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Built for DPT Candidates · Physical Therapy Board Preparation

Defeat board-exam anxiety. Walk into the NPTE ready.

Knowledge is only part of the NPTE. Train the rushed stems, second guesses, and reading traps that cost prepared candidates points.

1,800+ expert-reviewed, textbook-cited board vignettes · a true exam simulator · Dave the PT, your 24/7 board coach
How it works

Three steps. No fluff.

Take one baseline exam. Everything after that is built off what it finds.

Step 01

See where you actually stand

Take a baseline exam. We weight each category by its share of the board blueprint, then translate your performance to the official 200–800 scale.

Step 02

Follow a structured, calm plan

Get a personalized 8, 12, or 16-week study calendar. Every day targets what you need to review next. Open it and the day is already decided.

Step 03

Build exam-day endurance

Sit full-length mock exams and feel the 5-hour grind before exam day. Dave the PT Coach breaks down the distractors you fell for and the strategy to beat them.

1,800+
Expert-Reviewed Questions · every answer textbook-cited
225q
225-Question Board Exam Format
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$179
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TEST-DAY CALM

Test day shouldn't be the first time you see the interface

Rehearse section timers, flags, navigation, and breaks before test day. When the interface is familiar, your attention stays on clinical reasoning.

Why it works: rehearsing in a realistic interface removes novelty stress. When the timers and flags are already familiar, working memory goes to the clinical reasoning instead of the interface.

The evidence: practice testing under realistic conditions — Dunlosky et al., 2013
NBNPTE Blueprint 52:19
Section 1 of 5 · Question 12 of 45
Cardiopulmonary
A physical therapist evaluates a patient in the acute care setting... Which of the following vitals represents a yellow flag to hold active mobilization?
ABlood pressure of 135/85 mmHg
BResting heart rate of 115 bpm with atrial fibrillation
COxygen saturation of 94% on room air
DTemperature of 98.9 degrees F
How confident? 1 · Guessing 2 · Moderate 3 · Confident
24/7 BOARDS COACH

Meet Dave the PT, the board coach who explains every distractor

Ask why you missed a question. Dave breaks down the stem and every distractor, with mnemonics and textbook citations you can verify.

Why it works: explanatory feedback beats an answer key. Learning why each distractor is wrong deepens encoding and transfers to novel questions on test day.

The evidence: feedback after retrieval — Butler & Roediger, 2008
Ask Dave the PT Board Coach
Why is the cane held in the contralateral hand in Trendelenburg? Can you coach me on this?
Coach Takeaway: Hold the cane contralateral (opposite) to widen your base of support and decrease the Gluteus Medius load on the stance hip.

Mnemonic: "Cane Contralateral, Weakness Ipsilateral" (held opposite, protects same-side weak glute).

Test-Taking Strategy: Stems try to trick you by matching Gluteus Medius weakness with an ipsilateral pelvic drop. Remember: the pelvis drops on the contralateral (swing) side, but the weakness is ipsilateral (stance). Eliminate options that fail this rule! (O'Sullivan, 7th ed.).
INSTANT RETRIEVAL

Instantly obtain cut-off scores and acronyms with smart popups

Hover or tap key terms to recall normal ranges, diagnostic metrics, and safety precautions without leaving the question.

Why it works: every popover is another retrieval rep. Checking a cutoff inline keeps you in the vignette instead of breaking off to a review book. Retrieval, not re-reading, is what builds durable recall.

The evidence: retrieval practice — Roediger & Karpicke, 2006

The patient presented with suspected cervical radiculopathy. The physical therapist performed a cluster of tests including Spurling's test which reproduced radicular pain.

Spurling's Test
Provocation test for cervical radiculopathy. Perform by side-bending the patient's head toward the affected side and applying axial downward pressure. Positive if it reproduces radicular pain (sharp, shooting, or numbness) radiating down the arm. High specificity (~92-95%) but low sensitivity (~30%), meaning a positive result strongly rules in cervical radiculopathy.
STRESS-FREE PROGRESS

Analyze your test-taking errors and target your weak spots

Separate knowledge gaps from reading traps. Confidence, timing, and distractor choices reveal the error pattern, then weak-spot drills target it.

Why it works: studying what you already know feels good and teaches nothing. Drilling your lowest-accuracy categories and re-testing your misses is the highest-yield use of limited prep hours.

The evidence: practice testing & distributed practice — Dunlosky et al., 2013
Targeted weak spots LOWEST ACCURACY
Cardiopulmonary System 54%
Nervous System 62%
Musculoskeletal System 78%
THE TEST-TAKING GYM

Content gets you to 70%. Test-taking skill gets you past 600.

