Oral certifying exam - new format

[Lexicon0]

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Is anyone else taking the new oral certifying exam this year? For those unaware, the board recently made changes to the format. The new exam will incorporate 10 cases from an examinees actual practice (including submission of actual patient records such as clinic notes, operative reports, scans, etc) as opposed to just testing 10 standard, generic cases in the past. This will be more in line with ortho, ob/gyn, PRS and neurosurgery.

I'm curious how candidates are studying for this since most available resources for the oral exam are obsolete.

 

[Gonio5]

How does that affect candidates don't have complicated cases, just some inguinal hernia repairs and breast biopsies?

 

[Pir8DeacDoc]

How does that affect candidates don't have complicated cases, just some inguinal hernia repairs and breast biopsies?

not sure too many ENTs are doing inguinal hernia and breast biopsy. lol

 

[Gonio5]

not sure too many ENTs are doing inguinal hernia and breast biopsy. lol

That's true but that was the general surgery example. Isn't there simpler, bread and butter cases that ENT surgeons do? What if they do mostly that and not a wide variety of surgeries and complex surgeries that are done in residency? How would that person do the orals? What if the person was in a group and did mostly non-surgical work, like vertigo?

 

[allENTmd]

Is anyone else taking the new oral certifying exam this year? For those unaware, the board recently made changes to the format. The new exam will incorporate 10 cases from an examinees actual practice (including submission of actual patient records such as clinic notes, operative reports, scans, etc) as opposed to just testing 10 standard, generic cases in the past. This will be more in line with ortho, ob/gyn, PRS and neurosurgery.

I'm curious how candidates are studying for this since most available resources for the oral exam are obsolete.

This new format does not really change anything. What examiners are looking for is not the absolute correct answer but an thought process of evidence based decision to data/information and create a woring diagnosis and then a treatment plan that may have several approaches - no a single correct answer. Start from the begining on each case scenario : History , PMH, PSH, Soc hx, vitals, exam - then what studies to be done, then differential based on this data and then a treatment plan. Once some examiners trust your thought process they may provide you with PE, Hx without you aksing.