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Obeid, MD  \nAssistant Professor of Surgery  \nDivision of Minimally-Invasive Surgery  \nBackground  \n• American Board of Surgery  \n– Certification process  \n• Qualifying Exam (QE) = written boards  \n• Certifying Exam (CE) = oral boards  \n• MOC = maintenance of certification  \n– Spring of chief year  \n• Application  \n• Case logs  \n– QE first step, must pass to register for CE  \nDEPARTMENT OF SURGERY  \nTimeline  \n• June – graduate general surgery residency  \n• July – take QE  \n– as early as R4  \n• August – QE results  \n• September 1st – CE registration deadline  \n– Active medical license  \n– First come, first served (300 spots per date/location)  \n– Miss deadline or choose to defer = lost opportunity  \n• 1 chance per academic year  \n• 3 chances over 3 years  \nDEPARTMENT OF SURGERY  \nDates, Locations, and Fees  \n• 2019-2020 Dates  \n– Sept. 23-25, 2019-Philadelphia  \n– Oct. 21-23, 2019-Philadelphia  \n– Dec. 9-11, 2019-Philadelphia  \n– Apr. 6-8, 2020-Philadelphia  \n– Jun. 1-3, 2020-Philadelphia  \n• CE Fee: $1,400  \n• Dates posted in late spring for upcoming academic year  \nDEPARTMENT OF SURGERY  \nRegistration  \n• Tentative CE assignment  \n– Must be eligible (passed QE)  \n– [absurgery.org](absurgery.org) (Exam records page)  \n– NO LATER THAN 9/1  \n– Not guaranteed, can be changed/canceled  \n• Register  \n– Within 10 days, receive instructions (mail) and link online (check frequently)  \n• Convert tentative to final assignment  \n– Submit online registration form (by deadline listed)  \n– Pay fee (credit card, nonrefundable)  \n• Exam Details  \n– Specific date and time at particular location/hotel  \n– Posted on website  \n– Exam admission card/hotel info mailed 4-6 weeks before exam  \nDEPARTMENT OF SURGERY  \nPurpose  \n• Per ABS website:  \n“ …to evaluate a candidate's clinical skills in organizing the diagnostic evaluation of common surgical problems and determining appropriate therapy. Emphasis is placed on candidates' ability to use their knowledge and training to safely, effectively and promptly manage a broad range of clinical problems.”  \nDEPARTMENT OF SURGERY  \nContent  \n• Aligned with SCORE curriculum  \n– Created by ABS  \n–  [http://www.absurgery.org/xfer/curriculumoutl](http://www.absurgery.org/xfer/curriculumoutl)ine2018-19 . pdf  \n– Majority will be “core” topics, some “advanced”  \n• Technical details of operations  \n– MUST be able to describe technical details of all“core” procedures  \n• 45 second rule  \n• “Unsatisfactory performance” if can’t  \n– May ask about non-core cases  \nDEPARTMENT OF SURGERY  \nHow to Prepare  \n• Review content  \n– Surgery textbook (if you previously took notes, review for content)  \n– Procedural text (e.g. Mastery of Surgery – helpful for technical steps)  \n– SESAP audio (for long commutes)  \n– Review books (Clinical Scenarios in Surgery, Neff’s Passing Gen Surg Oral Board , How to Win, Safe Answers, etc. )  \n• Beware of outdated or inaccurate content  \n– Society guidelines  \n• ACLS/ATLS, EAST, NCCN  \n– Review course (Osler, Odyssey, etc. )  \nDEPARTMENT OF SURGERY  \nHow to Prepare  \n• PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE  \n– Start during chief year  \n– After graduation, ask residency and/or fellowship faculty, classmates  \n– In the few weeks leading up to exam date, practice daily  \n– General case outline:  \n• Presentation (diagnose quickly – not med student HPI)  \n• Workup  \n• Management (usually surgical – this is a SURGERY exam)  \n• Complication or change scenario  \n– You WILL have complications even if you do everything perfectly; it is a test of your problem solving and safe management  \nDEPARTMENT OF SURGERY  \nTips  \n• Be confident in your training and preparation  \n• Stay focused, imagine real life patient at bedside  \n• Articulate what you would do, how you would do it, and WHY  \n– do what you would do, not what you think they want to hear  \n• Be systematic  \n– Crashing patient: ABCs    \n– Hypotension: figure out whic","cbCaigMTfBIcXsJo","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaigMTfBIcXsJo","pdf",676684,"English","# SSAT Resident and Fellow Webinar: Preparing for the ABS Certifying Examination\n## Background and Certification Pathway\n## Timeline, Dates, Locations, and Fees\n## Registration and Exam Logistics\n## Purpose and Content Alignment\n## Preparation Strategy and Tips","[{\"question\":\"What is the difference between the ABS Qualifying Exam (QE) and Certifying Exam (CE)?\",\"answer\":\"The QE is the written boards, and passing it is required to register for the CE, which is the oral boards. 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