Re: ABHP Exam, common sense?

[Agnes Barlow <agnes.barlow@yale.edu>]

I hear that there are plans to change the format of Part II several
years from now.    [?2001??]  I am told the new format would be multiple
choice and short answer questions.  As someone who sat through Part II,
I know the current format does challenge one.  It will be interesting to
see if the new Part II format is as challenging.  Then again, maybe what
I have heard is incorrect??? Anybody out there heard anything official
about the change?

Aggie
Agnes.Barlow@Yale.edu
203 737-2142
standard disclaimer

Scott Schwahn wrote:
> 
> > just be ready for the test heck there are only about four formulas.
> > you need to know.. and If you do not know them by now... get a mop and
> > call rent a tech and go decon..there is nothing to worry about
> > on that test....its all common sense
> 
> Normally I let things spoken that seem ludicrous go, as most people
> recognize them as such; however, I want to clear this up for anyone who
> would take this at face value and who would not know any better.
> 
> The ABHP exam is difficult.  It is supposed to be.  If it were not
> difficult, it would not have such a low passing rate and would not be so
> professionally valuable.  It requires memorization of more than just a few
> formulas, but also requires the knowledge of how to use the formulas
> appropriately, as well as experience.  It is not "all common sense."
> 
> Please note that the comment came from someone who has not passed (or
> taken?) Part I or Part II of the ABHP exam, who is not a member of the AAHP
> (American Association of Health Physicists), HPS (Health Physics Society),
> or NRRPT (National Registry of Radiation Protection Technologists).
> 
> --
> Scott O. Schwahn, CHP
> Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
> schwahn@jlab.org
> 
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