AKT - 18 month

[ruch1979]

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To anyone on this forum who has taken this test, do you have any suggestions as to what book would be most helpful with this exam? I know the people writing this are different than the ones for the In-training, so I was wondering if big blue would be as helpful? Please send me your thoughts.

 

[Gas]

I don't think there is one particular book that will help, but the point of this exam is just to see how you are progressing and to test your knowledge base. From what I remember, it was not like the written board questions. I don't think Big Blue will clinch this exam for you, but like for the real boards, it's a nice resource that will help.

Read one or 2 books thoroughly and know them well, don't jump around from book to book without reading any of them completely.

 

[sensoricaine]

anyone else with any last minute advice?
topics to read over? sections of diff txts that are must last minute reads?
questions anywhere we can do?

 

[colchicine]

I also have an additional questin on this 18 months AKA...

I am confused since some people say that we're only graded on the subspecialties that we have completed so far in our training whereas other people I have talked to say we're graded on all the questions regardless ???

The reason I am asking is I haven't had my cardiac and don't know if I should put a lot of "review" time covering the material ???

Thanks in advance for ur help...

 

[swpm]

I also have an additional questin on this 18 months AKA...

I am confused since some people say that we're only graded on the subspecialties that we have completed so far in our training whereas other people I have talked to say we're graded on all the questions regardless ???

The reason I am asking is I haven't had my cardiac and don't know if I should put a lot of "review" time covering the material ???

Thanks in advance for ur help...

Their web site says:

Examinees are scored on individual subspecialty areas for which they have indicated that they have had a rotation. Each examinee was asked to mark the answer sheet to indicate the subspecialty areas he or she wished to be tested on. The subspecialty areas that were selected are indicated by asterisks throughout the graphic, summative and formative reports.

So it sounds like everybody answers every question in every section, and it's up to our programs to determine whether a low score in a specialty we haven't done yet is deserving of a beatdown.

 

[Daredevil]

what should I use for the 6 month AKT?

 

[swpm]

what should I use for the 6 month AKT?

Hall and Big Blue. If you're just studying for this particular exam, do the sections that are tested on the AKT-6 ... ie, emphasize equipment, physics, CV and resp physiology, pharmacology. Blow off specialty review like peds, OB, chronic pain, etc. Lot of points to be scored by nailing the boring stuff like line isolation monitors, the formula for pulmonary vascular resistance, that sort of thing.

It's a short exam with first-order questions and a narrow focus, so it can be gamed.

Take a look at the content outline: http://www.metricsinc.org/ihsgae.htm

 

[DreamMachine]

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[colchicine]

So would you say the same thing about the 18 months AKT...would it be enough to just focus on the subspecialties OB, Peds, Neuro...and not review basic pharm, phys or General anesthesia ?

 

[swpm]

This test (18) was painful to take. Time was a big factor, unlike the real test in July.

What did you think of the pain section? The content outline is vague ... is it mostly chronic pain management (ie "pain clinic" stuff, interventional items), or does it also include perioperative pain management?

So would you say the same thing about the 18 months AKT...would it be enough to just focus on the subspecialties OB, Peds, Neuro...and not review basic pharm, phys or General anesthesia ?

Haven't taken it yet, but that's been sort of my plan. I figure with their stated goal of subspecialty testing, and the fact that they're covering 8 topics in a short exam, the odds of them wasting Q space on Laplace or the vapor pressure of desflurane are slim.

I skipped the two pharm chapters in Hall, but did gen, peds, ob, neuro, anatomy/regional/pain, cv, and resp/ccm (just for the ccm bits). There's a lot of specialty specific pharm in those chapters. I'll probably also do the blood products section. Went through about 1/2 of Big Blue again (largely skipping the physics and physiology chapters).

 

[TheSandMan]

Does anyone know if there is an exact date for the 18mnth AKT or is it whenever our program director decides to spring it on us? Was out partying this evening, but came home early so that i can be up bright an early 😱to do some reading, since i'm guessing it may happen this week.

 

[DreamMachine]

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