ABA BOARD ELIGIBILITY

[carlosomdus]

I am an anesthesia residency graduated from Boston University in 2004. Practiced anesthesia in the US from 2005 to 2011, then I moved to Colombia (South America) where I practiced anesthesia until 2015. This year I am back to the US. I never became Board Certified. Can I now become Board eligible? How?

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[Chloroform4Life]

I am an anesthesia residency graduated from Boston University in 2004. Practiced anesthesia in the US from 2005 to 2011, then I moved to Colombia (South America) where I practiced anesthesia until 2015. This year I am back to the US. I never became Board Certified. Can I now become Board eligible? How?

Contact the ABA, they will tell you.

 

[leaverus]

no, don't contact the ABA. ask in an anonymous internet forum.

 

[deleted171991]

I am an anesthesia residency graduated from Boston University in 2004. Practiced anesthesia in the US from 2005 to 2011, then I moved to Colombia (South America) where I practiced anesthesia until 2015. This year I am back to the US. I never became Board Certified. Can I now become Board eligible? How?

Chances are the answer is you can't. That boat has sailed for you. Current regulations restrict board certification to within 7 years of graduation, and that applies to previous generations.

Ask the ABA. You might get lucky and qualify for some obscure exception.

 

[caligas]

I am an anesthesia residency graduated from Boston University in 2004. Practiced anesthesia in the US from 2005 to 2011, then I moved to Colombia (South America) where I practiced anesthesia until 2015. This year I am back to the US. I never became Board Certified. Can I now become Board eligible? How?

Why did you never get certified?

 

[sethco]

Small point for residents/fellows, there is no such thing as "Board Eligible". You are either Board Certified or "In the System". Don't know who came up with the term. Maybe recruitment agencies?

 

[pgg]

I've seen the term "board eligible" on credentialing applications before. It's certainly a useful phrase with a specific meaning that everyone understands.


I thought anyone who'd passed the 7 year period of board eligibility (er, has "left the system"?) could go work/practice in a supervised environment for a year and get another 7 years. I was once told that a common reason to do non-ACGME fellowships was to get another stab at the boards. I heard that back in the days when you had 3 (?) tries at the anesthesia written, before the ABMS uniformized us into this 7-years-or-bust state.

 

[deleted126335]

The term "board eligible" was a designation to describe an individual's status within the ABA examination system that was used by the ABA for many years. I don't know when they discarded the term.

 

[ranvier]

How was practice in South America?