I did the practice pathway and took the test in October 2023, and found out that I passed in January 2024. I think the passing score was 450 and I scored in the 700s. I studied quite a bit and put a lot of time and effort into it.
Here's what I did for studying:
1. Read and did questions from the ASAM Essentials of Addiction Medicine. I didn't actually make it through all the way with reading it, but did make it through all the questions.
2. Watched UCSF Addiction Medicine Bootcamp on Youtube. Free and highly recommended
https://www.youtube.com/@ucsfaddictionpsychiatryboo5732
3. ASAM Board review questions // ASAM Board Review: BEST exam. Excellent review. Probably the most helpful thing for doing well on the exam.
4. Listened to all of the Curbsiders Addiction Medicine podcasts.
https://thecurbsiders.com/addiction - More helpful for real life treatment of patients with SUDs than for board test prep, but still highly recommended.
5. I liked this for a framework for studying for a test like this: @jtebach twitter threat
https://twitter.com/jtrebach/status/1598019169806872576
I also paid for the ACAAM Addiction Medicine Board prep Question Bank. I did not think this was nearly as helpful as the ASAM board review BEST exam.