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Demonstrate your commitment to excellence with the gold standard of certification in anesthesiology

Residents

The BASIC Exam

The BASIC Exam focuses on the scientific basis of clinical anesthetic practice: pharmacology, physiology, anatomy, anesthesia equipment and monitoring.

Residents can take this at the end of their CA-1 year.

Physicians

The ADVANCED Exam

The ADVANCED Exam focuses on clinical aspects of anesthetic practice and emphasizes subspecialty-based practice and advanced clinical issues.

Physicians can take this after graduating from residency.

The APPLIED Exam

The APPLIED Exam consists of two parts: the Standard Oral Examination (SOE) and the Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE).

Subspecialty Exams

Subspecialty Exams allow ACGME-accredited fellows to demonstrate their expertise in a subspecialty such as critical care medicine, palliative care or pediatric anesthesiology.

Note

You have seven years from the last day of the year in which you graduated to satisfy all certification requirements. If you don’t, you’ll need to reestablish eligibility for our exam system.

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Anesthesia is safest when a board-certified anesthesiologist is involved.

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BASIC Exam

Next exam June 7-8

For residents at the end of CA-1 year
Focused on the scientific basis for clinical anesthesiology

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ADVANCED Exam

Next exam July 19-20

For residents after completing residency and passing the BASIC Exam
Focused on clinical aspects of anesthetic practice, subspecialty-based
practice and advanced clinical issues.

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APPLIED Exam

Next exam May 6-10

The APPLIED Exam includes the traditional Standardized Oral Examination (SOE) and the
Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) component.
Physicians take this exam after passing the ADVANCED Exam.

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