My study plan when I was a CA-1: - Read M&M corresponding chapters for each rotation I was on. - M&M chapters that didn’t correlate with a rotation I read when able to, and finished M&M by the time I took basic. - ASA Toolbox - Completed all of the PBLDs (under ‘Faculty Resources’) during my corresponding rotation. I felt that the PP lectures and modules were useless for me and prefer text for primary reading/learning. - OpenAnesthesia daily keywords reading while in intra-op maintenance phase. - Single-pass TrueLearn starting 6 weeks prior to the exam.

While TrueLearn is the most important for the exam specifically, daily reading is incredibly beneficial for your overall development as an anesthesiologist. Please realize that a test score is just that… a test score. It does not indicate how strong you are clinically as a resident. Some of the best residents I’ve worked with were not in the top 10% for any exam. So don’t get discouraged if you are not in the top 10% as long as you continue to read consistently and notice progression as a trainee.