PPD Fail on First Attempt - Retake or Schedule PDD?

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Danielle Hrdina

March 27, 2024 13:32

Hi everyone, I just received a “most likely failed” at the end of my PPD exam yesterday. So, I am preparing to retake it or see if there is a benefit to scheduling PDD sooner than the 60 day waiting period. I’ve read and can see that there is a lot of overlap between the two exams and I’m wondering if anyone else has failed one and passed the next one before going back to retake? My hope is that it would help my momentum and not push the finish line so far back. The material was robust for PPD but I feel like 60 days is almost *too much time for me to spend reviewing when I could keep the ball rolling with PDD…but I don’t want to fail twice in a row either! Any help or experience with this strategy is greatly appreciated. So far, I’ve passed PcM (first attempt), PjM (second attempt), PA (first attempt) after starting the exams in Fall 2023. My goal is to wrap them up ASAP but before the end of this year.

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  Steven Sack March 27, 2024 14:44

  You make a good point about 60 days probably being too much time to spend on PPD alone.  What you might consider doing to make the most of your time:

  Address PPD immediately.  Review your score report and review the areas you are weakest in first.  While the exam is fresh in your mind, jot down notes about anything that seemed unfamiliar, and then hit those topics.  If you didn't take the practice exam provided by NCARB, make sure to do that before you retake PPD.  Spend at least a few days reviewing.  You will need to be the judge as to how much review is necessary.  Then, of course, review the materials again in the days leading up to the exam. 

  Start studying for PDD during the next 60 days.  I took both PPD and PDD, and I will echo what others are saying on here that yes, there is overlap. 

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  Danielle Hrdina March 27, 2024 16:25

  Thanks for the feedback, Steven! 

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  Helen Lowenberg April 04, 2024 22:07

  Hello Danielle,

  So I had failed my PPD and had PDD scheduled one week after; I felt nervous so I pushed it out another week and just focused on PDD content for those 2 weeks.  While I took the PDD exam, I felt discouraged but kept at it, one question at a time, thinking if nothing else, I will gain more testing practice.  Fortunately, I passed it.  And it was my first try at PDD.  There is a lot of overlap and I was glad that I took PDD so that it is now done and I can just focus these 6 weeks on PPD.  Best of luck to you!!

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