Pain Boards registration & applied exam....

[jon stewart]

Is it true we can register for the pain board exam by the ABA, but if we havent taken the applied exam, we wont know if we passed the pain boards until we pass the applied exam? did i hear this correctly?

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[agolden1]

Is it true we can register for the pain board exam by the ABA, but if we havent taken the applied exam, we wont know if we passed the pain boards until we pass the applied exam? did i hear this correctly?

I think this was the system that was in place when COVID first struck.

Now that the ABA is returning to normal form I think you cannot register for the pain exam until you have passed the applied.

 

[deleted875186]

I think this was the system that was in place when COVID first struck.

Now that the ABA is returning to normal form I think you cannot register for the pain exam until you have passed the applied.

This is correct. You must pass orals before you can apply for the pain boards. You can register for the pain boards right up until July for the September test.

 

[jon stewart]

Yikes so w a sept applied exam of next year I then can only take the pain boards in sept of 2024....?
🙄

 

[deleted875186]

Yikes so w a sept applied exam of next year I then can only take the pain boards in sept of 2024....?
🙄

Yes, the ABA has no way around it as far as I know. Good news, you’ll probably be employed when you take the ABA applied exam and the pain boards, a lot of jobs will reimburse.


My applied exam was delayed until I was almost one year into practice, my job covered cost of the test and travel.

 

[Doctodd]

just so we know what team you're on(lol), can you please explain your avatar? You've been a 15 year member but only now taking the pain boards? Did you join here in elementary school or something? That's some damn good foresight.

 

[bedrock]

just so we know what team you're on(lol), can you please explain your avatar? You've been a 15 year member but only now taking the pain boards? Did you join here in elementary school or something? That's some damn good foresight.

That might explain his name and avatar as it could offend 50% of the US population and 50% of the regular posters on SDN, who aren’t socialists.

Generally people are more cautious about such things as they get older and wiser, knowing it can limit what help they might receive.

 

[jon stewart]

Hahaha wouldn't you like to know 😝
but guess my avatar has aged me quite a bit lol....used to lurk these forums much more..now its just rants about bureaucracy...

 

[jon stewart]

Yes, the ABA has no way around it as far as I know. Good news, you’ll probably be employed when you take the ABA applied exam and the pain boards, a lot of jobs will reimburse.


My applied exam was delayed until I was almost one year into practice, my job covered cost of the test and travel.

love it looking at the glass half full!

wow really thats awesome! but cant you just ask for it to be covered in the fees and travel to be reimbursed as part of your contract for example if you took it in march and you start your job that summer?

or is it much harder to reimbursed since by the time you START your job, you would have already taken it...although we sign for these things like a year in advance....

 

[jon stewart]

also does the rule of being fully boarded apply only to anes or do all the specialties ( pmnr, em, psych, neuro) have to be fully boarded before they can sit the pain exam?

whats the reason for this "rule" ?

 

[adiradirim]

also does the rule of being fully boarded apply only to anes or do all the specialties ( pmnr, em, psych, neuro) have to be fully boarded before they can sit the pain exam?

whats the reason for this "rule" ?

I had to be primary specialty (psych) boarded before I could apply for the pain boards through ABPN... I think this is the case for all the boards

 

[nopain1234]

Can I apply for the pain exam if I’ve passed all exams but in fellowship?

 

[stsa84]

Can I apply for the pain exam if I’ve passed all exams but in fellowship?

Yes. That's how it usually works, for anesthesia at least. Take and pass the Applied exam during fellowship year, then sign up for the Pain exam.

 

[Doctodd]

also does the rule of being fully boarded apply only to anes or do all the specialties ( pmnr, em, psych, neuro) have to be fully boarded before they can sit the pain exam?

whats the reason for this "rule" ?

i dont see the logic to be able to take a subspecialty board exam if you havent bassed the specialty board exam.....you might ask the board the other question

 

[jon stewart]

i dont see the logic to be able to take a subspecialty board exam if you havent bassed the specialty board exam.....you might ask the board the other question

i agree with being boarded prior to obtaining subspecialty certification, but my rant is mostly the fact of waiting another year to take the damn thing....

 

[Ducttape]

i suspect it is more due to timing than any maleficence on the Board's part...

i believe when i took the exams, the next available pain board exam was about 11 months after i passed the Orals...

 

[jon stewart]

My rants may have been a bit premature....
I may have spoken too soon