Hi,
I'm taking the Oral Boards on March12th here in Houston, and I was hoping for some insight from the senior SDNers. I will say in advance that I am not taking a review course, primarily because I don't have any room on the credit card. I welcome any advice on test preparation, and I thank you in advance.
I am relatively fascile with the search function, but I've found very little info on preparation for the oral boards. What I did find in this thread was extremely useful, just as this thread for the QE helped me a few months ago.
I am in a predicament that I'm sure some of you have previously found yourselves in as well: I have way too much study material, and most of it is probably low yield. There's no way I can get through even half of the stuff, so I want my time to be as high yield as possible.
My resources:
1. Mark Neff's book, "Passing the General Surgery Oral Boards."
2. Brad Snyder's book, "How to Win on the ABS CE." This was a recommendation from a local that I'd never heard of previously. I'm a little gunshy about dedicating a lot of time to an unproven study source...but at least it wasn't from Surgisphere!
3. Safe Answers for the ABS CE by Sarmad Aji, 7th Edition (2002)...outdated and of questionable benefit, I'm planning on skipping this one.
4. SESAP 13 and 14 books, as well as SESAP 13 and 14 Audio Companions
5. Cameron's 9th edition and Sabiston's 17th edition.
6. Syllabus from a 2008 Osler review course
7. Lots of other stuff not to be mentioned, including something with 91 parts.
My current plan is to spend roughly 1 month studying a little bit every day, knowing that a demanding fellowship will frequently limit my daily productivity. I also have a family that I'd like to see from time to time. I'm giving somewhat personal info because I believe I'm probably living out the typical experience with it's associated time and money constraints.
From my material, I plan on listening to SESAP 13 and 14 audio companions casually on my way to and from work. I am going to read "How to Win," Neff's book, and the Osler syllabus and take notes. I'll use Cameron's for backup. Once that is completed, I'm going to get through as much of the unmentionables (#7) as possible, knowing that I will only end up reading a fraction. If I'm unexpectedly productive, I'll try to re-tackle SESAP 14.
Does anyone have advice to share? Is anyone else taking the exam soon? Has anyone used Snyder's book?
Thanks,
SLUser, board-eligible SDNer
I'm taking the Oral Boards on March12th here in Houston, and I was hoping for some insight from the senior SDNers. I will say in advance that I am not taking a review course, primarily because I don't have any room on the credit card. I welcome any advice on test preparation, and I thank you in advance.
I am relatively fascile with the search function, but I've found very little info on preparation for the oral boards. What I did find in this thread was extremely useful, just as this thread for the QE helped me a few months ago.
I am in a predicament that I'm sure some of you have previously found yourselves in as well: I have way too much study material, and most of it is probably low yield. There's no way I can get through even half of the stuff, so I want my time to be as high yield as possible.
My resources:
1. Mark Neff's book, "Passing the General Surgery Oral Boards."
2. Brad Snyder's book, "How to Win on the ABS CE." This was a recommendation from a local that I'd never heard of previously. I'm a little gunshy about dedicating a lot of time to an unproven study source...but at least it wasn't from Surgisphere!
3. Safe Answers for the ABS CE by Sarmad Aji, 7th Edition (2002)...outdated and of questionable benefit, I'm planning on skipping this one.
4. SESAP 13 and 14 books, as well as SESAP 13 and 14 Audio Companions
5. Cameron's 9th edition and Sabiston's 17th edition.
6. Syllabus from a 2008 Osler review course
7. Lots of other stuff not to be mentioned, including something with 91 parts.
My current plan is to spend roughly 1 month studying a little bit every day, knowing that a demanding fellowship will frequently limit my daily productivity. I also have a family that I'd like to see from time to time. I'm giving somewhat personal info because I believe I'm probably living out the typical experience with it's associated time and money constraints.
From my material, I plan on listening to SESAP 13 and 14 audio companions casually on my way to and from work. I am going to read "How to Win," Neff's book, and the Osler syllabus and take notes. I'll use Cameron's for backup. Once that is completed, I'm going to get through as much of the unmentionables (#7) as possible, knowing that I will only end up reading a fraction. If I'm unexpectedly productive, I'll try to re-tackle SESAP 14.
Does anyone have advice to share? Is anyone else taking the exam soon? Has anyone used Snyder's book?
Thanks,
SLUser, board-eligible SDNer