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, FAQ)
Median pass rate for first time takers (2009-2015) is 86%
The APPLIED exam is offered 9 weeks a year at the ABA assessment center in Raleigh, NC:
Successful Candidate Behavior and Improper Candidate Behavior videos from the ABA.
What to Expect: The ABA Part 2 Examination and ABA Part 2 Examination Orientation 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:
- 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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