Oral boards

[deleted734370]

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Messed up on a structured interview, but felt like cases went well overall and can recall that most important interventions as well as critical actions likely performed. Potentially one other small mistake on another case, but patient with appropriate treatment, disposition, consults, etc.

Have had severe worry regarding if this was enough to have failed. For those who have taken this and know your mistakes and your end game results, care to offer any advice either way?

 

[JacobMcCandles]

Everyone nearly always thinks they failed coming out of oral boards and always concentrate and what they think went wrong. Chances are incredibly high that you have nothing to worry about.

 

[AlmostAnMD]

I thought i crushed it

Then I found out I passed by 0.1 points

But a P is a P

 

[deleted734370]

Are they looking for perfection on these performances or just making sure you are a safe and reasonable doc?

 

[WilcoWorld]

They are assessing for competency. You get drilled in residency so that you overall pass, even if you mess up a case or two. If you think you overall managed your cases well you'll likely pass, and that's all that matters on this test.

 

[Brigade4Radiant]

You can manage the case right but if your actions in the beginning are wrong you can auto fail which is what happens to most who fail

 

[deleted734370]

You can manage the case right but if your actions in the beginning are wrong you can auto fail which is what happens to most who fail

Can you explain in more detail?

 

[AlmostAnMD]

Can you explain in more detail?

Did you remember to ask for their pronouns?

 

[Powdermonkey]

I forgot to give my chest pain patient aspirin. Because my nurses and medics have already done it usually. Still passed.

 

[JacobMcCandles]

I forgot to give my chest pain patient aspirin. Because my nurses and medics have already done it usually. Still passed.

But you gave them an emergent statin, right? Right!?

 

[emergentmd]

Was a tetnus shot given?

 

[TooMuchResearch]

I made a mistake on a case, apologized to the patient, made the proctor chuckle. Passed.

 

[Ghee Buttersnaps]

I know a plenty of people who thought they failed immediately after (one even started studying again the next week). None of those people actually failed. Waiting for results sucks but you probably passed.

I went wayyyy off course on the structured interview, and on a separate case for a patient complaint I manage in real life multiple times a shift the admitting team just kept saying "great, call me back when you are done" and I couldn't figure out why (still have no idea). Passed.

 

[EthylMethylMan]

On one case, I did a painful procedure without consent or even having told the patient. Then I missed a critical diagnosis. Still passed.

 

[deleted734370]

On one case, I did a painful procedure without consent or even having told the patient. Then I missed a critical diagnosis. Still passed.

Was this all on one case or two separate cases?

 

[EthylMethylMan]

Was this all on one case or two separate cases?

All one.

 

[HoosierdaddyO]

Just out of curiosity… trying to help a few of my recently graduated residents. What is the typical time frame that people are designating to study and what sources are you all using these days. I used okuda and gave myself 2 weeks. But this was years ago. What’s the new word on the street for prep?

 

[EthylMethylMan]

Just out of curiosity… trying to help a few of my recently graduated residents. What is the typical time frame that people are designating to study and what sources are you all using these days. I used okuda and gave myself 2 weeks. But this was years ago. What’s the new word on the street for prep?

I used Okuda, First Aid, and the ICEP course. I studied pretty consistently for a couple months, but I wasn’t doing ED shifts at that time, so I felt I needed to compensate. I’d imagine someone working on the ED would get by with less.

 

[Ghee Buttersnaps]

Just out of curiosity… trying to help a few of my recently graduated residents. What is the typical time frame that people are designating to study and what sources are you all using these days. I used okuda and gave myself 2 weeks. But this was years ago. What’s the new word on the street for prep?

I did Okuda only. Maybe over the course of 1-3 months? Was also working at the time so I only did it on days off if I had time. I did most of the cases on my own and about 1/5 of them I saved and did with a partner. There's also some sample test videos on youtube from some residency program that I found and watched which helped a lot just for time management and expectations of how the test will feel. Unfortunately I have never been able to find them again. I remember them looking slightly dated but cant remember which residency did them any more.