nor serving as an item writer for BPS. To maintain its strict, independent standards for certification, BPS does NOT endorse or provide review information, preparatory courses, or study guides for Board Certification Examinations.
All relevant relationships have been mitigated.
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Off-Label Use: This educational activity may contain discussion of published and/or investigational uses of agents that are not indicated by the FDA (see faculty information). The opinions expressed in the educational activity do not necessarily represent the views of AAPP and any educational partners. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications, and warnings.
Disclaimer: Participants have an implied responsibility to use the newly acquired information to enhance patient outcomes and their own professional development. Any procedures, medications, or other courses of diagnosis or treatment discussed or suggested in this activity should not be used by clinicians without evaluation of their patient’s conditions and possible contraindications on dangers in use, review of any applicable manufacturer’s product information, and comparison with recommendations of other authorities. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications, and warnings.
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