Plenty of candidates fail the NPTE with the knowledge they needed. A question bank can't fix that; it only tells you what you missed. The Gym trains the skill itself, in five drills.

  • Calibration CircuitRate your confidence before every submit. The report tells you whether “I'm sure” actually means you're right.
  • Qualifier LockThe options stay hidden until you commit to a reading. Best FIRST action? The one to AVOID? Most likely diagnosis?
  • Pacing GauntletTen questions against a visible 90-second pace band, so you learn what your slow questions actually cost you.
  • Elimination DisciplineStrike the two weakest options, tag each strike Sure or Best guess, then win the 50/50 that's left.
  • First Instinct LabYour ledger of every answer change: the switches that earned points, and the ones that threw them away.

Miss two in a row and the Post-Miss Reset Protocol gives you a guided 10-second reset. One rattled question shouldn't cost you the next three.

Why it works: overconfident self-judgment is one of the best-documented failure modes in learning. If you can't tell what you don't know, you study the wrong things and stop too early. Calibration training fixes the study loop itself.

The evidence: overconfidence undermines retention — Dunlosky & Rawson, 2012
Test-Taking Skills Profile 3 SESSIONS
Confidence Calibration52
“Certain” is only right 52% of the time → Calibration Circuit
First Instinct33
Switched OFF the correct answer 4× this week
Stem Discipline81
Qualifier asks parsed correctly. Keep it locked.
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NPTE Center — start here

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Study Guide New

The evidence-based NPTE study guide: the 4-pillar framework, spaced retrieval, timeline plans, and test-taking tips. Read the guide →

Daily NPTE Question

One boards-style question a day, for the days when that's all you've got. It keeps the streak alive and updates your category mastery radar. Answer today's →

Mock Exam Simulator

Timed practice that mirrors the 225-question layout, section timing, and break logic. Take a mock →

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Study Plan Generator

Give it your test date and get a week-by-week calendar back. Hours are weighted by exam system frequency, not by which subject you already like. Build your plan →

Calibrated Score Predictor

Turn a raw practice score into the official 200–800 scale so you know whether you're actually close. Powered by a piecewise bilinear regression calibrated against the PEAT standard. Check your score →

Weak-Spot & Missed Qs Drill Focused

Auto-drill your three lowest-mastery systems, or work through the missed questions waiting in your spaced-repetition queue. Start targeted drill →

Quick Quiz Drill

On-demand drills with 5 to 25 questions. Pick a specific system or an all-systems mix to test your recall without timer pressure. Start a quick quiz →

High-Yield Glossary

60+ essential concepts, vital sign cutoffs, and outcome measures (BBS, TUG, FIM) you must know cold. Searchable and filtered. Open glossary →

Bookmarked Questions

Save the questions that gave you trouble on any practice test and come back to the explanation later. See bookmarks →

Exercise Precautions & Labs New

Normal ranges, clinical guidelines, and exercise safety holds in one sheet. Type in a lab value and it tells you whether that's a hold, a caution, or clear. Open reference sheet →

100% Pass Guarantee

Meet the study criteria and don't pass? Your preparation is 100% free.

We take the financial risk, not you. If you complete the core study plan (answer 85% of the question bank, finish at least three full-length mock exam attempts, hold a 70%+ average on your three most recent mocks, and mark every week of your generated study plan complete) and still don't pass the NPTE, we refund 100% of what you paid and keep your access open, free, until you pass. This is a refund policy, not a promise of exam outcomes. No prep product can guarantee those. See full terms.

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The first candidate cohort has not completed a full NPTE cycle yet. Until verified outcomes exist, judge the product by what can be audited now:

See how quality is verified

Every question is an original NPTE-style vignette: specific demographics, exam findings, one defensibly best answer. No recycled or leaked exam content, ever.

Original question bank · 1,800+ expert-reviewed, every answer textbook-cited

Every wrong answer teaches. Each option gets its own feedback naming the trap and explaining why it fails, so you spot the pattern next time.

Per-distractor feedback · on every single question

Explanations cite the references your professors grade against: O'Sullivan, Dutton, Magee, Kisner & Colby, APTA CPGs. Verify every claim yourself instead of trusting a black box.

Textbook-cited rationale · gold-standard PT references

You get tested, you review on a delay, and you're told why you were wrong. That's where the evidence points, so that's what we built instead of lecture hours.

Retrieval practice & spacing · Dunlosky 2013 · Roediger 2006
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