2010-2011 BRAINS MEDICAL BOARDS REVIEW
with SUNTZU Testing: A new concept in diagnostic Board Exam Simulations.
What is total preparation?
Total Preparation is Total Coverage.
An effective review leaves no question unexpected. But there is no foretelling the exam. It is clean, comprehensive, and unpredictable. The only valid strategy is to prepare for the worst: learn everything in the syllabus and more.
BRAINS Medical Boards Review is the most complete, most intensive review program, covering basic and clinical subjects separately and in sequence. So you do not miss anything.
Total Preparation is Total Expertise.
Learning comes from a respect for expertise. At BRAINS, we know this very well. Our faculty recruitment is by invitation only and, as strictly professional managers, our only criterion is excellence in knowledge and teaching competence. We invite only the finest medical educators and specialist-practitioners to teach. No other review can do better.

PROGRAM DETAILS
Schedule and Venue
Classes for the February 2011 exams will be held starting October 11, four weekdays a week, at BRAINS-Quezon Avenue. Sessions will be scheduled half-days for most of the basic medical subjects to give you time to absorb the day's lectures and to catch up on your reading. Several 2- to 3-hr sessions are scheduled per day when clinical subjects are discussed.
SUNTZU Board simulations are held at the start and end of the review.
Fees and Discounts
Regular: P 12,900.00 inclusive of selected materials.
Minimum non-refundable deposit for reservation: P5,000.
Balance shall be payable on or before start of classes to confirm reservation. Unconfirmed slots may be released to waitlisted students on the first day of classes.
Total Preparation starts and ends with Knowing Yourself.
The review curriculum ensures that you know the "enemy", that is, the exam, well. The completeness of the lectures and the competence of the faculty are essential to knowing the content of the exams. The Board simulations train you for the type of questions to expect, and the scores and advice help you calibrate your efforts.
We take this one step further. Starting this year, we help you know yourself even better. So you can help yourself more.
The SUNTZU MEDBOARD SIMULATIONS not only allow you to identify content areas that need more work. They also assess what level of question complexity is preventing you from meeting your goals.
From board-type questions, we've identified 4 levels of question complexity, each lower level being "absorbed" by the next. Therefore, if you have difficulty with one lower level, you will have difficulty with the higher level. Improving competence in the higher level becomes inefficient when your competence in the lower level complexity is not addressed.
When a complexity level gives you testing problems, we call that the "test-taking bottleneck".
Identifying and resolving the "test-taking bottleneck" helps you move up and hone your higher-order thinking skills demanded by the more complex questions, while retaining competence in the fundamentals.
Your reviewing becomes more focused. And you sharpen not only your subject knowledge, but also your thinking skills.

