Tomorrow morning at 8 AM, I’ll begin the last in-training exam (ITE) of my anesthesiology residency. My initial lack of motivation to study has been largely replaced by desperation fueled by watching many of the junior residents cramming review books and doing practice questions. I still feel like I peaked…
As a follow-up post to preparing for the ABA Basic Exam which I took between my CA-1 and CA-2 years, I’ll be taking the Advanced Exam a month or so after finishing residency (~ July 2017). I’ve spent the overwhelming majority of my “study time” reading journal articles and other…
I’m finished with my third call shift in my first six days of pediatric anesthesia. Varying levels of fatigue have definitely set in, but this falls short of the profound impact the critically ill pediatric population has had on me. Although I will be pursuing a critical care fellowship, taking care…
I recently received an inquiry from an MD/PhD friend of mine who is returning to clinical rotations after completing his thesis. Hi Rishi, I was hoping to get some advice from you. I’m going back to the clinic next month. Been out of it for almost 5 years. I’m a…
Just wanted to drop a post commemorating my completion of the anesthesia in-training exam (ITE) as a CA-2 resident! It was 200 questions and overall very fair. Now it’s time to celebrate with some video games!
I’m watching the NBA All-Star Game and reflecting on my last week… and the even busier week to come.
Almost seven months after taking the first part of my anesthesiology board exams, I received word from my program director that I scored in the top 10% in the country. This was very humbling, reassured me that hard work really does pay off, and will serve as a much-needed motivational…
It’s so difficult to buckle down and study for another in-training exam (ITE), but the next one I’ll take will be somewhere between February 18 – 22, 2016. With about three months till then, I need to find the motivation to study!
Just got my ABA BasicExam results – I passed! In true board exam fashion, here is the anticlimactic posting: I’ll take the ABA Advanced Exam right after graduating from residency. Hopefully it also goes well! :-)
Now that the American Board of Anesthesiology’s Basic Exam is over for CA-1s, I wanted to write about my experiences from the exam on Friday, June 12th.