Taking the Self-Assessment Exams

Format of the Exams and Scoring

Participants complete each exam in blocks of 5 to 10 questions (quizzes) that correspond to chapters in the companion textbook. (For more information about the companion textbooks, including to purchase them, please go to www.appi.org.) You can answer questions at your own pace and save your progress after each quiz.

After you've completed each short quiz, your score is calculated instantly and the Answer Guide for the quiz is shown. For each question, your answer and the correct answer are highlighted and are accompanied by a discussion with supporting references that addresses not only the correct response but also explains why other responses are not correct. The Answer Guide also references relevant text, tables, and figures (including the page number) in the companion textbook to allow quick access to needed information.

You can then move on to the next quiz in chapter order, return to the contents listing and choose any other chapter, or log out and continue the exam later. A summary page ("My CME") details your progress through the individual quizzes and updates your cumulative score as you go.

Even after you've completed all quizzes, you retain access to your responses and the Answer Guide for the life of the course.

Printable Copy

To maximize your studying options, downloadable and printable copies of the entire exam and the Answer Guide (questions and answers with supporting rationale and references) are available in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF). As soon as you purchase an exam, you'll have access to a PDF file containing the questions only; after completing the exam, you'll be given access to a PDF file containing the questions and the Answer Guide.

Please note that scoring of the exam and CME credit are available only if you take the exam online.

Evaluation and CME Certificate

After completing all quizzes, you'll have the opportunity to evaluate the exam online. You'll also be able to print an official Certificate of Completion from the American Psychiatric Association that documents your participation in the course and the number of CME credits awarded. This printable certificate in the form of a web page is all the documentation that you'll need.