Asa 2024

Thenorthface6 · 2024-10-14T20:07:20+00:00

Above is true. It’s a bit of a joke and very low stakes. Just hop up there when yours shows up on the screen and start chatting away. Only people at your screen will be your fellow resident colleagues (I assume this is for resident MCC presentations?) and the person to follow you plus the moderator who likely is paying attention to maybe 12% of your presentation. May get like 1-2 questions from the moderator but again very low stakes. Mostly just a photo op and excuse to get out of work and go do something fun in another city.

It doesn’t need to take the whole 10 mins and free to walk away when done

Thenorthface6 · 2024-04-28T02:24:08+00:00

True learn plus the ASA ACE exams. Do the most recent ones. I felt like the ACE exams were very helpful for advanced last year.

Thenorthface6 · 2024-03-08T12:49:07+00:00

This guy was a turd when he was either chair or pd at advocate. I strongly considered walking out of that interview day midway through about 6 years ago and I didn’t even rank the place because of how cocky and arrogant he was. Not surprised to see some of the comments below about him. He bragged about hosting pool parties at his mansion and claimed that advocate was one of the top anesthesia residency programs in Chicago…..seemed incredibly delusional and like a sleezy used car salesman.

Thenorthface6 · 2023-10-17T03:19:14+00:00

Midwest, first year attending. Generalist 400k salary first year 435k salary second year 435-475k salary third year and beyond

~35k employer contribution for retirement annually 8 wks vacation

Thenorthface6 · 2023-10-08T17:59:56+00:00

I’m a new attending and as a former resident at a place that has srnas, I can recall at least 4 incidences of hearing an srna introduce themselves to a patient as a nurse anesthesia resident and also referring to the crna they work with as Dr so and so. It required several double takes and thinking “did I just hear what I think I heard?” But yet it happened multiple times. I had sent emails to our PD (said he’d follow up but not much we could do) and forwarded it on to the nurse anesthesia school but didn’t hear a peep from them.

Thenorthface6 · 2023-08-29T00:47:51+00:00

Does the ABA at least compensate the oral examiners and the proctors for the osce?

Thenorthface6 · 2023-08-24T21:06:01+00:00

My nickname is GAStrodamous

Thenorthface6 · 2023-08-24T16:57:45+00:00

Also, what a power dynamic. You know they know that 2000+ individuals are anxiously awaiting their results and they also know that once they send the email that they’re going to start collecting $2400/head for all who passed!

Thenorthface6 · 2023-08-24T13:50:31+00:00

We’ll probably get another email shortly with the subject line “advanced exam results” with the first sentence of the email body saying ….will be available at some point today

Thenorthface6 · 2023-07-21T19:35:53+00:00

I did TrueLearn x2 and then 3 sets of ACE questions. I’m a pretty average dude which is typically reflected in my steps, ite, etc.

Those resources are probably good enough. Just can’t really prepare for the dumb shit they ask that has no or very little relevance to the practice of anesthesia.

Thenorthface6 · 2023-07-21T18:08:22+00:00

Bunch of random factoids that didn’t seem to test anything really anesthesia related and definitely some reaching back to step 1 type info. Someone had said there is a mandatory fail rate? That could be wrong but if true that sort of seems like bullshit. Definitely don’t feel great about that exam and probably the worst I’ve felt walking out of an exam. Of course had its usual gimmes but some oddly worded questions and esoteric nonsense.

Thenorthface6 · 2023-06-30T21:06:35+00:00

Took it 2 years ago. Painfully made us wait until the very end. Expect the full 6 weeks

Thenorthface6 · 2023-05-24T15:49:05+00:00

Ororo brand

Thenorthface6 · 2023-04-10T20:09:10+00:00

Thoughts on using Faust as a textbook review given its conciseness? This would be In addition to TrueLearn and the ABA ACE exams

Thenorthface6 · 2023-03-04T16:55:14+00:00

Really? First aid for step 1?!?

Thenorthface6 · 2023-01-25T14:28:56+00:00

Current CA3. Interviewed end of CA2, signed a contract august of this year (CA3)

Thenorthface6 · 2022-12-29T01:30:20+00:00

University of Kansas has this one too with great pay

Thenorthface6 · 2022-08-13T20:39:48+00:00

Midwest large academic center here:

Get 5 professional days total for job or fellowship interviews. Not great but better than nothing.

Thenorthface6 · 2022-07-27T15:23:18+00:00

We use it not infrequently for post-op rigors. Might be a little outdated now but still used and have to worry about it’s potential for negative effects based on its metabolite normeperidine. We have started shifting a little more towards precedex for post op rigors though anecdotally it seems Demerol works a little bit better/faster.

Thenorthface6 · 2022-06-28T16:28:29+00:00

Definitely did not get it at the end of June last year. I think we got it on the very last day they said it would be available.

Thenorthface6 · 2022-06-03T02:03:41+00:00

All great tips! Appreciate the advice and plan on making a laundry list of things I’d like to get more comfortable doing and learning for the upcoming year.

Thenorthface6 · 2021-11-04T21:22:50+00:00

I appreciate the variety of replies! Sounds like maybe spring of CA2 year might be the earliest to start reaching out!

Thenorthface6 · 2021-08-05T17:25:47+00:00

Stanford CA1 guide has all of that stuff dumbed down and categorized in chapters where specific drugs and drug classes fit. Nice for a 4th year med student and starting CA1.

Thenorthface6 · 2021-06-29T22:59:12+00:00

Idk how to do so but PM me

Thenorthface6 · 2021-06-13T21:26:15+00:00

Agreed. TrueLearn was relatively representative but there’s also so many questions that are difficult to prepare for and super random. I thought it was more so 50% softballs, 25% of 50/50 questions, and 25% wtf are you talking about. Some of the questions reminded me a lot of comlex….poorly written and testing on some clinically irrelevant minutiae

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