Certification August 2nd

[sweetalkr]

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Hey everyone,

I have a question here. I did really well last year's ITE, this year's not so much but I did not study. I have lost all motivation. I am trying to find it again, it is coming I hope.

Is the real boards similar to the ITE's or completely different? Someone told me they were completely different, which scares me. Please tell me they are very similar 😱

 

[IlDestriero]

Hey everyone,

I have a question here. I did really well last year's ITE, this year's not so much but I did not study. I have lost all motivation. I am trying to find it again, it is coming I hope.

Is the real boards similar to the ITE's or completely different? Someone told me they were completely different, which scares me. Please tell me they are very similar 😱

It used to be the exact same test. I don't know if it still is or not.
Your motivation should be that if you don't pass you may lose out on serious $$, and look pretty stupid. Fail = forget about partnership as well. Though if they like you and you do a good job, they may give you a 2nd chance. If you can't pass the written, you're going to be in real trouble with the oral.

 

[Breezee]

I felt that the most recent written examination this past August was nothing like the preceding ITE I took. I was a little surprised by this on real exam but not really. I focused a good part of my time studying keywords from my previous ITE's, and I don't think it really helped me all that much. I felt like I was taking an internal medicine board exam with a little critical care and pain sprinkled in there. I had several endocrine questions, 5 or 6 questions on ECT, a few pain questions, and quite a few vent/ABG questions (which is to be expected). No questions about the various inhalational agents and their partition coefficients, the machine, or other things that you might expect.

In reality, we need to be well versed in all area of "medicine" to be a true perioperative consultant. The orals will test all of that and then some. I'm sure the written test will be completely different this year. Good luck.

 

[CambieMD]

I felt that the most recent written examination this past August was nothing like the preceding ITE I took. I was a little surprised by this on real exam but not really. I focused a good part of my time studying keywords from my previous ITE's, and I don't think it really helped me all that much. I felt like I was taking an internal medicine board exam with a little critical care and pain sprinkled in there. I had several endocrine questions, 5 or 6 questions on ECT, a few pain questions, and quite a few vent/ABG questions (which is to be expected). No questions about the various inhalational agents and their partition coefficients, the machine, or other things that you might expect.

In reality, we need to be well versed in all area of "medicine" to be a true perioperative consultant. The orals will test all of that and then some. I'm sure the written test will be completely different this year. Good luck.

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Cambie

 

[hoyden]

Hey everyone,

I have a question here. I did really well last year's ITE, this year's not so much but I did not study. I have lost all motivation. I am trying to find it again, it is coming I hope.

Is the real boards similar to the ITE's or completely different? Someone told me they were completely different, which scares me. Please tell me they are very similar 😱

Last year's real one differed a lot form last ITE for me ( March 09) - it was much more difficult, than ITE.