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SPEX TUTORIALS TO ALIGN YOUR STUDIES WITH THE CURRENT EXAM

SPEX TUTORIALS TO ALIGN YOUR STUDIES WITH THE CURRENT EXAM Special Purpose Examination (SPEX) is an unfair test of a physician’s knowledge. Much to the test’s presentation dates back to your medical school days. When told the test is required for licensure a physician quickly finds the exam’s content is decades removed from the material he or she had previously learned. This complex exam of 336 questions, at last count, covers more than a dozen subjects which may be foreign to many burdened with the task of sitting for discouraging test. Federation of State Medical Boards, the creator of this exam, publishes literature on the SPEX which at best provides a minimal overview of this test. Physicians find out quickly their lack of knowledge when confronting this test. Market literature on SPEX is antiquated and very few people tutor on this test. Mark Davis, MD provides extensive tutorials to help potential examinees move towards a passing grade. The failure rate is extr