Since last year, the anesthesiology written boards have been split into a basic exam taken between the 2nd and 3rd years of residency and an advanced exam taken after right after graduating from residency. My class will be the second group to cough up the $775 for another exam. We’re given…
Current 2nd year anesthesia residents around the country will be the second group to take the American Board of Anesthesiology’s (ABA) “basic” exam (basically, the first half of our board exams) between our CA-1 and CA-2 years. Here’s an excerpt taken straight from the ABA website: The ABA’s BASIC Examination…
I’m less than 10 hours from taking my yearly anesthesiology in-training exam (ITE). :shock: I took this exam a year ago as an intern prior to doing any anesthesiology as a resident, and as predicted, my score report reflected large gaps in my anesthesia knowledge. Fortunately, it’s very different this time around.…
Earlier today I took the anesthesia knowledge test (AKT-6), an exam administered to anesthesia residents who are near completing their sixth month of training.
Of the well-reputed question banks in the world of anesthesia, I purchased Hall’s Anesthesia: A Comprehensive Review on Inkling this afternoon. This eBook consists of both static text (with questions and answers in separate sections) as well as an interactive self-assessment mode with immediate answer feedback and scorecard capabilities. I’m definitely…
I’m finally done with the series of United States Medical Licensing Exams (USMLE) – Step 1 ($530), Step 2 CK ($530), Step 2 CS ($1230), and as of 12:30pm yesterday, Step 3 ($800)! Assuming I passed, I’ll be able to apply for my US medical licensure in a few weeks.…
Its been 18 months since my last anesthesia rotation… way back when I was just starting my fourth year of medical school… and this morning I had to take my anesthesia in-training exam (ITE). For us interns, it doesn’t “count”, per se, but there’s something unnerving about going into an…
Epidemiology is a cornerstone for the practice of evidence-based medicine, but for the sake of medical licensing exams, only the very basics are “high yield knowledge.” Rather than having to sift through PowerPoint slides or a textbook, I compiled a one page handout of must-know-facts for the boards while preparing…
USMLE Step 3 is the last board exam a physician must pass to practice medicine in the United States. It can only be taken after graduating from medical school; most residents take it in their intern year before getting into the bulk of their residency training. However, there are a…
One of the perils of taking standardized medical exams is the stark contrast between “textbook” and “clinical” medicine. Physicians try to abide by the latest guidelines and evidence-based practices, but this doesn’t always translate to test questions which may have been written months/years in the past. Some of the questions…