Oral Boards
An adaptive examiner for the ABR oral exam.
A real case appears — images and history. The examiner asks; you answer, out loud or typed. Technique, findings, differential, management. Then you dictate your impression, the way you will at the podium.
Every case is attending-authored, and the examiner adapts to what you actually say — it probes weak reasoning instead of reading from a script.
The oral boards test a different skill.
Reading cases silently and taking the exam out loud are different skills. At the podium you must organize your observations in real time, commit to a differential with appropriate weight, defend your reasoning under follow-up questions, and deliver a clean final impression — all while someone is watching.
Oral Boards makes that rehearsal repeatable. Each case runs like the exam:
Characterize the study and technique first.
Describe the findings and commit to what matters.
Defend your differential under adaptive follow-up.
Recommend management and the next step.
Dictate a final impression you would sign.
Get graded the way the exam grades — holistically.
Your case in. Your coaching out.
Attending-authored, across the whole field.
The library spans Brain, Head and Neck, Spine, Vascular, Pediatrics, Pituitary, Neuro-Oncology, Infection and Inflammation, and Emergency neuroradiology — attending-authored cases with the ground truth hidden until your evaluation, so every case plays honestly.
Contribute a case.
Faculty across radiology can submit de-identified educational cases for the Oral Boards library. Add the images, clinical history, report impression, and section; the editorial office prepares the case, and Brooke reviews every submission before anything is published.
Already have an Oral Boards account? Use the same login. Every submission is attributed to its contributor and held in the private editorial queue.
Contribute a case →Three steps to the podium.
Pick a category
A case appears with its images and clinical history — and nothing else. The diagnosis stays hidden until you finish.
Be examined
The examiner questions you adaptively through technique, findings, and your differential — pressing where your reasoning is soft, moving on when you have earned it.
Dictate and get graded
Submit your final impression and receive attending-style coaching across nine domains plus a holistic ABR-style score.
What it is — and is not.
Oral Boards is an educational exam simulation. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by the American Board of Radiology, and performance here does not predict performance on any actual examination. Educational coaching does not replace attending review. Do not enter protected health information — the cases provide everything you need.
Three cases free. Then buy a block.
Board prep is bought in a burst before the exam, so Oral Boards is sold in time-boxed blocks — not a rolling subscription you have to remember to cancel. A block is charged once and expires at the end of its term.
Your first three cases are free. No card required to start.
Take a case to the podium.
Your first three cases are free. Create an account and be examined on your first case in the next five minutes.