APPLIED
The third staged exam, the APPLIED, has two components:
- Standardized Oral Examination (SOE) (Sample Questions)
- Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) (Overview Video, Content Outline, and Examples)
Study Resources
Oral Board and APPLIED Blog posts
Jed Wolpaw's ACCRAC Oral Board Episodes
Oral board review books
ABA Successful Candidate and Improper Candidate behavior videos
Smarter Anesthesia oral board YouTube channel
Discussion of APPLIED Exam Prep from Residents in a Room (2024)
Jessica Lovich-Sapola's The Things I Do For the Residents (2008)
John Doyle's Hints for Mastering the Orals (2005)
Niels Jensen's Outlining-Attacking the Stem Question: The Knockout Blow (1999)
Commercial Board Review Courses
Discussion Threads at Student Doctor Network
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- Oral Boards Resources 2024 ed. (5/24)
- Oral Boards 2024 (3/24)
- ABA Applied/OSCE POCUS 2024 (1/24)
- Anesthesiology Oral board Prep (7/23)
- Oral Boards 2023 (9/22)
- Oral Boards 2022 (1/22)
- 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)