The Swedish Psychiatric Association launched the Swedish Knowledge Test for residents and specialists in adult psychiatry in spring 2024. In 2025, we introduced a new annual version. Meanwhile, in February 2025, the EPA and UEMS launched the EPA Board Examination. How do these tests differ? And how do they compare to the Royal College of Psychiatrists’ exams in the United Kingdom?

Discussions about examination as a part of residency in psychiatry have been ongoing for many years now. Residency in adult psychiatry...