Strategizing Your BOC Exam Study Plan

After years of work, there is a lot riding on your performance on the Board of Certification (BOC) exam. If you want to pass the BOC, it’s important to keep the material fresh in your mind. Having a strategy in place that organizes what you need to review while still fitting study sessions into your packed schedule is crucial. We’ll break down how you can create your study strategy into three parts.

Organize the Information

You should start with the information you already know — the exam outline. From the BOC exam outline, you can develop a list of concepts you need to study and review before exam day. Organize the concepts into groups (hint — we like to use domains and funnel down from there) that can be studied together. You may also want to create a list of vocabulary terms that you may want to refer back to while studying.

Managing Your Time

After you’ve organized your study concepts and information, decide how you want to plan out the time you’ll spend studying before the test. Breaking down your study sessions into smaller chunks makes it easier to manage your time and ensure you are making progress each day. Focus on a single concept at a time and refrain from spending hours studying all at once. Studying in smaller sessions helps you retain the information better and helps you avoid stress and…