01ABA Exam Pathway
| Exam | When | Format / Notes |
|---|---|---|
| In-Training Exam (ITE) | February each year | Percentile scoring; important for fellowships. Stanford department awards half the cost of the next exam attempt if you score > 70th percentile. |
| BASIC | June of CA-1 year | Pass/fail. No percentile reported. |
| ADVANCED Written | Post-training (July & January) | Must pass to be eligible to take Applied. |
| Applied (Oral Boards + OSCE) | Post-training, 9 sessions/year | Mock orals November & May; Mock OSCEs in April of CA-3 year. |
02First 1–2 Months of CA-1 Year — Start Light
- CA-1 Tutorial Textbook (you're using a version of it now!)
- Stanford Anesthesia EMERGENCY MANUAL — emergencymanual.stanford.edu — also a pocket version
- Jaffe's Anesthesiologist's Manual of Surgical Procedures — read the section relevant to tomorrow's case
- Stanford Anesthesiology iGuide
03Once You're Settled — Build Knowledge
Question banks: - TrueLearn — department subscription - Hall's Anesthesia: A Comprehensive Review
Online: - OpenAnesthesia — openanesthesia.org - Learnly — learnly.org
Podcasts: - ACCRAC (Anesthesia and Critical Care Reviews and Commentary) — accrac.com
Library: - Lane Library for UpToDate, PubMed, journals - Stanford Anesthesia Inkling
Textbooks: - Faust's Anesthesia Review — concise short chapters - Miller's Basics of Anesthesia - Morgan & Mikhail's Clinical Anesthesiology - Barash's Clinical Anesthesia - Yao & Artusio's Anesthesiology
04A Realistic Study Cadence
- Months 1–3: stay alive, learn how to work; read the chapter for tomorrow's case
- Months 4–9: add 30–60 min of question bank or chapter reading most days
- Last 2–3 months before ITE: ramp question-bank volume; review weakest topics; teach the topic to a co-resident
- Mock orals / OSCE: start during CA-2; lean on senior residents
Most important: build the habit early. Daily 30 min beats one Saturday cram.