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Good luck!
Passed. Feel numb. So incredibly thankful that the nightmare is over
Haven’t heard of anyone requesting rescore. I have known people that didn’t pass OSCE and all pass the second time, it is an inconvenience though.Hi has anyone asked for a rescore of the OSCE and been successful? I passed the SOE today and failed the OSCE. I studied for weeks for the OSCE, felt like i did very well on it and still got a failing score. Thanks in advance
I agree about the UBP being too long, but I just kept the real deal short and sweet. Does anyone know if Dr. Ho's course has the same comprehensive OSCE stuff with the sample monitors? That was pretty key for my comfort level.I’ll chime in:
Studied off and on for about 3-4 months was during the holidays so more off than on. Did some Ho email questions with a friend and some ABA stems. I signed up for UBP and did about 1/3 of the questions. I used Rapid Review oral boards and did like 75% of the book (highly recommended). I used some old Ho materials from a friend for content review (big textbook). I probably did about 40-50 practice cases with colleagues, wife, friends and UBP examiners (one of colleagues was former examiner).
OSCE was all UBP which was perfect.
If I could have done it over again I would have probably went with Ho (answers seemed more terse). UBP is comprehensive but the answers are too long and you won’t get time to spit it out. It was great for OSCE though. I also would have done more practice with some curveball questions like non content related rabbit hole questions to test adaptability.
Pretty sure everyone feels like that. It’s the nature of the exam. I certainly felt horrible after mine. Everyone on that bus leaving the center was pretty shellshocked.Took it this week and feel like garbage. The OSCE felt fair, and I think UBP was thorough in preparing for the patient scenarios and monitoring section. For the SOE, I felt good about one of the stems and felt that the questions and my examiners were pretty straight forward.
The second stem was a total disaster. A few topics out of left field that they just kept digging into (despite me saying I didn’t know after like the 3rd question). One of the examiners was pretty aggressive and really did a great job of highlighting every one of my content weaknesses, asking several follow up questions about a topic when it was obvious I didn’t know what I was taking about or was outright fumbling. I felt pretty good about the additional topics for both stems, for whatever that’s worth. I know everyone feels awful coming out of this exam, but it seems nearly impossible that I could have passed the SOE.
We get a performance report? Or do you mean percentage of people that pass/fail overall at the end of the year.I’m curious what the performance report will say
for the POCUS part, do we have to lung POCUS, and if trying to find a pneumo are we supposed to like at multiple sites like some sources suggest? We have only like 2 mins or something?
Looks like this score report is only a congratulation letter.
i took a break when I felt I plateaued and picked up studying again the 7-10d before. I felt more ready to soak in new info again.i feel like the more i prep for this thing the less i know, and i cant just pick a answer choice from some options...
i feel like the more i prep for this thing the less i know, and i cant just pick a answer choice from some options...
When I was studying for it…. One of the mock examiner did say, “anything” is fair game.
You wanna put the patient on bypass, go ahead. ECMO, sure why not? Factor VII…. Who cares about the cost….
The possibility is endless….
This is bad advice. Technically anything is fair game, but the examiners have a scenario and set questions they must get through for every candidate, so they’re not going to go too obscure unless Yoj specifically mention something obscure and ridiculous in your response. The bulk of your answers just need to be conservative and hit all the major anesthetic concerns.
If you put the patient on bypass or ECMO for a case, you better be prepared for the onslaught of cardiac-specific questions (weaning criteria, cannulation strategy, troubleshooting issues, etc.). I think my examiners picked up on my cardiac fellowship training, but I was surprised how much detail they wanted (in hindsight, probably because they were out of questions to ask).
First round of results came back the third Tuesday after at 9am EDT. So next results should be 4/18.How long does it take to get results?
The countdown is on! Ready but not-ready...First round of results came back the third Tuesday after at 9am EDT. So next results should be 4/18.
Do the entire week's results come at the same time?First round of results came back the third Tuesday after at 9am EDT. So next results should be 4/18.
Yes, or at least that was true the first week of boardsDo the entire week's results come at the same time?
Now that the national covid 19 national emergency has been lifted, will the ABA follow the science and rescind their vaccine requirement? When will they stop segregating applicants into vaccinated and incapable unvaccinated groups?
This is not a new account, and it's a pertinent questionDid you really create a new account just to derail the Oral Boards thread?
not really for this thread at leastThis is not a new account, and it's a pertinent question
ohhh so its one entire station that has all three tasks? I thought it was just a station dedicated. to just TTE.There is a standardized patient (actor). Practice on a normal sized person with normal physiology like yourself or any of your colleagues if they're comfortable.
You have the entire station time to identify vascular access, show how you would do a nerve block, and then obtain a POCUS view. Don't spend too much time on one because you may run out of time to do the rest. You'll obtain a view and the proctor will ask you to identify a structure on the screen.
It’s a single station with all three tasks (TTE, venous/arterial access & nerve block). You know the views you need to acquire before you walk in the room so you’re mentally prepared once the clock starts. My standardized patient was normal sized but I know that’s not always the case. You find the view and tell the examiner to freeze the image. There’s a computer screen that the image pops up on and you use the mouse to place the cursor over the structure the examiner asks you to ID.ohhh so its one entire station that has all three tasks? I thought it was just a station dedicated. to just TTE.
I have practiced on myself as-well. Does anyone know if you will fail the osci if you cant get a TTE view?
Yes you will get multiple US views and a question about each image.ohhh so its one entire station that has all three tasks? I thought it was just a station dedicated. to just TTE.
I have practiced on myself as-well. Does anyone know if you will fail the osci if you cant get a TTE view?
When you arrive at the station you'll already have your list of what you are supposed to find. So they'll say parasternal LAX, please identify the LV and Aortic Valve. You'll know that before you get in the room. I have heard of female SPs and parasternal/apical views being required.gotcha, so if you get done with one of the views quickly you can use that time for the other views?
also, i guess they wont ask you whats this valve or something if you get a crap view of say apical 4 chamber if you cant even see the valves, they would maybe just ask move the curser to the left atrium or something?
like they would give you a female and ask for a apical 4 chamber?