APPLIED
The part 2 exam was replaced by the APPLIED exam in 2017 with two components:
Standardized Oral Examination (SOE) (Sample Questions)
Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) (Content Outline, Examples)
The APPLIED exam is normally offered 9 weeks a year at the ABA assessment center in Raleigh, NC. The ABA has released a statement on the plan for the 2021 APPLIED Exams.
Successful Candidate Behavior and Improper Candidate Behavior videos from the ABA.
Excellent discussions from Anesthesia and Crtiical Care Reviews and Commentary (ACCRAC) :
- Episode 34 : Oral Board Prep with Drs. Tran and Beaudry
- Episode 71 : Oral Board Prep 2: part 1 (Stem and Questions)
- Episode 72 : Oral Board Prep 2: part 2
- Episode 75 : OB Oral Board Stem with Drs. Galvan and Hofkamp (Stem and Questions)
Oral board review books
John Doyle's Hints for Mastering the Orals (2005)
Excellent overview and PowerPoint by Jessica Lovich-Sapola
Outlining-Attacking the Stem Question: The Knockout Blow (1999) by Niels Jensen
Advice from The Anesthesia Consultant, Richard Novak
Discussion threads at Student Doctor Network:
- 2020 oral boards (3/20)
- Oral boards 2019 (3/19)
- How long to prepare for the orals? (3/19)
- Anesthesiology OSCE Exam (2/19)
- My Experience/Retaking Oral Boards Advice. (1/19)
- 2019 Spring Oral Board Prep (9/18)
- Oral boards musings -- where is the line? (3/18)
- Oral Board Help--list of online courses (2/18)
- 2018 Applied Exam (SOE/OSCE) (2/18)
- Oral Board Studying Resources (1/18)
- Oral Boards Recent Experiences (12/17)
- 2017 Anesthesiology Oral Boards thread (3/17)
- Ultimate board prep vs Just oral boards (12/16)
- Best oral board course for repeaters? (9/16)
- ABA oral boards and 10 min stem reading session (3/16)
- 2016 oral boards (3/16)
- oral board prep advice (1/16)
- Oral board answers that are relatively unrealistic? (8/15)
- Just Oral Boards.com (7/15)
- Oral Boards 2015 (2/15)
- It's Time to Boycott Michael Ho's Course (11/14)
- Oral Boards (8/14)
- Just Oral Boards? (7/14)
- Orals 2014 'Official' Thread (4/14)
- Which Anesthesia Oral Board Review Course? (1/14)
- 2014 Oral Boards Study Plan (1/14)
- Oral Board Studying Tips (5/13)
- Oral Boards: the Ho Course (12/12)
- Oral Boards for Dummies (10/12)
- Just took oral board exam: Holy ... (10/12)
- Oral Board Course- Which One? (9/12)
- Fall Orals (8/12)
- I failed the oral boards again (5/12)
- April ABA Oral Exam (3/12)
- Oral Board Prep Course (1/12)
- Just Oral Boards (11/11)
- Oral Boards: Self-Study vs Review Course (10/11)
- Oral advice (10/11)
- Oral Board Book (10/11)
- Best Oral Boards Resource - not going to a session (7/11)
- My Oral Board Experience (5/11)
- What is the best way to study for the anesthesia oral boards (5/11)
- Anesthesia Oral Board Prep (10/06)
Oral board commercial prep courses:
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