Frequently Asked Questions

The following exam preparation materials are currently available: 

We are pleased to be an incredibly affordable option. Our philosophy is the same as our pocket guides: keep the cost low enough to make it accessible to everyone. 

	Monthly	6-Months	Student Plan
Cost	$24.99	$99.99	$99.99
Length of Plan	31 days	182 days	365 days
Automatic Renewal	Yes  (cancel anytime)	No (special renewal offer)	No
Memberships Always Include
Online Review  everything you need from anywhere you're online (phone, tablet, computer)
12-Lessons that include content review, practice questions, and tips
200+ Practice Questions Each exam has 200+ practice questions, each with "teaching explanations" to help point out why answer options are most correct, less correct, or incorrect
One-Page Reviews for Diseases/Disorders and Pharmacology

How do We Know Everything is Covered? 

We made the early decision to organize our content using the NBRC's Content Outlines. These content outlines are what the NBRC uses, including the question counts, to determine what might be on the exam you take. 

Why We Think This is Helpful 

This entire program was built on one person's preparation for the ACCS exam back in 2012, when it was first launched - before there were study materials. He opened up the content outline, put it into a word document, treated it as topics that needed to be reviewed and researched. That developed study guide became a solid passing score for the NBRC. 

Our ACCS course has had a near-100% passing rate using this format. 

And, so, we adopted the same study strategy for the other exams, adding practice questions, and then organizing it all into manageable lessons (12 seemed right ... 3 months to prepare for those who want to do one lesson per week) 

What We Do Not Cover

We maintain what we call a laser-focus. Our goal in this course is not to make you a better clinician (although we could argue it does), nor to help you pass a course (although we could also argue it could), but it is to help prepare you to take the NBRC exam. 

Will this be on the test? That's the question we ask for every word included. Obviously, not everything covered will be on your form of the test, but it is designated as "testable" content by the NBRC. 

This is very hard for us ... we want to include much more! If you're like that, check out Oakes-STAT.com, where you will find our pocket guides online (coming mid-2023), meaningfully expanded. 

There are 12-lessons to go through (or you can embrace your inner rebel and explore the content outline at your own speed). 

Some people do 2 lessons a week, some people do 1 lesson every 2-weeks, and yet others review the entire course in a month's time and sit successfully for their exam. Only you know how you best study, whether you can cram successfully, and how much you want to retain for the long-term. 

We never intended to offer test preparation to others. This started as one person's study guide, which he shared through lunch-and-learns and through hand-written notes, with his co-workers. 

However, it quickly became apparent that this was a new, friendlier, option compared to some of the others. For legal reasons we won't directly compare ourselves to anyone, but in general: